Puffers - Freshwater, Brackish Or Marine?

he is right, most pumps die in the first months of captivity, is that fish can not store enormously to inform their clients about the requirements of their new fish. I saw many pumps mislabled or not labeled at all in tanks of fresh water, slowlly dying. The key is knowing what species you receive (even if your fish store does not tell you) and know what type of water they need.

It is a quick guide to determine which pumps fresh water, brackish and marine.

Freshwater pumps:

Auriglobus modestus; --- Bronze pump

Carinotetraodon borneensis; --- Bornean redeyed pump

Carinotetraodon irrubesco; --- Red Tail eyes pump

Carinotetraodon salivator; --- Striped eyes pump

Carinotetraodon travancoricus; --- Dwarf Puffer

Colomesus asellus; --- South America Puffer

Monotrete ABEI; --- Abeiez Puffer

Tetraodon baileyi; --- "Hairy" pump

Tetraodon barbatus

Tetraodon cochinchinensis; --- Crocs Puffer

Tetraodon cutcutia; --- Common Puffer

Tetraodon dubois; --- Dubois' Freshwater Puffer

Tetraodon lineatus; --- Fahaka pump

Tetraodon MBU; --- MBU Puffer

Tetraodon miurus; --- Congo Puffer

Tetraodon palembangensis; --- Palembang Puffer

Tetraodon pustulatus; --- Cross River Puffer

Tetraodon suvattii; --- Arrowhead Puffer

Tetraodon turgidus; --- Brown Puffer

Brackish pumps

Colomesus Psittacus; --- Banded Puffer

Tetraodon biocellatus; --- eight Puffer

Tetraodon erythrotaenia; --- red-striped Toadfish

Tetraodon fluviatilis; --- Ceylon Puffer

Tetraodon nigroviridis; --- Green Spotted Puffer

Tetraodon Sabahensis; --- giant spotted Puffer

Marine pumps

Arothron caerulopunctatus; --- Blue-spotted Puffer

Arothron diadematus; --- Masked Puffer

Arothron hispidus; --- White points pump

Arothron manilensis; --- closely bordered Puffer

Arothron mappa; pump Map ---

Arothron meleagris; --- Guineafowl Puffer

Arothron nigropunctatus; --- Dog-face Puffer

Arothron reticularis; --- Reticulated Puffer

Arothron stellatus; --- Star Toadfish

Canthigaster Bennett; --- Bennett's Sharpnose Puffer

Canthigaster coronata; --- Crowned Puffer

Canthigaster Papua; --- Toby Papuan

Canthigaster rostrata; --- Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer

Canthigaster solandri; --- Spotted Sharpnose

Canthigaster Valentini; --- saddled Puffer

Diodon holocanthus; --- Porcupine Puffer

Sphoeroides annulatus; --- Bullseye Puffer

Sphoeroides marmoratus; --- Guinea Puffer

Takifugu niphobles; --- Niphobles Puffer

Takifugu oblongus; --- Lattice Blaasop

Takifugu ocellatus; --- Fugu Puffer

Takifugu pardalis; --- Panther Puffer

Takifugu rubripes; --- Tiger Puffer