Green Spotted Puffer

Green Spotted Puffer (Dichotomyctere nigroviridis)
A striking brackish-water puffer with vivid green spots and loads of personality, perfect for experienced aquarists

The Green Spotted Puffer is a captivating fish with a golden-green body covered in bold black spots and a curious, intelligent nature. Unlike many community fish, this puffer requires a specialized brackish setup as it matures and can show territorial or aggressive behavior toward tankmates. Highly interactive with its keeper, it’s best kept in a species-only or carefully planned aquarium with excellent filtration and a varied diet that includes hard-shelled foods to maintain healthy teeth.

Need to Know:

• Recommended For: Experienced aquarists with brackish setups

• Minimum Tank Size: 110 litres (larger for adults)

• Temperature Range: 24–28°C

• pH Range: 7.5–8.5

• Recommended School Size: Best kept singly or in very large tanks with careful monitoring

• Compatibility: Semi-aggressive; not ideal for peaceful community tanks

• Max Size: 15 cm

Shipping Disclaimer:

All fish are shipped on Monday or Tuesday mornings via an overnight courier (Sometimes same day, location dependant). We use NZ Couriers for all livestock shipping, we find they handle your fish with the best possible care.

Special Requests:

If you have any requests for gender/colour etc we will do our best to accomodate them. Please note we can not always accomodate every request due to high stock turnover and what is available at the time. We move all fish sold online into seperate holding tanks while they wait to be shipped.

Rural Shipping:

Good news! If you are a rural customer, we can still ship fish to you. Fish will be shipped to your nearest agent and they will call you when they arrive. Please ensure you provide your mobile number when ordering.