dwarf puffers

[RTR]

When anybody else can keep them in excess of 15 years in FW I will listen to that argument, when they can top my 18 years+ for figure-8s, then I'll listen closely.

Figure-8s are brakish fish.

I say so from direct observation.

Klaus Ebert says so as well.

 

[Dangerdoll]

I completely agree RTR, I would be on the puffer keepers listing that figure-8 are brackish fish....or do best in a brackish tank. I was just telling of the contoversy over the matter is all...

 

[RTR]

LFS have little information on FW and BW puffers, most old refs and web sites are not really much better. Nomenclature and native water for these fish is a sad jumble. Add this to the myths about adding salt to FW tanks and the situation is bad or at least undesirable for the fish.

This is my biggest soapbox. I rant on the topic routinely, especially as these are among the longest-lived captive tropical fish - up there with or beyond Cichlids and approaching Clown loaches. It really bugs me to see them abused due to incorrect information.