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Canthigaster janthinoptera
Canthigaster janthinoptera commonly called honey dwarf puffer
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For your zone EUROPE la France, delivery fees are 24,90 € with carrier EXPRESS 24H Vivant - Live - Lebenden - Vivo - Levend
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| See all delivery fees | Cart amount | Delivery fees |
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| EXPRESS 24H Vivant - Live - Lebenden - Vivo - Levend | 0 à 248,99 € | 24,90 € |
| 248,99 à 100 000 € | Offert |
Delivery fees for other zones:
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| ZONE 300 SUISSE | Suisse - EXPRESS 24H Vivant - Live - Lebenden - Vivo – Levend | 0 à 100 000 € | 44,90 € |
| ZONE EUROPE1 200 | EXPRESS 24H Vivant - Live - Lebenden - Vivo - Levend | 0 à 248,99 € | 29,89 € |
| 248,99 à 100 000 € | Offert | ||
| ZONE EUROPE2 210 | EXPRESS 24H Vivant - Live - Lebenden - Vivo - Levend | 0 à 248,99 € | 39,90 € |
| 248,99 à 100 000 € | 39,90 € | ||
| EUROPE la France | EXPRESS 24H Vivant - Live - Lebenden - Vivo - Levend | 0 à 248,99 € | 24,90 € |
| 248,99 à 100 000 € | Offert |
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- Delivery price Europe
- Fixed price €29 - Offered starting from €249 of living*
- Minimum order amount for live products
- 50€ excluding shipping costs. For the well-being of the animals, do not make them travel alone.
- Maintenance
- Easy
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Food
- Carnivore
- Reef compatibility
- Not compatible
- Recommended number
- Alone
- Price according to size
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- Maximum size
- 12 cm
- Delivery date
- Choose your delivery day at the "Address" step in your cart.
- Reproduction
- Impossible
- Package information for the winter period
- A hole is made in the cardboard to supply the chemical heater with oxygen.
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Canthigaster janthinoptera: Purple-Spotted Pufferfish
The Canthigaster janthinoptera, also known as the purple-spotted pufferfish, is a small marine fish from the Tetraodontidae family. It is characterized by a light to dark brown body covered with metallic blue-purple spots, and sometimes fine turquoise lines around the eyes and on the back. Its compact appearance and lively behavior make it a fascinating animal to observe in a fish-only aquarium.
Care Conditions for Canthigaster janthinoptera
To ensure its well-being, an aquarium of at least 300 liters is recommended. It is essential to include numerous hiding spots with live rocks and a structured decor. This pufferfish is territorial and can exhibit a certain temperament towards its peers, especially other pufferfish or fish with similar colors.
The Canthigaster janthinoptera should be kept in a fish-only aquarium as it may attack invertebrates, crustaceans, corals, and anemones. Effective filtration and possibly activated carbon filtration are recommended to prevent risks in case of high stress or the release of natural toxins contained in its skin.
Specific and Regular Diet
This fish requires a daily varied diet, with three to four small meals a day. It is crucial to provide food that allows it to wear down its teeth, to prevent excessive growth. You can offer it:
- Whole or chopped shrimp
- Mussels and shellfish meat
- Squid
- Large krill
- Dried seaweed as a supplement
A good diet will also limit its predatory impulses towards other aquarium inhabitants.
A Lively and Endearing Fish
The Canthigaster janthinoptera is a lively, curious fish that often interacts with its environment. It can quickly become one of the stars of the tank with its comings and goings between the rocks, its pauses suspended in the water, and its keen glances. Despite its sometimes intrusive behavior with invertebrates, it can be kept with other robust and peaceful fish.
Note that like all Canthigaster, it can inflate in case of stress, an impressive defensive reflex but one to avoid. Never intentionally make it inflate, as this could be fatal to it.
Well-fed, well-housed, and respected in its needs, this pufferfish is a wonder of intelligence and personality to integrate into a suitable aquarium.
Canthigaster janthinoptera commonly called honey dwarf puffer
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