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by Tetro
Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:14 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: How did you find The Puffer Forum?
Replies: 188
Views: 141166

Re: How did you find The Puffer Forum?

I found it doing google searches for puffer species care info.
by Tetro
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...
by Tetro
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...
by Tetro
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...
by Tetro
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...
by Tetro
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...
by Tetro
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 ...