Congo puffer

[thekarens]

Before I commit to any puffer I have been doing lots of research. Our experience has been with salt puffers. We've had dogface, pocupine and valentini puffers. Porcupine was my favorite and the most personable IMO. He was just like a puppy following you around.

Anyway, I never realized how many freshwater puffers there are. So cool! Yesterday I was watching a youtube video of a Congo puffer and I was wondering if anyone has seen one of these in any of the lfs locally.

[edmlfc]

The last one I saw was at fish gallery. It's been a long time.

[TaTeR ToT]

i see them at Fishrus on hwy 242 everytime i go there, they are like 3-4"tl and like $35.

[edmlfc]

Have you ever seen a red one there?

[TaTeR ToT]

i havnt, if i had it would be in 1 of my tanks lol.

i have seen some with some red, but nothing like the one in the avatar of the moderator on thepufferforum.

that is an AWESOME PUFFER!

[thekarens]

City Pets has some new puffers. There's one in an unmarked tank and I thought at first it was a Congo, but after seeing it a second time I'm thinking it's a Suvatti. It's in a tank on the bottom next to some fahaka puffers.

[MerrittA]

Red Congo puffers are really hard to find in the local fish store trade. You would probably have to talk to pufferpunk on the puffer forum and see where she got hers.

[edmlfc]

Pufferpunk is the reason I asked. I have been keeping an eye out and "If" I happen to come across one I'm going to let her know. I think it took her a couple of years the first time to find one.

[TaTeR ToT]

i saw one on aquabid a few weeks ago, the buyitnow price was only $75, i was very temted, but didnt have a tank for it:|

[TaTeR ToT]

pufferpunks is a rare find!
hers has the best most pronounced red i think i have ever seen on a congo puffer, very beautiful fish.
the ones at fishrus are usually the tannish or brown with speckles.

[edmlfc]

I thought I had seen one at fish gallery about 2 years ago, it was on the very top shelf and I wasn't quite tall enough to get a good look at it. ) It looked red but could have been more of an orange or rust color.