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Does anyone know about these guys? 'Cause i saw one today and i just LVED him!!!

I've never heard of one. What's its scientific name?

Kim

found nothing on google for a chameleon puffer
you meant chameleon right?

Sorry guys, the real name is the congo puffer, Tetraodon miurus

very similar to T. suvatti (Arrowhead puffer) and T. palembangensis (King Kong puffer). The congo puffer grows to ~6-7" and is from the Congo River in Africa. They can and will change color to match their surroundings...possibly why it was called a Chameleon puffer. They can basically turn any color from black, brown, tan, cream, red, orange, yellow etc. IME, they are a bit more difficult to keep than Arrowheads. I originally got 2 congos. 1 died a few weeks later...I never got him to eat steadily. The I've had the other for some time and am starting to have problems getting him to eat.

You'll get a lot more valuable advice when Pufferpunk comes along

Jason

Jason, I'm sorry you're having problems with your remaining Congo. My little red gal (Punkster) has grown 3x her origional 1" size & eats everything! I have her in 1/2 black sand & 1/2 red gravel (mixed), so she'll see the red & stay the bright red color she was when I got her. She stays buried most of the time. I think she must come out when she's hungry.

[span class="edited"][Edited by pufferpunk 2004-07-26 13:42][/span]