They are found alongside rivers in Africa, mainly Nigeria, and so may be brackish. I kept mine in freshwater, but remember, they should have more land than water anyway, as they are "land crabs". Not all crabs are brackish. For instance, I have Matano crabs and Vampire crabs, which are bot...

They actually are African, hence the tropical conditions needed. They really need land more than water, so they can make tunnels, as that's what they would do in the wild.

I'm sure you will be an excellent Palembang Momma to this puffer. Get some photos uploaded, so we can have a look. I love the patterns on their sides and those big eyes. Believe it or not, the LFS that had my baby one actually had it listed as a "lineatus", just another case of an LFS bein...

Mine moves around a little bit, from one resting spot to another usually. And a 20-gallon tank is about a 75-litre tank, but that's me going from American gallons to litres, but close enough I think.

Hey Lesley, because a Palembang can reach a size of about 8" I keep mine in at least a 20-gallon tank. In fact, both of mine are in tanks of that size and that seems to be fine. Mine rarely do much more than move from one end of the tank to the other, and like to hang out in their PVC tubes. Ev...

When I put a small red-claw crab in with my Congo, he went for the legs, but I think it annoyed him more than he was actually hungry for it. Keep in mind that piscivore puffers don't "need" crunchy foods for their teeth as other puffers do, that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with fee...

Be aware, puffers are addictive, but have so much personality!

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I have to agree in regards to keeping Monotrete species together. I keep a few species together, but usually it's the smaller ones that seem to accept others. I would never keep two Abei's together though, don't think it would be a very good situation.

When I had Obie, he always puffed up when he jumped out of the tank, but I never got bitten by him. Actually haven't been bitten by any of my puffs in a very long time, let's hope my luck holds out.

So I have a cloud to look forward to, eh? I'm going to add some aragonite this week to my brackish tank. I won't be doing the entire tank, but part of it and I figure some is better than none.

Hey Chris, no need to be sorry, anyone is welcome to join in on this conversation, that's what we're here for. I've talked to the supplier and she's got the pygmies in stock, but due to our weather over here, I might not get to pick them up until after Christmas, or possibly after the New Year. I th...

I thought, when I originally scanned it, that it had come out the right way. Obviously it didn't. I'm not sure how to change it though, as you know, I'm not so great with computers, but if anyone can give me any suggestions, I will be happy to try them.

Hey there Kilofey! Long time no see/hear. Well actually both pygmy babies died months ago. To be honest, I don't think I was feeding them enough, but I will know better next time. Then more tragedy struck. I had 4 pygmy chams (adults) and first I found Kitty, the biggest female dead. Then a couple w...

I'm not sure who Robert Bateman is, and 'Bateman' is only my married name, not my true given name.

I'm glad everyone is liking the card, I thought it was a good idea and just right for the puffer forum.

I've got several different types of shrimp in my DP tank. At first they did try to eat the cherry shrimp, but they must have given up because I'm actually seeing shrimplettes now. I also breed cherry shrimp, and snails, in with my Congo puffer who just seems to put up with them, but doesn't try to e...