figure 8 puffer

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    Help! Figure 8 puffer pacing and not eating

    I just got one F8 puffer as my first puffer, still juvenile, around 2cm in size. I've just gotten a 10 gallon for him so the water hasn't been cycled yet, since it's new. There's aragonite sand as substrate, a heater that maintains the temperature at 24-26C and I've done water conditioning and...
  2. xenacanth9

    Weird Figure 8 Puffer phenomenon

    @Deadeye brought this to my attention, and I can't unthink it. Ever noticed how F8s almost always look either like this: Or this?: I've always found it sort of odd. They definitely are two distinct patterns, and even different body shapes. Do any of you know if this has anything to do with...
  3. xenacanth9

    Genus profile: Dichotomyctere

    Dichotomyctere (Formerly a part of Tetraodon) is a rather small genus of mostly similarly-sized pufferfish, containing three of the most popular aquarium puffers in the world: Dichotomyctere nigroviridis, the green-spotted pufferfish, Dichotomyctere ocellatus, the figure eight pufferfish, and...
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