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- Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:18 pm
- Forum: Marine Puffers
- Topic: Chilomycterus Schoepfi & Water Temperature
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6546
Re: Chilomycterus Schoepfi & Water Temperature
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilomycterus_schoepfii Not a lot of info there, but you might follow up on the New Jersey summer breeding report(s?) within NJ's info sites. If you can find those water temperatures, you might get an optimum level and could operate a bit below that with long-term safet...
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:45 pm
- Forum: Marine Puffers
- Topic: Chilomycterus Schoepfi & Water Temperature
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6546
Re: Chilomycterus Schoepfi & Water Temperature
Quite a number of tropicals are captured from the Gulf Stream in summer and fall, even along the far NE Coast of the US and Canada. The low water temperatures may be withstood for a time, but they may well not survive them long-term, much less being adequate for indefinite maintenance in captivity....
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 2:31 pm
- Forum: Marine Puffers
- Topic: Chilomycterus Schoepfi & Water Temperature
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6546
Re: Chilomycterus Schoepfi & Water Temperature
I'd look them up on Fishbase. That was where some of the info I gave came from. No authoritative information to speak of on temperature. Edit: Fishbase says this fish is even seen in the waters off Maine (where we live) and Nova Scotia (North of here in Canada). The waters up here are definitely no...
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:16 am
- Forum: Marine Puffers
- Topic: Chilomycterus Schoepfi & Water Temperature
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6546
Chilomycterus Schoepfi & Water Temperature
Both our C. Schoepfi have been extremely active, and I'm tempted to say almost hyperactive. The one we had in 2008 was named Mr. Busy for a reason. :) Seeing as this fish is found in Atlantic waters on the East coast as far north as Maryland, New York, and we know people who've caught them as far no...
- Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:57 pm
- Forum: Marine Puffers
- Topic: Meet The-New-Guy, Our New Striped Burrfish
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1752
Meet The-New-Guy, Our New Striped Burrfish
Last month we got No-Name-Yet, our Orbicular Burrfish who is now named Oblio, or OB for short. A week ago we we got The-New-Guy, a Striped Burrfish of about 2.5 inches. He is extremely active and likes to surf the stream from the power head on his sponge filter. As with Mr. Busy, our previous Stripe...
- Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:29 pm
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: Feeding Metronidazole to Puffers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1138
Re: Feeding Metronidazole to Puffers
have you tried injecting it into a shrimp? Nope, but I was considering injecting a shrimp or an earth worm, but I'd need it to be dissolved, unless maybe a syringe with a large bore needle. I can't remember how I did this in the past, just that it was easy. I probably just soaked frozen krill and d...
- Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:35 pm
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: Feeding Metronidazole to Puffers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1138
Feeding Metronidazole to Puffers
When soaking frozen food with Metronidazole for use as a prophylactic treatment for Puffer parasites, Seachem's Metro didn't seem to dissolve in the water so I looked it up. It turns out that it isn't very water soluble (10 mg/ml), and I've found that 100mg won't come close to fully dissolving in 1 ...
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:18 pm
- Forum: Brackish Puffers
- Topic: Trouble in paradise
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3219
Re: Trouble in paradise
Maybe I misunderstand the situation. 1. Current setup has two fish potentially stressed/depressed and at risk of getting sick or being bitten/eaten. 2. It is a stress risk to the bully if he is quickly moved to a newly set up tank with the change in water chemistry and potential water quality issues...
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:07 am
- Forum: Marine Puffers
- Topic: Anyone have success keeping a cleaner shrimp with a toby?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1576
Re: Anyone have success keeping a cleaner shrimp with a toby
Just curious... The cleaner shrimp should make a great backup food source for the Toby... if it isn't completely or partially eaten right away. The Toby might enjoy the attention. We (naively) put a cleaner shrimp in with a Crypt-infested dogface puffer. The shrimp sat on the dogface munching paras...
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:07 pm
- Forum: Brackish Puffers
- Topic: Trouble in paradise
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3219
Re: Trouble in paradise
A short term solution could be to place the bully in a "baby net", a box shaped net used for breeding guppies, for example. It hangs on the inside of the tank providing a mesh enclosure so guppy moms won't immediately eat their live born babies. A baby net with a plastic decorations that p...
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:12 am
- Forum: Marine Puffers
- Topic: Orbicular Burrfish (Cyclichtys orbicularus) Observations
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7636
Re: Orbicular Burrfish (Cyclichtys orbicularus) Observations
Cool!Pufferpunk wrote:Looks like we can add this species to the Pufferpedia!
-A&R
- Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:46 pm
- Forum: Marine Puffers
- Topic: Orbicular Burrfish (Cyclichtys orbicularus) Observations
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7636
Re: Orbicular Burrfish (Cyclichtys orbicularus) Observations
Good observations on how critters without pupils handle rest/sleep cycles. Any info as to whether or not this one is nocturnal in the wild? The research published on this fish species is very scarce. What published information from educational/research institutions we have found all use the exact s...
- Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:03 am
- Forum: Marine Puffers
- Topic: Orbicular Burrfish (Cyclichtys orbicularus) Observations
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7636
Orbicular Burrfish (Cyclichtys orbicularus) Observations
As this fish is rare in the fish trade and care information is hard to come by, this thread is being created to provide information and observations by one scientist observing one fish. The subject fish could be a poor representative, so conclusions will be speculative at best, and observation may o...
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:21 pm
- Forum: Meet and Greet
- Topic: Hi from FishFan and FishFancier after 5 years away
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4972
Re: Hi from FishFan and FishFancier after 5 years away
No-Name-Yet is now Oblio, because there has to be a point.
-R
-R
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What??? (Poop Question)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2822
Re: What??? (Poop Question)
I wouldn't expect that to make much, if any difference in your tank. How much VC is in there? 3527 mcg/ml It is really a food soak for omega-3 fatty acids, and I agree that the C is too low to do anything in the tank. I thought the tiny print on the back label said mg/l but it is really 3.5 grams p...