The Puffer Forum

Yep im really happy

Got a couple new shots today..Fed the tank a treat of whole shelled(i took the shell off) frozen at sea shrimp. The HB's and puffer love it..attacked it as soon as i put it in tank. http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff4/FizzleDarkbane/puffershrimp.jpg http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff4/FizzleDa...

Fry are doing well..Held off getting the shrimp to breed for now. Im just getting a few this week from a local reputable breeder instead, until my HB's get a bit bigger.

Heres an updating pic of him. Hes starting to fatten up a bit now.

lol its ok. If i did have shrimp in there, they would get a workout tryin to get the halfbeaks. They are quite a fast fish, and only stay at the surface of the water. They never go below until they are bigger and older.

Well my celebes halfbeaks that ive had for a while now, just had a 3rd batch of fry. And their biggest batch so far. The first 2 batches were in pure fresh(didnt know they were brackish till i did some really indepth research on them). And approx 2-3hours ago had a batch of 8 healthy fry. Ive moved ...

Mangrove
Ive also heard javafern and java moss might do well for a bit.

or trying looking through here.
http://www.aquariumplants.com/Brackish_ ... s_s/22.htm

Jase wrote:nice puffer. I have that same stump thing (came with some ugly fake plants?)
get that puff some good food

Sure did..and the plants got pulled before it even left the store

Got a pic of him going after a piece of freeze dried shrimp i rigged up so it wouldnt float or sink.

my LFS doesnt sell earthworms :S but the corner store does LOL

Im not even nearly started aquascaping..i still need to find a place in canada that sells mangrove root. either fake or real. Among other things.

Yeah ive fed him blood worms, i wont feed him earth worms from around here, Im also going to be breeding shrimp and snails for him. And he's been taking shrimp pellets. I will probably drop an algae wafer in to see if hell nibble on that as well.

So i finally made the plunge into Brackish. Ive been debating on it for a while. All my FW fish i had went to great homes, and i obtained a F-8 from someone who didnt want it anymore. It lived the first part of its life(a while from what im told) in a 5gallon tank, and was moved into my 55gal with m...

I cant see a carrot being bad for a puffer..Its full of carotene as with ghost shrimp along with other shrimps. Plus the vitamins it might get in the wild from native plants/corals(when/if they go full SW). If i may be wrong with this, but im sure carrots have a good amount of calicum in them also. ...

My celebs were in with my african cichlids i had..and didnt get bothered at all. I think they might be ok with the puffer. I'd be more worried about a violet goby then the halfbeaks.
The mono's im looking at max out at around 8" in aquariums.
Any other suggestions for a 55? besides mollies..lol