Freshwater Puffer Fish List

[Fat Homer]

The last time i was offered a possible cross river (small specimen) they were asking $1K USD with USD $500 deposit...

Only after getting a deposit were they going to get the fish direct from a fisherman... i couldnt justify gambling that much money (even though they promised to refund it, if i didnt want the fish or it wasnt the right one)...

So that gives you a rough estimate of how much a cross river costs at cost price... coz even the LFS said they werent in it for making money off the fish as much as they also just really want to see one in person...

 

[Experiment397]

The last time i was offered a possible cross river (small specimen) they were asking $1K USD with USD $500 deposit...

Only after getting a deposit were they going to get the fish direct from a fisherman... i couldnt justify gambling that much money (even though they promised to refund it, if i didnt want the fish or it wasnt the right one)...

So that gives you a rough estimate of how much a cross river costs at cost price... coz even the LFS said they werent in it for making money off the fish as much as they also just really want to see one in person...

thats crazy! ive only ever seen them on a suppliers list once and our cost was $2k USD for a supposed 8" ltc one. if they ever drop in price it will be almost as exciting as legal asian aros in the US

 

[Fat Homer]

thats crazy! ive only ever seen them on a suppliers list once and our cost was $2k USD for a supposed 8" ltc one. if they ever drop in price it will be almost as exciting as legal asian aros in the US

Tell me about it!!! I was so tempted at $1K usd, but then damn there photos from the supplier was far from great and i honestly wasnt sure i wanted to gamble that much money on a fish...

 

[vincentwugwg]

I'm glad that somebody finally did this, good job! The only thing I'll say is that my Duboisi is closer to 4.5 or 5 inches, but I suppose it could just be abnormally large.

Duboisi actually get closer to 20 cm... I remember Wes having one close to 12 inches

 

[AquaScape]

Duboisi actually get closer to 20 cm... I remember Wes having one close to 12 inches

much appreciated on the info, any pics of that guy?

 

[vincentwugwg]

much appreciated on the info, any pics of that guy?

I don't have a picture of Wes's puffer. Perhaps he will post it? @fugupuff . I had two duboisis about 5 years ago... the bigger one was about 5.5-6 inches and the smaller one was a bit over 4 inches. Here is a video of mine.

 

[vincentwugwg]

much appreciated on the info, any pics of that guy?

oops.. guess Wesley's T. Duboisi was closer to 9 inches

 

[jtanw]

oops.. guess Wesley's T. Duboisi was closer to 9 inches

Really? Huh that's still pretty big, I guess I'll have to move mine into a larger tank if it keeps growing. It's stayed around the 5 inch mark for the last 6 months or so though.