dwarf puffer extra info needed please

by **pippoodle** on Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:40 pm

I'm collecting 4 baby dwarf puffers from lfs weekend - 4 for £10 excellent price Smile

They are temp going in arc 35 litre them onto 75 litre when they get a bit bigger
I have read lots on them as hubby has wanted some for ages but just want some general tips from peeps who have owned them themselves - always find best info Smile

Tank is quite well planted - got more plants to add to it when rescue boy moves into other tank - also using a larger filter as only got a mini filter in there at the mo
here's the tank

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by **lilacamy931** on Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:50 pm

Larger filter the better hon, as they are messy eaters, bloodworm was best food I found for them, when you first get them they need about 2-3 each, it is surprsing how big their bellies get! I found mine liked occasional pea, if you get those small snails coming in on the plants they love those. Keep an eye out as they get older as males may fight. Males will have blue eye wrinkles and a line down teh middle of their belly. Best ratio would be 3 females to one male but being juveniles you wont be able to tell at first.
One mo off to tea right back!

by **lilacamy931** on Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:07 pm

Right sorry about that. Feed them once a day and leave one day of rest, also be prepared for uber begging! More plants in that tank would be great as they are really inquisitive and need lots of line of sight broken up. Hope that has helped for the moment!

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:25 pm

Even as youngsters they can be highly aggressive to eachother, so the sooner they go in the bigger tank the better. You may need to bulk the 35lt out with loads more plants cus they are proper gits.

by **pippoodle** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:15 pm

got lots more plants to add into the tank - 300 litre due a trim as overgrown , put off doing it as i knew i'd need the plants in the 3ft tank - have enough to fill this one out too though

by **lilacamy931** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:06 pm

Brill best of luck with them, they will be quite aggressive compared to other fish but they are absolute sweeties and you will probably get attached to them quite quickly!

by **pippoodle** on Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:51 am

got them sunday - they seem happy enoug - pics added to general fish photo section
they have been munching on pond snails , daphnia and bloodworm - tank has lots of pond snails in there as encouraged the population also have daphnia in the tank swimming around

this is the tank now extra plants added
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by **lilacamy931** on Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:23 am

Tank looks extemely good, bet they are enjoying that! The snails you may be surprised to find they disappear reallllly quickly! Mine loved them!

by **Rezz** on Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:30 am

Wow, fantastic tank! *wishes she could keep that many plants alive!*

by **pippoodle** on Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:25 pm

thanks huns Smile

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