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by pikehead
Fri Jun 26, 2015 5:06 pm
Forum: Puffer Breeding
Topic: lorteti breeding
Replies: 1
Views: 2433

lorteti breeding

I have a male housed alone in a 25 gallon (red sea max cube style tank) and two females housed in separate 10 gallon tanks. I wanted to breed them, by putting the females in his tank and then removing them when he starts to guard the eggs. It seemed to work the first time I added a female, with the ...
by pikehead
Sun May 10, 2015 8:57 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Tetraodon Schoutedeni
Replies: 3
Views: 1409

Re: Tetraodon Schoutedeni

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/makkachin/10005521/
Excellent pictures of tetraodon schoutedeni, for sale in Japan.
Maybe they will become more common and less expensive. I wonder why they weren't available for so long.
by pikehead
Sat May 09, 2015 4:48 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Tetraodon Schoutedeni
Replies: 3
Views: 1409

Tetraodon Schoutedeni

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq9qfibRldw I just saw tetraodon schoutedeni listed on a West African list, it was $600. Above is a Japanese video of a group, it's a beautiful fish and there's a similarity to an Mbu, especially the tail. There are some other videos from the same user that look like ...
by pikehead
Thu May 07, 2015 4:49 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Questions: Live blackworms
Replies: 8
Views: 1431

Re: Questions: Live blackworms

I had dwarf puffers eating only live blackworms, and they eventually ate frozen bloodworms. I don't remember how long that took or what led to them taking the bloodworms.
by pikehead
Tue Feb 17, 2015 5:38 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: How large a tank for a pair of carinotetraodon lorteti
Replies: 12
Views: 1731

Re: How large a tank for a pair of carinotetraodon lorteti

The lorteti are from Wetspot, they're still listed on their website right now. http://www.wetspottropicalfish.com/ Hairy Puffer Tetraodon baileyi 2-2.5" $70.00 1 ONLY Pea Puffer Carinotetraodon travancoricus .5" $5.00 6 for $24.00 Red Eye Puffer Carinotetraodon lorteti 1" $8.00 South ...
by pikehead
Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:24 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: How large a tank for a pair of carinotetraodon lorteti
Replies: 12
Views: 1731

Re: How large a tank for a pair of carinotetraodon lorteti

http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=34072 "I do not operate any 90s, but when I have set for multiple F-8s in a tank I have used a120 or a 180. I have never set a 75 with more than 3 F-8s. I honestly doubt that the tank (or a 90) could handle more. " This was writte...
by pikehead
Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:31 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: How large a tank for a pair of carinotetraodon lorteti
Replies: 12
Views: 1731

How large a tank for a pair of carinotetraodon lorteti

In a previous thread it was recommended to keep a pair of figure 8's in a 90 gallon. Is a 4' tank big enough for a pair of carinotetraodon lorteti, or is more space required? I have two tanks right now with a pair, and a pair plus a smaller juvenile. One is a Red Sea Max 2' cube, and is planted but ...
by pikehead
Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:29 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: How many figure 8 puffers in a 90 gallon
Replies: 12
Views: 2797

Re: How many figure 8 puffers in a 90 gallon

Sorry, it seems like a general rule that aggressive fish of the same species kept in groups should not be kept in groups that are too small, I didn't really wrap my head around the possibility that a pair or trio of puffers could actually work. In the previous post about how a group will become stab...
by pikehead
Thu Jun 05, 2014 5:26 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: How many figure 8 puffers in a 90 gallon
Replies: 12
Views: 2797

Re: How many figure 8 puffers in a 90 gallon

It's best to get a group of juveniles and raise them together, and when they are mature, they will naturally form a stable hierarchy, even with more than one male present? Except that the amount of males that can live together is limited by space, and if there are too many some will have to be remov...
by pikehead
Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:51 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: How many figure 8 puffers in a 90 gallon
Replies: 12
Views: 2797

Re: How many figure 8 puffers in a 90 gallon

Is it better to give a few f8 puffers lots of room to avoid each other or to have enough individuals that the aggression is distributed?
by pikehead
Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:47 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: How many figure 8 puffers in a 90 gallon
Replies: 12
Views: 2797

How many figure 8 puffers in a 90 gallon

In a 90 gallon that is well decorated, how many figure 8's could or should be housed in it?
Will a large group dilute the danger of aggression like it does with so many other fish?
by pikehead
Sun Jun 01, 2014 11:32 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: red eye puffers in blackwater conditions
Replies: 4
Views: 866

Re: red eye puffers in blackwater conditions

I haven't seen irrubescos lately, though at fish stores I've seen them much more often than lortetis or any other red eye puffer. There is possibly one male lorteti left on aquabid right now, from Jackson aquatics. I saw some from Bluegrass Aquatics recently, they are no longer advertised. The way i...
by pikehead
Sun Jun 01, 2014 12:16 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: red eye puffers in blackwater conditions
Replies: 4
Views: 866

red eye puffers in blackwater conditions

I have a blackwater tank with 4 luciocephalus aura in it, I am going to upgrade to a 90 gallon or other 4 foot tank in the future, and I wanted to know if anyone has tried keeping carinotetraodon irrubesco or other red eye puffers in blackwater conditions. I know that carinotetraodon salivator was f...