Above: In this picture is a nice Premium Freshwater Amazon Puffer, swimming in one of our aquariums, when one of our crew members took this picture.
Comments: These are Puffers that we rarely see in the live fish stores or in the online stores that we visit.
Premium quality Puffers like these are hardier and more colorful than Puffers from other sources.
Origin: This Puffer lived in the ancestors lived in a wide region of the Amazon River basin in South America.
Maximum Size: In aquariums, this Puffer often grows to be about 5" long, but they live many years and continue to grow slowly for their entire lives.
Behaviors: They can be aggressive toward other fish.
Compatibility: Some recommended tank mates include equally aggressive fish or with fast swimming fish.
Small fish may be eaten by this Puffer, so be careful when selecting tankmates.
Temperature: This Puffer can live pretty well from about 70 to 80 degrees F., but they're probably most comfortable from about 75 to 78 degrees F.
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Feeding: Premium Fish Food Pellets.
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All Pufferfish need to eat some snails, shrimp, lobsters, and shellfish to sharpen and wear down their teeth.
Water Conditions: This Puffer can tolerate a wide range of water conditions.
Probably a pH of about 7 with moderate hardness is best.
Most water in the US seems to be OK, so it's probably best NOT to adjust the pH or the hardness of the water.
Here in our facilities the water is hard and the pH is usually about 7.8. We ship them in this water.
Aquarium Size: When small these guys can do well living in a 30-gallon aquarium, but of course bigger is better.
Eventually the species will need a bigger aquarium.
Decor: These Puffers do not need gravel, and a layer of gravel more than 1/4" thick will usually fill with bits of uneaten food that will contaminate the water.
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Live Plants are beautiful, improve the water quality, but puffers may eat live plants.
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Aquarium Filter: Bio-Wheel Filters are highly recommended.
A Penguin 350B Filter in an aquarium with 30-gallons is OK, when they're small.
Eventually they'll need a bigger aquarium with as many Penguin 350B Filters as will fit across the back of the aquarium.
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The addition of Lava Rocks will keep nitrates in the ideal range.
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Life Span: This Puffer can live for several years, maybe many years with excellent care, including excellent water and premium fish foods.
Gender: It is very hard to distinguish males from females, only when trying to breed is it easier to determine, when the females may become plumper.
Breeding: There aren't any known cases of successfully breeding these puffers in aquariums.
Popularity: These freshwater Puffers are rather popular.
Names: This species name is Colomesus asellus.
Variations: There are some variations throughout the Amazon River basin.
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