Table 1 Water quality items for this experiment in river puffer, Takifugu obscurus, tiger puffer, T. rubripes, hybrids (river puffer ♀×tiger puffer ♂), and hybrid triploids*

Test parameters Condition
0 psu 15 psu 30 psu
Temperature (°C) 26±0.5 26±0.5 26±0.5
pH 7.1±0.65 7.1±0.78 7.1±1.02
DO (dissolved oxygen: mg/L; saturated concentration in 25°C) 7.6 7.5 7.5
Ammonia (ppm) 0.01 0.06 0.06
Nitric acid (ppm) 1.8±0.14 1.8±0.12 1.7±0.19
Nitrous acid (ppm) 0.01 0.01 0.02