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by kalaila
Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:58 am
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: Creeping grey .... fuzz of doom
Replies: 14
Views: 6609

Re: Creeping grey .... fuzz of doom

It's a fungus and it's pretty normal for some kinds of root. It's harmless and will go away eventually. Some fish will even eat it; probably not puffers, though. See more here:

http://fishtankdk.blogspot.dk/2013/01/w ... eason.html
by kalaila
Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:45 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Vinegar eels as food - useful or useless?
Replies: 2
Views: 1744

Re: Vinegar eels as food - useful or useless?

Sooo, no one with any experience, it seems. I guess I'll just give it a try.
by kalaila
Fri Aug 21, 2015 11:19 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Vinegar eels as food - useful or useless?
Replies: 2
Views: 1744

Vinegar eels as food - useful or useless?

I searched the forum but couldn't find anything about these: Vinegar eels/nematodes, Turbatrix aceti , that are supposedly dead easy to cultivate. Now, they are tiny, so obviously not much use for bigger puffers, but are they also too small for irrubesco (which I have) and pea puffers? And assuming ...
by kalaila
Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:02 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Sexing irrubesco, easy or not?
Replies: 4
Views: 2429

Re: Sexing irrubesco, easy or not?

Thank you. I have looked at the Pufferpedia. :) I just found it odd that they'd all be male, especially with some not having the red stripes, while others were textbook male. But I took another look at my new ones this evening and won't buy more just yet. I may well have five males, but I'm pretty s...
by kalaila
Mon Mar 17, 2014 6:57 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Sexing irrubesco, easy or not?
Replies: 4
Views: 2429

Sexing irrubesco, easy or not?

Hello Puffer Forum I'm looking for help sexing Carinotetraodon irrubesco . I'm newly registered, though I've read here before. Last year I bought one C. irrubesco and soon wanted more. I determined that my one Red tail must be male, as it had a red tail and a clear bellystripe. Last week, I heard th...