The Puffer Forum

and do not believe those ones that are sold dried in the shops! often nothing hatches out of it. martin Mine worked fine. If you can't get anything but dried, maybe set up a few, in case only one batch actually hatches? Hi, Yes they are handy, usually they work.... But Martin is right - please, don...

will a 20G tank do good for breeding dwarf puffers? 1 male 2 female. and keep an extra 5G tank for frys and eggs? Yes, although I would recommend a bigger tank for the adult puffers. Makes it easier for them to get along... Think about setting up more smaller tanks (or bowls or whatever) for the fr...

Hi, sure it's a female? The male dwarf puffers are the ones protecting the spawning ground. The females actually steal the spawn ... Technically it makes sense that a female has to be a bit bigger when they are spawning. The eggs don't appear out of nowhere... But honestly, we never saw a difference...

My puffer is definitely cuter than the Shrek cat. Any day. Jup, your ocellatus definetly beats that cat. But Julian made a good point, better you participate now ... sooner or later I have my 25 posts. 8) And I have dozents of photos of this little lady: http://guppy.andreas-sander.net/images/kufi0...

Hi Julian, ... the coloration is still kind of confusing to us too. :) It definetly has alot to do with the mood. But its also an age thing... Here is a female - in "good mood". http://guppy.andreas-sander.net/images/kufi_4386.jpg As you already said, sometimes the contrast between those b...

There are some more pictures on my website. But I must apologise, since it's only in german: Some general stuff about DPs: http://guppy.andreas-sander.net/Kufi.html Courtship: http://guppy.andreas-sander.net/Kufi_Balz.html This article (english version) with some pics: http://guppy.andreas-sander.ne...

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Hi everyone! thought you guys might find it interesting. We taped this video of our dwarf puffers spawning: http://guppy.andreas-sander.net/Kufi_Balz2.html The female is just half a year old. Thats why she is so small compared to the male. We wrote a kind of guide or report on how we breed them. Her...