Feeding crayfish to my mappa
- bertie 83
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Re: Feeding crayfish to my mappa
Puffers do the majority of their growing pre maturity. Anyone who says otherwise is talking out their botty. Generally speaking of course.
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Re: Feeding crayfish to my mappa
so are you guys saying that if he doesnt grow quickly he has worms/parasites?
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Re: Feeding crayfish to my mappa
What is the reason for not getting any more fish until ive upgraded? Agression? water quality? territoriality? Just want to understand why.Pufferpunk wrote:You say he hasn't grown much. Couldn't hurt to treat. I'd think that fella would be growing a lot! I'd wait to get any more fish, until you've upgraded.
- bertie 83
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Re: Feeding crayfish to my mappa
Water quality is key. If you are upgrading anyway it seems silly to put more fish through tank changes.
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
Re: Feeding crayfish to my mappa
When did you upgrade and from what size tank was he in before upgrade?las wrote:I just did that... He's a 4 inch puffer in 210 gal by himself.... and he looks very healthy. Have also been told by other mappa puffer owners that they do not grow that fast.bertie 83 wrote:Look around for a good secondhand tank. You can never upgrade too early and by too much. It's all too easy to upgrade too late
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Re: Feeding crayfish to my mappa
He was in a 90 gal before... upgraded 2 weeks agotrekenk wrote:When did you upgrade and from what size tank was he in before upgrade?las wrote:I just did that... He's a 4 inch puffer in 210 gal by himself.... and he looks very healthy. Have also been told by other mappa puffer owners that they do not grow that fast.bertie 83 wrote:Look around for a good secondhand tank. You can never upgrade too early and by too much. It's all too easy to upgrade too late
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Re: Feeding crayfish to my mappa
I refuse to believe anything until i see pics lol
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Re: Feeding crayfish to my mappa
I have a 4 & 1/2 inch mappa, who is housed with a blue line angel, a juvenile dussumieri tang, semilavartis butterfly, harlequin tuskfish; he is fine with all of them. My mappa is very docile, and mostly hides in the caves in the live rock and comes out to beg/eat. I think part of it though is that he was tiny (<2inches) when we first put him in the tank with the larger fish as the last addition.The fish I was thinking of adding to the 400 gall are:
Scribbled Angel
Blue line angel
Dussumieri tang
Mitratus or semilavartus butterfly