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by pollypuff
Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:01 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Dwarf puffer help
Replies: 60
Views: 9296

Re: Dwarf puffer help

Although your setup looks nice I still don't think a 3 gallon bowl is the best for a DP. Once you take into account displacement how much water is "really" in there? 2 gallons? 2 1/2? Its not just about keeping the water clean its also about space, there just isn't a lot of room. Bowls als...
by pollypuff
Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:32 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Dwarf puffer help
Replies: 60
Views: 9296

Re: Dwarf puffer help

I may be misunderstanding something, but a fish bowl is not really an appropriate home for a puffer. How many gallons does it hold? is it heated and filtered?
by pollypuff
Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:55 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Dwarf puffer help
Replies: 60
Views: 9296

Re: Dwarf puffer help

Fish can't chew their food - it's not uncommon for many fish to take in big pieces of food, spit it out,and then do it again until they are full or the food is gone. Your puffer looks good in the pics but if you are worried about parasites you can always treat him. Treating for parasites when they d...
by pollypuff
Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:50 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Am I crazy, or is my puffer a maniac?
Replies: 4
Views: 602

Re: Am I crazy, or is my puffer a maniac?

Haha. If they were very tiny snails its very possible she ate most of them :P
by pollypuff
Thu Sep 24, 2015 11:41 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Fat Belly spells trouble!
Replies: 1
Views: 425

Fat Belly spells trouble!

So I woke up this morning to my red-eye puffer sporting a fat, full belly. Yup, turns out he managed to eat an amano shrimp. Pretty impressive considering the size difference lol!
by pollypuff
Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:06 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Dwarf Puffer tank
Replies: 25
Views: 8069

Re: Dwarf Puffer tank

Beautiful!!!!!! Lucky Puffer!
by pollypuff
Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:50 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Hi Forum ppl :) Toronto Puffers here ^_^
Replies: 28
Views: 4083

Re: Hi Forum ppl :) Toronto Puffers here ^_^

If you haven't fed frozen before, here's what I do. I'm sure there are lots of ways to feed frozen, this is just what works best for me. I take one cube and put it in a small tupperware container with a lid and add a small amount of water from the tank and leave it for a few minutes until it thaws. ...
by pollypuff
Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:01 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Hi Forum ppl :) Toronto Puffers here ^_^
Replies: 28
Views: 4083

Re: Hi Forum ppl :) Toronto Puffers here ^_^

Thank you for the info on Malaysian trumpet snails, pollypuff! We are going to try those, as our LFS is willing to give us some this weekend. I really want to get a nice snail population going, as our DPs do not seem to like their freeze dried munchies :) I would try frozen, not freeze dried. Puffe...
by pollypuff
Wed Sep 09, 2015 7:00 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Dwarf Puffers & Bamboo Shrimp?
Replies: 7
Views: 5428

Re: Dwarf Puffers & Bamboo Shrimp?

I have amanos with mine and they have been fine. Fine meaning, the puffers still try to nip at them but the amanos are good at sticking up for themselves. I'm not familiar with ghost shrimp, the size sounds about right but if they are timid shrimp then I wouldn't risk it.
by pollypuff
Wed Sep 09, 2015 6:57 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Hi Forum ppl :) Toronto Puffers here ^_^
Replies: 28
Views: 4083

Re: Hi Forum ppl :) Toronto Puffers here ^_^

Oops sorry! I hadn't had my coffee yet when I wrote this - that'll learn me :P
by pollypuff
Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:41 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Hi Forum ppl :) Toronto Puffers here ^_^
Replies: 28
Views: 4083

Re: Hi Forum ppl :) Toronto Puffers here ^_^

HI welcome fellow Canadian! I'm also in TO! As Pufferpunk said, 6 is too many for a 20 gallon. I have 2 in my 20 but I would say three is max. As for snails, I tried to breed pond snails for my puffs but it was impossible to keep up. I have Malaysian trumpet snails in all my puffer tanks and that wo...
by pollypuff
Tue Sep 08, 2015 10:58 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: I dont want to risk my DPs lives..
Replies: 28
Views: 2716

Re: I dont want to risk my DPs lives..

It was very, very dusty. I wonder if I got an old bag.. but where I bought it is the only place to buy it. I have 25lbs left. Have considered letting it soakd for a week.. or| even emptying my 10 gallon... putting it in there and filling it up, let that cheap filter run with some carbon and mechani...
by pollypuff
Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:44 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Vinegar eels as food - useful or useless?
Replies: 2
Views: 1039

Re: Vinegar eels as food - useful or useless?

HI there
Sorry I don't know much about vinegar eels but give it a shot - I would if I had access to any!
by pollypuff
Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:05 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: DP wasting away
Replies: 4
Views: 689

Re: DP wasting away

Well my little puffer passed away. Last night she was doing ok, she had one meal of live brine shrimp in the morning, I saw her eat a snail that afternoon, and I fed her some mysis shrimp. I left for dinner and 2 hours later came home and she was gone.
:(
by pollypuff
Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:03 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: I dont want to risk my DPs lives..
Replies: 28
Views: 2716

Re: I dont want to risk my DPs lives..

If your filter has cycled media in it you should be ok. Test the water before you put the fish back in for ammonia, sometimes ammonia can build up in the substrate and taking it all out will release it into the tank.