Re: My South American Puffers, actually. ;)

by **Irish_Lass** on Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:50 pm

I was sure 1 was heading straight for it earlier on. He swam right up to it & then sort of backed up and skirted around him. Gutted. Smile

by **kizno1** on Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:53 pm

Maybe try crushing one and seeing if that temps them.

by **Irish_Lass** on Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:59 pm

Crushing it?!?!?!?!?! sick

I'm ballsy but Jesus! Wink

by **kizno1** on Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:01 pm

Its not that hard. Just put washing up gloves on haha.

by **Irish_Lass** on Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:05 pm

Its the noise! *crunch* LOL I'll maybe consider it if the snail sees this weekend through.

by **kizno1** on Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:06 pm

Ear plugs haha. Fair enough. Im sure once they realise its food they will all disappear.

by **silverrabbit** on Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:36 pm

Sorry you lost one hun, sadly it happens often with puffs. Best of luck with the trio though x

by **Irish_Lass** on Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:49 am

So I went on a trawl today to buy some foods for the puffs - I got frozen krill, raw prawn and raw squid. I was looking specifically for live Daphnia but couldn't find it in any of the LPS or LFS. I looked on eBay for some live Daphnia but could only find bags of 100ml. I'm imagining that this is way too much for 3 puffs & it won't keep very long once opened? Any suggestions folks?? x

by **silverrabbit** on Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:25 pm

100ml bags would be ok - you can dump a bag into the tank and let them eat as they want because the daphnia will last quite a while in the tank water - they don't do well in the packets for long because the water fouls fast.

by **Irish_Lass** on Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:40 pm

So if I order 100ml on eBay and just dump the entire contents into the water when they arrive?

Would I have to supplement their diet while these wee things are in the tank or just leave it up to them to eat those wee things? I'm imagining that during the weekly gravel vac it would get rid of the remainder.

by **silverrabbit** on Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:58 pm

They should eat them quite quickly as they are pretty small and puffers are greedy lol. Any that die before being eaten will be sucked up with the water change