Greetings from Norway!
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- Minipuff
- Dwarf Puffer
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- Location (country): Norway
Greetings from Norway!
Hello all, nice to "meet" you! Today I brought home my very first dwarf puffers!! I started cycling the tank over a month ago, and now the cute little guys are swimming around and exploring all the plants and stuff. They're so lovely! I hope I can handle this and keep the water good and safe for them.
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Re: Greetings from Norway!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
- hadla
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Re: Greetings from Norway!
Welcome to the wonderful world of dps! how big is your tank and do you have anything else in it?
Never trust big puffers. The fingers you save may be your own. -RTR
- Minipuff
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Re: Greetings from Norway!
Thanks
My tank is 112 liters, with external filter, and not so strong lights (2 x T5 18 W). I have mangrove and redmoor roots, stones, sand substrate, coconut and ceramic caves, and it is quite densely planted with e.g. Anubias, java fern, hornwort, Amazon swords, ++. Some floating plants too.
During the last week of cycling, loads of tiny pest snails emerged. I managed to move about 15-20 larger snails to a separate "snail farm", but the others were so small I could not get them out. So the new puffers have been feasting on them since yesterday... I hope they will not over-eat! They don't seem to be stuffed at the moment... I've even seen one sleep on the substrate last night, made me worry (s)he was dead! They all seem fine today.
I have one question: do you recommend preventive deworming at this stage? I think they are wild caught. I have Kusuri wormer plus at hand. It does not seem like the bellies are sunken, but I'm new to this, so who knows for sure. I'm so worried about them, it's almost like becoming a mother again! ;-D
My tank is 112 liters, with external filter, and not so strong lights (2 x T5 18 W). I have mangrove and redmoor roots, stones, sand substrate, coconut and ceramic caves, and it is quite densely planted with e.g. Anubias, java fern, hornwort, Amazon swords, ++. Some floating plants too.
During the last week of cycling, loads of tiny pest snails emerged. I managed to move about 15-20 larger snails to a separate "snail farm", but the others were so small I could not get them out. So the new puffers have been feasting on them since yesterday... I hope they will not over-eat! They don't seem to be stuffed at the moment... I've even seen one sleep on the substrate last night, made me worry (s)he was dead! They all seem fine today.
I have one question: do you recommend preventive deworming at this stage? I think they are wild caught. I have Kusuri wormer plus at hand. It does not seem like the bellies are sunken, but I'm new to this, so who knows for sure. I'm so worried about them, it's almost like becoming a mother again! ;-D
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- Minipuff
- Dwarf Puffer
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- Joined: Sat Jan 17, 2015 2:19 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 5 dwarf puffers
- Location (country): Norway
Re: Greetings from Norway!
And here's a pic of some puffs:
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- Pufferpunk
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- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Chicago
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Re: Greetings from Norway!
What a wonderful tank to be living in!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Greetings from Norway!
Welcome to the forum. Nice tank
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly