J&K Aquatics
Red Tail Red Eye Puffer 3-4cm
SKU TS062
RRP £0.00
Interesting addition to community tanks.- For slightly more experienced fishkeepers.
- Little characters !!!
Interesting addition to community tanks.- Interesting addition to community tanks.
- For slightly more experienced fishkeepers.
- Little characters !!!
The Red Tail Red Eye Pufferfish is a beautiful fish that is not very often found in the hobby. As with all Puffers, these are real characters, often interacting with their owners, and make for great aquatic pets. Growing up to 4.5cm, these need to be kept an aquarium at least 60cm in length (but preferably longer) and will tolerate a pH level of anywhere between 6.0 and 7.5. Good lighting, lots of plants with good surface coverage, driftwood and a sandy substrate is appreciated most by this species. Feed a variation of foods such as snails, insects, and chopped earthworms.
Common name(s): Red Tail Red Eye Pufferfish
Scientific name: Carinatetraodon irrubesco
Family: Tetraodontidae
Group: Pufferfishes
Colour: see Sex.
Native habitat:
• Only found in rivers of Indonesia, South Sumatra, and Borneo.
Potential lifespan:
• 5 years in captivity.
• It is not known how long they live for in the wild.
Maximum size (approx.):
• 4.5cm
Degree of difficulty to keep:
• Moderate, for slightly more experienced fishkeepers.
Swimming level:
• All levels and resting on the aquarium bed.
Breeding:
• Egg layer.
Sex:
Males:
• Body is greyish in colour and slightly blotched, and this is clearly divided from the white abdomen and underside of the head.
• There is a wide, light stripe extending from the mouth, almost through the eye to the caudal peduncle, plus a similarly-coloured, chevron-shaped marking on the dorsal surface and a narrow line with the latter patterns not in contact with each other.
• All males possess a wide, red mid-ventral bar and the back is also sometimes red.
• The pectoral and anal fins are normally transparent, sometimes coloured with red, while the dorsal and caudal fins are red.
Females:
• The body is slightly lighter with a similar wide, soft horizontal bar to that of males, but this is often disrupted and may contain erratic brownish patterns.
• There are two or three extra, rippling light stripes on the body and these form an uneven, reticulated pattern.
• The stomach is whitish with a number of brownish bars broken into a succession of smaller patterns and there is a darker spot just to the front of the anal-fin.
• The fins are mostly transparent, but the dorsal fin features light bars while the caudal is yellowish with reticulated patterns and several dark stripes.
Both have red eyes, but sometimes appears greenish-blue in the females.
Temperature:
• 20-28°c.
Water parameters:
• pH 6.0-7.5.
• 2-12°dGH.
• Nitrate, keep low as possible, less than 15ppm.
Feeding:
• snails, cockles, chopped crab, mussels, shrimps, small earthworms, artemia, bloodworms.
Minimum aquarium size:
• 60cm long.
• 54 litres.
Cohabitation:
• Best kept singly, can be aggressive to their own species in small tanks with males being a bit territorial.
• A group can be kept in larger aquaria.
• Keep with Barbs, Danios, Tetra’s and other community fish or cichlids that are not going to be threatened or be a threat to this fish.
Other tips and information:
• Excellent filtration is required, these are messy creatures.
• Provide well oxygenated water, with a good but not overpowering flow.
• Soft, sandy substrate is important as these fish often like to wallow in the bed of the aquarium. Gravels are really not suitable for these fish.
• Inflate themselves when frightened or distressed. DO NOT provoke them in to doing this !!! They do occasionally have a ‘training puff’, when the fish coolly inflates itself in order to stretch and strengthen its muscles.
Scientific name: Carinatetraodon irrubesco
Family: Tetraodontidae
Group: Pufferfishes
Colour: see Sex.
Native habitat:
• Only found in rivers of Indonesia, South Sumatra, and Borneo.
Potential lifespan:
• 5 years in captivity.
• It is not known how long they live for in the wild.
Maximum size (approx.):
• 4.5cm
Degree of difficulty to keep:
• Moderate, for slightly more experienced fishkeepers.
Swimming level:
• All levels and resting on the aquarium bed.
Breeding:
• Egg layer.
Sex:
Males:
• Body is greyish in colour and slightly blotched, and this is clearly divided from the white abdomen and underside of the head.
• There is a wide, light stripe extending from the mouth, almost through the eye to the caudal peduncle, plus a similarly-coloured, chevron-shaped marking on the dorsal surface and a narrow line with the latter patterns not in contact with each other.
• All males possess a wide, red mid-ventral bar and the back is also sometimes red.
• The pectoral and anal fins are normally transparent, sometimes coloured with red, while the dorsal and caudal fins are red.
Females:
• The body is slightly lighter with a similar wide, soft horizontal bar to that of males, but this is often disrupted and may contain erratic brownish patterns.
• There are two or three extra, rippling light stripes on the body and these form an uneven, reticulated pattern.
• The stomach is whitish with a number of brownish bars broken into a succession of smaller patterns and there is a darker spot just to the front of the anal-fin.
• The fins are mostly transparent, but the dorsal fin features light bars while the caudal is yellowish with reticulated patterns and several dark stripes.
Both have red eyes, but sometimes appears greenish-blue in the females.
Temperature:
• 20-28°c.
Water parameters:
• pH 6.0-7.5.
• 2-12°dGH.
• Nitrate, keep low as possible, less than 15ppm.
Feeding:
• snails, cockles, chopped crab, mussels, shrimps, small earthworms, artemia, bloodworms.
Minimum aquarium size:
• 60cm long.
• 54 litres.
Cohabitation:
• Best kept singly, can be aggressive to their own species in small tanks with males being a bit territorial.
• A group can be kept in larger aquaria.
• Keep with Barbs, Danios, Tetra’s and other community fish or cichlids that are not going to be threatened or be a threat to this fish.
Other tips and information:
• Excellent filtration is required, these are messy creatures.
• Provide well oxygenated water, with a good but not overpowering flow.
• Soft, sandy substrate is important as these fish often like to wallow in the bed of the aquarium. Gravels are really not suitable for these fish.
• Inflate themselves when frightened or distressed. DO NOT provoke them in to doing this !!! They do occasionally have a ‘training puff’, when the fish coolly inflates itself in order to stretch and strengthen its muscles.
