blue spotted puffer
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musipilot
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From Marine Depot:
Blue Dot Puffer - Canthigaster epilamprus
Also known as: Lantern Goby
The Canthigaster epilamprus grows up to 5 inches. The Blue Dot Puffer prefers a tank of at least 50 gallons with plenty of places to hide & swim. The Canthigaster epilamprus is a omnivore and likes to eat variety of chopped meats (fish, scallop, shrimp, squid, clam). The Blue Dot Puffer is a medium maintenance fish and may act semi-aggressively toward other fish. It is a venomous fish, the flesh is poisonous. Not reef-safe, eats inverts. Be careful when moving around: use a net. Hunts at night. Will often inflate 2X its original size. Canthigaster epilampra (Jenkins 1903), the Lantern Goby. The closest thing to an "aqua-dog" are the puffers. Except they will bite the hand that feeds them, and you might croak if you give them a kissy. Do you have a spot in a fish-only system, maybe with plenty of algae growth, or want to get rid of that mantis shrimp that has eaten everything else? Porky the puffer's awaiting your call. Keep water quality high (SG 1.020 - 1.025, pH 8.1 - 8.4, Temp. 72 - 78° F). The Blue Dot Puffer is commonly collected from Fiji.
Blue Dot Puffer - Canthigaster epilamprus
Also known as: Lantern Goby
The Canthigaster epilamprus grows up to 5 inches. The Blue Dot Puffer prefers a tank of at least 50 gallons with plenty of places to hide & swim. The Canthigaster epilamprus is a omnivore and likes to eat variety of chopped meats (fish, scallop, shrimp, squid, clam). The Blue Dot Puffer is a medium maintenance fish and may act semi-aggressively toward other fish. It is a venomous fish, the flesh is poisonous. Not reef-safe, eats inverts. Be careful when moving around: use a net. Hunts at night. Will often inflate 2X its original size. Canthigaster epilampra (Jenkins 1903), the Lantern Goby. The closest thing to an "aqua-dog" are the puffers. Except they will bite the hand that feeds them, and you might croak if you give them a kissy. Do you have a spot in a fish-only system, maybe with plenty of algae growth, or want to get rid of that mantis shrimp that has eaten everything else? Porky the puffer's awaiting your call. Keep water quality high (SG 1.020 - 1.025, pH 8.1 - 8.4, Temp. 72 - 78° F). The Blue Dot Puffer is commonly collected from Fiji.
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mr.bubble
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I have a green spotted puffer. VERY CUTE! I LOVE HIM! I have 4. they get 8.2 iches(thats what my lfs said). they nibble at the fishys fins when young. i had a angle die about 1 year ago. then nibbled it to death. But i think it is very colorful. is poisonous. the skin, and some insides are. mostly stomach...but whos going to eat that thing?...not me!
grouperhead
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how much was the fish? the lfs' blue dot puffer could be Arothron meleagris, aka Guinea Fowl puffer, but have seen them called blue-dots.
grouperhead
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With a price like 190, I'm thinking it was Arothron melagris. They get rather large, around 20" in the wild, but probably around 14 in captivity. Did your fish look like this?
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mr.bubble
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What kind of puffer is that above? Looks cool! 
holacanthus
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Anthem greenspotted puffers aren't Canthigaster sp. they are commonly refered to as brackish or fw puffers but really seem to thrive in sw, and they don't achieve a max size of about 8.2"in though they max out at about 6"in.
holacanthus
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Yeah 11 posts back, not to taken the wrong way though!