Puffers!

by **silverrabbit** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:14 pm

Thought i'd have an update of Gilbert the Palembang/Dragon puff. Recently moved him into a new divided tank with black gravel instead of sand as he isn't a burrower, and his colours are looking much nicer.

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This is Olive, an Abei puff. So sweet and personable, puffs up at her own reflection though, silly sausage

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This is my new puffer, a Borneensis, not very common to find so was very pleased to have him Very Happy

will get better pics once he's settled. The red of his belly is amazing

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by **Irish_Lass** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:17 pm

I'm in love with Olive! Love

by **kizno1** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:19 pm

Very nice. Are they all freshwater or are the brackish?

by **silverrabbit** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:24 pm

Yeah Olive is a special one! Youhave to watch your fingers in the tank though, everything is food to her lol!

All freshwater... not up to going into brackish yet!

I want to sell off my cichlids and turn the 100gal into a Fahaka puffer tank Love

until I can get another even bigger tank that is!

by **kizno1** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:26 pm

Lol i like fahakas. how many could you have in a 100G?
Do any of your need brakish when they get older? theres so many types and all need different things lol.

by **silverrabbit** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:32 pm

Only 1 fahaka lol!

get to 18-20inches if I remember correctly. Have to get a 6x2x2 tank really

These will all stay FW thank goodness. The thing I really want is a red Congo puff, but that'll be a hard find and you don't see them much so might be a waste of money.

by **kizno1** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:38 pm

They must look amazing fully grown ie seen ones in my lfs before at about 30Cm and thought they here fully grown they where massive

by **silverrabbit** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:42 pm

Yeah they are so beautiful. There is a variety of fahaka called a Pustulatus which is even more beautiful, but you never see them for sale and even when you do they are extremely expensive (£500+)

by **kizno1** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:45 pm

The one i saw was £20 but that must have just been a standard one. What cichlids do you have in the 100G now? im hopefully getting a 126G soon adore

by **silverrabbit** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:58 pm

Yeah that's a pretty standard price, though my fave LFS where I got Olive and the Borneensis from has a teensy baby one (1inch, bless) for £12. But until I sell my fish I can't have one Rolling Eyes

I have a juvi red spot and a gold sev, some parrots (some i'm holding for my mum as her tank busted - Embarassed

), a kirrin parrot, and a cichlid that had no name tag in MHA as well as some botia, a harlequin shark and some columbian tetras.

by **kizno1** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:01 pm

That would be well wierd to see it go from 1" to 18". The one in my lfs was 30cm and £20 so i guess thats a fairly good price if its £12 for a 1".I love sevs thatw what im hopefully getting one if i get the 126G

by **silverrabbit** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:34 pm

They grow fast as well - 12" in the first year! My mum has a Mbu called Emilio, he's really cute but mahoosive

I love the red spot sevs Love

mine's only ickle but really feisty lol!

I do love large tanks. When my one arrived it looked like a coffin Shocked

by **kizno1** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:39 pm

Lol the one i want to get isnt the nicest but its only 99p atm and really close to me.
this is the tank and stand
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but i plane on making a wooden frame and cupboard to go around the stand and making a lid for the tank. so it should be a good little project.
this is the stocking im thinking so far
1 Gold sev
1 rotkeil sev
10 rainbows
5 Redhead tapajo geos
1 Bichirs
pair of t bar cichlid or 3 pictus or whiptails

by **silverrabbit** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:28 pm

Looks good, I like the dimensions! nice and deep for chunky sevs

by **kizno1** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:34 pm

Cant wait i hope if win it ive always wanted a bigger tank but never had the money or one close enough. Im thinking about taking it apart and resilioning the tank because it doesnt look in to great condition and just to be on the safe side.

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