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by RLHirth
Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:11 pm
Forum: Puffer Breeding
Topic: red eye red tail laid eggs
Replies: 2
Views: 1921

Re: red eye red tail laid eggs

No one is fanning the eggs so I assume they were not fertilized. And the female has ate a couple while I was watching
by RLHirth
Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:08 pm
Forum: Puffer Breeding
Topic: red eye red tail laid eggs
Replies: 2
Views: 1921

red eye red tail laid eggs

so i now have eggs!!! got home from work and they must of spawned over night or before i got home!!! the eggs are just is the sand at the front of the tank!!! the weird thing is i just treated for ich! i had endlers that brought it into the tank and i treated, raised the temp and added a little aqua...
by RLHirth
Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:41 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: was starting to think my red tail red eyes didnt puff!
Replies: 10
Views: 988

Re: was starting to think my red tail red eyes didnt puff!

Oh the male will puff his keel all the time that's a daily occurrence, just showing his dominance over the glass of the tank hahaha but to actually puff by inflating with water that's a completely different thing that's I hadn't seen before and was shocked ans stunned!
by RLHirth
Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:19 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: was starting to think my red tail red eyes didnt puff!
Replies: 10
Views: 988

Re: was starting to think my red tail red eyes didnt puff!

Well let's hope I don't see a puff for 6 more months haha
by RLHirth
Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:46 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: was starting to think my red tail red eyes didnt puff!
Replies: 10
Views: 988

Re: was starting to think my red tail red eyes didnt puff!

I don't think it was me cuz he was already puffed before I was anywhere near the tank! And in 6 months this is the first time I have seem one of them do it! They seem pretty happy and even when I'm messing with there tank they don't even loss any color or hid so I think they are really well adjusted...
by RLHirth
Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:02 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: was starting to think my red tail red eyes didnt puff!
Replies: 10
Views: 988

was starting to think my red tail red eyes didnt puff!

So I know its stress full first off! But after 6 months I had never see either my male or female red tail red eyes puff! But yesterday morning I only had a little light from the window coming into the room and as I was getting dressed I happen to stop and look at my puffs! And there is the male all ...
by RLHirth
Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:35 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Female red tail red eye getting skinny
Replies: 3
Views: 973

Re: Female red tail red eye getting skinny

alright so... 1)water parameters - pH 7.6, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrates 15-20 (all in ppm) 2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. 26 gallon bowfront, male and female red tail red eyes, and 2 lone ghost shrimp... and maybe an excaped pest snail.... 3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list ...
by RLHirth
Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:57 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Female red tail red eye getting skinny
Replies: 3
Views: 973

Female red tail red eye getting skinny

so over the past 2 weeks my female, who has also became alot more shy and submissive has started to shin down and even her color is dull.... she keeps to her favorite plant in the corner. she is just not her old rounded self. she is not sunken in at all! but i have noticed she hasnt been eating as m...
by RLHirth
Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:18 am
Forum: Puffer Pix and Flix!
Topic: My Red Tailed Red Eyes!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 2539

Re: My Red Tailed Red Eyes!!!

princysharma1990 wrote:Very nice tank and fish too. I really liked your tank. I think she just loves her tank. Very lucky cute little fish.
Thank you! I only aim to please! Haha
by RLHirth
Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:40 pm
Forum: Puffer Pix and Flix!
Topic: My Red Tailed Red Eyes!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 2539

Re: My Red Tailed Red Eyes!!!

Thank you
Oh I do QT! These shrimp somehow escaped my turtle forever so I have them I little bit better life in the well planted puffer tank
by RLHirth
Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:19 am
Forum: Puffer Pix and Flix!
Topic: My Red Tailed Red Eyes!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 2539

Re: My Red Tailed Red Eyes!!!

Thank you flutter! I wanted to the best environment I could and make sure they were comfortable! Other than yesterday they have not stopped exploring! Yesterday they ate way too much and were both sulking! I feed them there first time on live brine shrimp ( not a lot of places around here will sell ...
by RLHirth
Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:11 pm
Forum: Puffer Pix and Flix!
Topic: My Red Tailed Red Eyes!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 2539

Re: My Red Tailed Red Eyes!!!

bertie 83 wrote:Welcome to the forum, nice tank,
Thank you! And I'm glad to be here! Alot of people know there stuff and are willing to help that want to be helped
by RLHirth
Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:11 pm
Forum: Puffer Pix and Flix!
Topic: My Red Tailed Red Eyes!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 2539

Re: My Red Tailed Red Eyes!!!

bertie 83 wrote:Welcome to the forum, nice tank,
Thank you! And I'm glad to be here! Alot of people know there stuff and are willing to help that want to be helped
by RLHirth
Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:06 pm
Forum: Puffer Pix and Flix!
Topic: My Red Tailed Red Eyes!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 2539

My Red Tailed Red Eyes!!!

A little background first! i have always loved puffers but never ventured into them. i have always had fish and loved the unusual! (i also have a hairless male chinese crested Onyx and a Male Florida softshell Phent) and i somehow always had dwarf frogs in my tanks and i could never rehome these lit...