Spotted Congo Puffer - Captive Bred

Spotted Congo Puffer - Captive Bred

Specifications:

• Common Name: Spotted Congo Puffer
• Scientific Name: Tetraodon schoutedeni
• Origin: Congo Basin, Central Africa
• Adult Size: Approx. 9–11.5 cm
• Temperament: Semi-aggressive, inquisitive
• Tank Level: Mid to bottom
• Minimum Tank Size: 150 litres for a single specimen, larger for groups
• Diet: Carnivorous

Water Parameters:

• Temperature: 24–27.5°C
• pH: 6.5–7.5
• Hardness: 4–10 dGH
• Water Type: Freshwater

Overview:

The Spotted Congo Puffer is a highly sought-after freshwater pufferfish known for its attractive spotted pattern, intelligent personality, and unusual status as a true freshwater puffer from Africa. Captive bred specimens are especially desirable, offering a more sustainable option and often adapting better to aquarium life.

This species has a rounded body shape with a light brown to yellow-toned base colour covered in dark spots, giving it a distinctive and eye-catching appearance. It is an active and curious fish that quickly becomes a real character in the aquarium, often interacting with its surroundings and watching activity outside the tank.

Care and Feeding:

Spotted Congo Puffers require a mature aquarium with excellent filtration, stable water quality, and plenty of structure such as caves, wood, rocks, and planting for cover and territory. A soft sandy substrate is ideal, as these fish often explore the lower levels of the tank.

They are carnivorous and should be fed a varied diet of meaty foods such as snails, bloodworms, brine shrimp, insect larvae, and other frozen or live foods. Hard-shelled foods like snails are especially important to help wear down their continuously growing teeth.

Key Features:

• Beautiful spotted freshwater puffer from the Congo Basin
• Captive bred specimens are a more sustainable choice
• Full of personality and very interactive
• Requires a varied carnivorous diet including hard foods
• Best kept in a well-structured freshwater aquarium

Fish only. Aquarium and accessories not included.