South American Puffer Fish- Colomesus Asselus
The South American Puffer Fish (Colomesus asellus) is a medium sized peaceful puffer fish from South America. It is the only puffer fish that is suitable to be kept with most community fish in a well maintained tropical aquarium.
They grow to a maximum of 4″ (10cm) and must be fed on a daily diet of frozen bloodworm and occasionally fed a “crunchy” food such as snails to keep their beak trimmed. The beak of this puffer fish grows extremely quickly and if it is not kept in check can limit the feeding habits of the fish. The beak if left to grow too long can be trimmed by hand but this should only be attempted by a vet or someone confident in doing so.
Puffer fish do need a very well maintained aquarium with good water quality and require regular partial water changes.
