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- Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:14 pm
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: How did you find The Puffer Forum?
- Replies: 188
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Re: How did you find The Puffer Forum?
I found it doing google searches for puffer species care info.
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:48 pm
- Forum: Meet and Greet
- Topic: Hi!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2949
Re: Hi!
Hello! Those dwarfs have tempers Really? Are you sure they aren't just being territorial? the idea they have tempers seems really strange to me I have a good friend that does that, he is always projecting human behavioral traits onto his fish, he has even gotten rid of some because he perceived the...
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:39 pm
- Forum: Meet and Greet
- Topic: Hi!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2949
Re: Hi!
I read the sexing article before signing up, but thanks! my DP purchase is likely still many weeks away, there is a lot to do to get ready for them, like cycle in fully planted tanks etc lots to do and lots of research, I would really be helped if I could track down someone who has studied this fish...
- Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:35 pm
- Forum: Meet and Greet
- Topic: Hi!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2949
Re: Hi!
Thanks! I noticed that other posts I made here have not appeared and the page said they would, if they were approved of by a moderator...? They were about Pomacea snails, which I have experience keeping and I was attempting to correct some incorrect information regarding them I found here. I've kept...
- Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:36 am
- Forum: Giant Puffer Species
- Topic: breeding apple snails for fahaka
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9171
Re: breeding apple snails for fahaka
Applesnails can grow a little slow, but have a temperature dependent metabolism and are an invasive species because they can produce 5000+ eggs a year ( the females can) When I grew them I had several hundred babies in a short time and they were growing fairly quickly on a rich diet. They out produc...
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:00 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Tanks
- Topic: Breeding Mystery Snails for Puffer food
- Replies: 29
- Views: 21354
Re: Breeding Mystery Snails for Puffer food
I grew applesnails and mystery snails (pomacea species) for a year or so, eventually I lost them during a power outage in winter when the temps indoors got to about 35*F While it is said that they reproduce slowly, that was not my experience. The do grow slow when overcrowded.... however I bought ad...
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:58 pm
- Forum: Meet and Greet
- Topic: Hi!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2949
Hi!
I am new to dwarf puffers and found this forum and knew it was worth signing up for. i do not own any fish yet, I have kept various fish for years but do not have any at present I have several empty 10 gallon aquariums and want to set them up as Dwarf Puffer aquariums, I plan on setting them up and ...