nother question about dps

[rachy]

im not sure which section this should b in tbh! right,im pretty sure 2 of my dps ( sugar is female, diddy is male) are going through all the mating behaviour etc. sometimes sugar is ok with this, but for pretty much 2 days solid now diddy has been constantly nudging her etc, n she just seems sick of him now lol!! is there anything i can do 2 stop him being such a pest? i dont think hes being aggressive, just wanting her to mate. its quite heavily planted in there etc, i dunno what else 2 do :S feel sorry for her now

[pufferpuggirl]

I really don't think there's anything you can do bar taking him out. Actually I think she will set him straight when she gets tired of him pestering her, or she will give in and mate. This sort of thing happens all the time in the natural world, but I understand your concern.

My guppies do it all the time, only those poor females get two males following and nudging. I'd be a little frazzled if that were me for sure!

[rachy]

male guppies are such sex pests for sure man lol!! ive seperated all my girl guppies from the boys now 2 give them a rest lol, poor girlies must b exhausted!

and as for the puffers...ill keep eye on them next couple of days see how it goes, could maybe move some of them into a diff tank.more baby puffers would b cool tho just feel bad for poor sugar


another boy and girl in the tank have started mating behaviour now aswell btw..they only been in there for 2 weeks :O

[pufferpuggirl]

Indeed, baby puffers would be very cool!! Keep us posted, would love to hear you had baby puffs.

[rachy]

Indeed, baby puffers would be very cool!! Keep us posted, would love to hear you had baby puffs.

last night i found about 6 little puffer eggs in diff places across the front of the tank just found another 3 when ive come in 2day aswell! have put them in the little baby box thing with the tiny baby bumblebee gobies for now i hope they hatch!

[pufferpuggirl]

That's really cool, good for you! Definitely keep us posted, I am very interested.

[rachy]

well after i found the eggs earlier, i decided 2 have a proper look for some more!! so ive cleaned the tank etc, n looked in all the bits that got sucked up from the bottom...ive found probably 50 eggs :O and 2 really titchy tiny baby dps that have hatched!soooooo small man!! my camers probably isnt good enough 2 take pics of something so small, so 2moro im gonna see if i can borrow 1 to put pics on here!! n there i was thinking sugar wasnt interested in mating lol!

[rachy]

not the greatest pic, but had a try anyways u can see a lot of the eggs!

[LilGreenPuffer]

Someone should pin this topic.

[pufferpuggirl]

I think it's very exciting rachy! I'm very happy for you and your puffers. I'd be over-joyed if my puffs had babies, but seeing as I've got mine in a tank with other fish, I don't think any of the eggs would survive, let alone an actual baby puffer. But I think it's wonderful that yours have laid eggs and you have a baby and possibly will have more. Congratulations!

[rachy]

thanks still cant quite believe just how small the babies are lol! i mean obv they werent gonna b huge, they got midgets for parents lol!! but they like 1mm with the tiniest little tails lol!! fascinated with them

[pufferpuggirl]

I think you're very lucky!

[LilGreenPuffer]

Have you got the food planned out? If you're not sure what to use, you could try going to dwarfpuffers.com and click on "Ren's Posts." He might or might not have mentioned feeding in the log.

[rachy]

not a lot mentioned in there about it tbh!! he says try culturing paramecia, so ill look into that. i also have some liquifry for egg laying fish here, my bumblebee goby babies have been eating that, n they are also pretty tiny, so i might try them on that! havent really prepared for baby puffs, as i wasnt trying 2 breed them!so i think 2moro im gonna have to go get a few bits n bobs, something tiny for them 2 eat and i will also need a filter that isnt gonna suck them up wont i

[LilGreenPuffer]

A sponge filter. But shouldn't that have been running in your other tank for a while to load it up with bacteria?