Got my DPs!!

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Re: Got my DPs!!

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1Cheesehead wrote:Oh but I did see her pick off a snail so atleast she has eaten something.
That is good
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Just tried some mini krill (actually plankton) that I soaked over night, she tried it but didn't eat the whole thing.
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Carinotetraodon lorteti --Died under my supervision :(
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I dont think DP can say no to a juicy bloodworm :D
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Got some blood worms, and she ate them all! Also she ate like 6 snails too. The rest of the bloodworms went to my ctenopoma, rams, and plecos. Now I just have to wait for my lfs to get more dps!
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Checked on her to see how her poop was after eating, it was mostly brown but there was also one white mucusy section of it too which I am worried about. Also she was surfing the glass again, or maybe she was excited to see me..
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Does the stomach appear to be sunken in at all? Especially after her starvation day? That is a good way to see if she has ip or not.
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Not at all, she is EXTREMELY fat lol.
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That is great to hear, sounds like she may be the rare exception to most puffers having ip. I would still monitor them for a week
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sorry double post!
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I was looking at pufferpedia and it said I could put otos in with pea puffers, do you think I could get 1 more puffer and a oto? Also she is still surfing the glass and I can't figure out why :(.
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1Cheesehead wrote:I was looking at pufferpedia and it said I could put otos in with pea puffers, do you think I could get 1 more puffer and a oto? Also she is still surfing the glass and I can't figure out why :(.
Otocinclus should be kept with 3 or more iirc.
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Re: Got my DPs!!

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Ottos can also be very difficult to keep alive.
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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bertie 83 wrote:Ottos can also be very difficult to keep alive.
I heard a lot tend to die within the first 2 weeks of arriving in an aquarium. I personally never had any die that quickly until today, though I had already expected this one to pass away, he didn't look healthy from the get go, his head looked damaged.
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Garlic. GTK

Does this work with other non-puffer fish?
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administrator wrote:Garlic. GTK

Does this work with other non-puffer fish?
Lots of betta folks use garlic.
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