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by Macks
Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:12 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Went to bed with 3 DPs, woke up with 1?!
Replies: 17
Views: 1810

Re: Went to bed with 3 DPs, woke up with 1?!

I went in with my aquascaping tools and poked around first to make sure they aren’t there. And I made sure to watch my tank for about a good hour before I came to the conclusion of them being gone. I talked to the guy at the LFS I got my DPs at, and he thinks the culprits are the ghost shrimp. I wou...
by Macks
Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:31 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Went to bed with 3 DPs, woke up with 1?!
Replies: 17
Views: 1810

Re: Went to bed with 3 DPs, woke up with 1?!

And to correct my first post, not IF but WHEN they died because if they aren’t inside of my tank then they can’t really be alive anywhere else lol
by Macks
Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:21 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Went to bed with 3 DPs, woke up with 1?!
Replies: 17
Views: 1810

Re: Went to bed with 3 DPs, woke up with 1?!

Here’s a shot of my tank for you to see how planted it is... oh, also, my tank is 13.5 gallons (effectively 12) so I thought 3 DPs would be fine...
by Macks
Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:19 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Went to bed with 3 DPs, woke up with 1?!
Replies: 17
Views: 1810

Went to bed with 3 DPs, woke up with 1?!

I finally went out and got 3 DPs yesterday—they were generally sticking together while they were checking out the tank, everyone seemed cool—I woke up today and now I only have 1? I’m so confused. I checked my water parameters and they’re all fine. My tank is moderate-heavily planted, so sight lines...
by Macks
Wed Oct 31, 2018 3:50 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Preparing for first DPs: quarantining multiple before planted display tank, aggression
Replies: 10
Views: 1515

Re: Preparing for first DPs: quarantining multiple before planted display tank, aggression

The dividers are a great idea. I didn’t intend on running a QT tank at all times since my plan was just to keep this species only tank... I think if things really hit the fan that I could set it up and just keep it going from then. The tank is moderately planted, and with some pretty heavy root feed...
by Macks
Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:53 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Preparing for first DPs: quarantining multiple before planted display tank, aggression
Replies: 10
Views: 1515

Re: Preparing for first DPs: quarantining multiple before planted display tank, aggression

Got it, in that case I would say just quarantine each puffer in its own small tank, even like those 1.5 gallon betta tanks you can get for $30 each would work. You could also put like 6 or more in a large tank, and with that many they are less likely to need sight broken up. Man, so it's looking li...
by Macks
Sun Oct 28, 2018 7:00 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Preparing for first DPs: quarantining multiple before planted display tank, aggression
Replies: 10
Views: 1515

Re: Preparing for first DPs: quarantining multiple before planted display tank, aggression

It seems like you could just about fit 1 male and 2 females in if you don’t have too much water displacing decor. If there aren’t any other fish in the aqaurium then why do you have to quarantine? I’d place them all in the main tank once cycled and if any do need quarantine in the future then you c...
by Macks
Sat Oct 27, 2018 6:12 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Preparing for first DPs: quarantining multiple before planted display tank, aggression
Replies: 10
Views: 1515

Re: Preparing for first DPs: quarantining multiple before planted display tank, aggression

It seems like you could just about fit 1 male and 2 females in if you don’t have too much water displacing decor. If there aren’t any other fish in the aqaurium then why do you have to quarantine? I’d place them all in the main tank once cycled and if any do need quarantine in the future then you c...
by Macks
Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:12 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Preparing for first DPs: quarantining multiple before planted display tank, aggression
Replies: 10
Views: 1515

Re: Preparing for first DPs: quarantining multiple before planted display tank, aggression

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by Macks
Tue Oct 23, 2018 5:34 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Preparing for first DPs: quarantining multiple before planted display tank, aggression
Replies: 10
Views: 1515

Preparing for first DPs: quarantining multiple before planted display tank, aggression

Hi all. I’m new to this forum, and I’m currently preparing for getting my first DPs, trying to do my due diligence beforehand and was hoping to get some advice. Right now I’m cycling a Fluval Evo 13.5 that I’ve repurposed as a freshwater tank, and I have a little 3 gallon Picotope on my desk that I’...