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- Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Choosing who meets their maker?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1032
Re: Choosing who meets their maker?
I feel awful feeding live foods, but have somewhat desensitized fairly quickly due to the fact that I love my DP babies more than I thought possible! So providing what they need is priority. I try to give the creatures I cultivate for food a good environment while they are living and make their deat...
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:42 am
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: DP eating habits
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1381
Re: DP eating habits
I am a new DP owner also. I think I am lucky, mostly my DPs eat anything. Sounds like yours could be a little fussy and want wriggly stuff. I feed my puffers snails that are about 3-5mm (because it seems more efficeint? dont know if thats the right word? to grow snails larger for feeding) but always...
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:34 am
- Forum: Brackish Puffers
- Topic: Brackish water salt vs Marine salt for Brackish setup.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 735
Brackish water salt vs Marine salt for Brackish setup.
Hey everyone. I have put my Bumble Bee Gobies (who I adopted as freshwater fish) into a tank of their own - which will one day in the not to distant future - also be home to a Figure 8 :) !!! I am about to slowly convert them to brackish. I know I need to use Marine salt but have now seen Seachem (a...
- Tue Jul 18, 2017 5:02 am
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: Dwarf female swollen vent
- Replies: 4
- Views: 677
Re: Dwarf female swollen vent
Thanks guys, I will swap out the Brooklands aquarium tonic salt for Epsom salt. And have a go with the peas (possibly not at the same time), she eats everything so far, even has a nibble on Ottos algae waffer on the way down! Any thoughts on wheather gravid females exhibit a swollen vent?
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:35 am
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: Dwarf female swollen vent
- Replies: 4
- Views: 677
Dwarf female swollen vent
Hey there. My girl GG (who is currently being courted) has a swollen vent, is this usual for a puffer with eggs? She has been treated for parasites then I thought she may be constipated (as she poops smaller and takes it longer to come out than the boys) so I fasted them for a day and added 1 tbsp o...
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:12 am
- Forum: Meet and Greet
- Topic: Hello, from Cali!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 788
Re: Hello, from Cali!
I am a newbie with 5 DPs also, so not 'expert' advice but, 3 months of dinner time experience at mine is... my crew eat defrosted and live bloodworms whole, live whiteworms whole, live daphnia, live mosquito larve, love earthworms (I gather small ones and mash/chop them up into small bits, this is q...
- Fri Jun 02, 2017 6:51 am
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: How much is too much? Feeding Q
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2168
Re: How much is too much? Feeding Q
So it is ok/advisable to fast DP 1 or 2 days a week? I had read that they need to be fed every day so have been doing that, but I also do not want to overfeed.
- Sun May 07, 2017 6:37 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: Worm/Nematode?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 786
Re: Worm/Nematode?
Does not look to be raised at all, but neither does it look like a divet/dent as I would think a bite would have also is not a full circle but c shaped or open ended. Thought my pic was pretty good, has anyone seen this before? or have an opinion on what it is? Also any opinions on wheather future w...
- Sun May 07, 2017 8:55 am
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: Worm/Nematode?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 786
Worm/Nematode?
120 litre planted tank 25 degrees celsius 4 male 1 female Dwarf puffers 8 Bumblebee Gobies 1 Otto I adopted this tank full of critters one month ago, they use to live together in a 50 litre. PH 7.6 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5 Feeding live... Trumpet snails (crushed) Pond snails Mosquito larvae Blo...
- Sun Apr 09, 2017 2:45 am
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: Unhappy female puffer?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 549
Re: Unhappy female puffer?
Will do on the 90% water change and have now ordered-on line-Tetra safe start, so may be a couple of days to get here (none of my LFS stock this, it is harder to source many things in New Zealand). No have not done this cycling method before and clearly after reading what you have said, had not comp...
- Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:25 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: Unhappy female puffer?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 549
Unhappy female puffer?
Hi, so this is my first post and first tank (other than a stint with a foster goldfish lol) will give back ground of where fish have come from and future intentions, then current issue. These Puffers have been housed together for about a year started with 12 and whittled their way down to this group...