question about tiddles, my baby dp

[rachy]

yet more questions lol, sorry for all these!! just wanna try n do things right a few weeks ago, i found tiddles, a titchy baby dwarf puffer swimming bout in my dps tank. at the minute, hes in a little floating baby tank thingy, but hes growing so i dont wanna leave him there 2 long. what i wanna know is if i put him in the tank with the 3 dps that are already in there, will they accept him, or would he get bullied etc? i have got a small tank i could put him in instead if thats a better choice, but if poss i would like him with the others.anyone got any advice on this?
cheers

[LilGreenPuffer]

I think it'd be okay. As he grows, if he's actually a male, it could throw gender ratios off, depending on what you already have in there. But for now, I don't see much of a problem. DPs are pretty accepting of each other, generally speaking. He was okay until you found him, right?

[rachy]

yeh thats true, he was ok till then but he was hiding, so maybe none of the others had noticed him!! ( not sure why i keep calling it him btw lol, no idea if its a girl or boy yet ) and as for gender ratios, atm i have 2 boys n 1 girl at the min. thanks for help anyways ill let him out 2moro n see how it goes

[Lil' Swimz$]

You found a little baby in your tank? Aww. How big is your tank?

[rachy]

quite small really lol!! 35l, not sure what that is in gallons?

[Pufferpunk]

Conversions: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/calc.php

[Lil' Swimz$]

So about 9. Your tank is overstocked, especially when Tiddles get big.

[rachy]

yeh well i guess tiddles wont b living in that tank then still might move all the dps into my saps tank, but not until im sure the whitespot is gone from that tank. i think i might have more babies before long aswel, sugar and diddy have been doing a lot of their mating behaviour again 2day and yesterday so cute

[Lil' Swimz$]

Ohh. You're using it as a quarantine? Well, that's not so bad. Just keep the water changes up. You could have two in the 9 gallon, that's it. Two (including Tiddles) will have to go. More behavior?

[rachy]

Ohh. You're using it as a quarantine? Well, that's not so bad. Just keep the water changes up. You could have two in the 9 gallon, that's it. Two (including Tiddles) will have to go. More behavior?

nope, its not a quarantine tank...ive always had my dps in that tank when i got them, i didnt know they needed 3 gallons each etc. but i have a much bigger tank with my saps in, which i did wanna put the dps in aswell...but now 1 of the saps has whitespot, so im not putting anything else in the bigger tank until i know its all clear

[Lil' Swimz$]

Actually 5 for the first and 3 for the rest.

[rachy]

ah ok i thought it was like5 ifu only had 1, but if u have a few together they need 3 each

[LilGreenPuffer]

That's my conclusion, too. I think that 3g can support one's bioload, but they need more than that for swim room.

[DCDN]

I have a similar issue. After moving my dwarf puffers into a larger tank and using their old on for my snails I recently found a new puffer in my snail tank. Really happy and growing quickly, explained why I wasn't getting and new snails. I'm letting it get bigger before I try to move it into the tank with the rest of the puffers. Hopefully They'll accept it.

[Lil' Swimz$]

How cool!!