The Puffer Forum

Of course, the correct punctuation would be "DP's," with an apostrophe. :lol: (Anyone here know the Panda Joke?) I don't know the Panda joke... Here's my take on the abbreviations: DP = Dwarf Puffer (singular) DPs = Dwarf Puffers (plural) DP's = Dwarf Puffer's (singular possessive) DPs' =...

Can a DP get IPs pretty much out of the blue? Where do they come from? I had two together for almost a year. The male suddenly got emaciated, but the female still looks fine. Both are active and eat well, but the male thins out shortly after a feeding. I feed them bloodworms daily or every other day...

I didn't tick and option on the poll; I wasn't sure if you meant an individual puffer, or all my puffers combined. Here's a quick inventory, in CAD: The puffers I still have: Dwarf Puffers: $5 each ($2.50 on Tuesdays - half-price "Fish Day" at the LFS on all fish under $10) Suvattii: $25 M...

I met a guy who had three suvattiis together in one tank. He bought them all at once from the LFS who had kept them all together. I met him at the LFS - I never saw the fish or the tank, so I'm not sure about the details. My suvattii ate (part of) a F8 that the LFS owner put in as a tankmate, a long...

My Congo often sits above the sand. It tends to bury itself in the shallower areas of the tank, too, and not the deeper areas I've provided for it.

Puffers are very intelligent - they know how to push our buttons and get us worried and frustrated...

Sweet video! My guys do that, but they've never pointed themselves so vertically. When I move all my tanks, I've been planning to split my suvattii and miurus tanks in a manner that gives them about a third of the tank of deep sand (looks like it'll have to be +3"), and the rest much shallower....

Yeah, I'll stick with 4. Two per 5 gallons looks stocked enough, even though removing the divider between the tanks might open up a bit of space for one more territory. My male used to beat up on another male when I had my first three DPs, but it gets along quite well with the female. I've had them ...

I'd like to see a photo of that, RTR. I just did some calculations. My two new 10 G tanks will have 22" x 13" footprints (286 square inches), which is actually slightly larger than a standard 20 gallon footprint (276 square inches). How many DPs do you figure I could put in there? I have f...

I confess to having used suction cups to hold stem plants as well, but usually stuck to the sides/back of the tank. Ha ha - you make that sound like a bad thing to do. I haven't tried tying down the hornwort yet, but I'll probably have to for visual complexity away from just the aquarium sides. A b...

I tossed in some wafers. They've been nibbled on. I guess their appetite leans towards expensive plants...

That's worth a shot for sure. Any idea what veggies in particular would be best?

BTW, I do agree with minimizing sand substrate depth. After moving most of the sand from the 13 gallon tanks to the 30 gallon tanks, it was really apparent that sand is hard to keep clean. I rinsed more crap out of the used sand than I did from the fresh bag of sand. I've decided to sell almost all...

It's been about a month since I got my miurus. I've had the suvatti for probably at least six weeks. The miurus is quite active during the day, and the suvatti is quite active at night. Neither spends a great deal of time completely buried in the sand. I'd say their activity levels and habits are ab...

oh gosh darn, ma! - the little SOBs ended up eating my plants (even the Java Fern). I'm going to get rid of the plants soon, and redecorate with just rocks. Each puffer is in its own 13 G tank until then. Grrr...

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Bred wrote:the "grossly cramped" comment was aimed at attitudes which have pervaded in the past; not directed at you.

Oh, I know. That's why I used a more positive emoticon, not one of those angry little fellows.