What a fat little puff
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- lilacamy931
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What a fat little puff
Well I have some DPs and one is absolutely enormous and a proper blimp, she has no problems eating and it is great to see her fattened up after the store..
- PolishPuff
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- pufferpuggirl
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Re: What a fat little puff
Aside from being tubby, she's also a bluey! I love the blueys.
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- lilacamy931
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Re: What a fat little puff
I thought that was pretty ususual too! There are two the other being a male who is blue eye wrinkles but grubbier colouration lol. he hates the camera. I was fattening them up but as they have come a long way they are on a proper routine now
- pufferpuggirl
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Re: What a fat little puff
With all the DP's I have, only one of mine is a bluey. I like those, think they are very attractive, of course I love them all blueys or not, but it's just that colour of blue I think is so pretty. I think one of mine is an imitator .... he's not got much in the way of black lines on his body.
Just curious Amy, what do you feed your DP's?
Just curious Amy, what do you feed your DP's?
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- PolishPuff
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Auriglobus silus ---------Died during transport.
Figure Eight Puffers -----Sold and or traded
Dwarf Puffers ------------Traded
Congo Puffer ------------Traded
South American Puffers -Traded
Carinotetraodon lorteti --Died under my supervision :( - Location (country): USA-Chicago, IL
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- pufferpuggirl
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- lilacamy931
- Fahaka Puffer
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Re: What a fat little puff
Aw he is a cutie PolishPuff. I feed mine lets see...bloodworm (frozen live), brine shrimp (frozen live), mysis shrimp (frozen), occasional prawn (frozen), occasional live shrimp and snails (well one of them will at least at snails). Im hoping that is a varied diet! I am planning to try them on peas as some greens as the ones before used to eat too!
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Re: What a fat little puff
The reason I asked Amy is because my dwarf puffers will only eat bloodworm. I've tried all foods, and I keep trying, but they just go to it, see that it's not bloodworm, and then back off and won't eat it. In fact, none of my puffers seem to care for frozen mysis, or the black mosquito larvae (is that blackworms? not sure). Anyway, they seem very particular. One of them will peck at the pieces of prawn that I put in for the irrubesco, but mainly it's bloodworm. I always offer a variety ..... but I can't make them eat it.
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Re: What a fat little puff
Starve them until they will eat it. That's how I got the SAPs to eat shrimp, mussels, squid, krill, etc. Eventually they'll get hungry enough to try it. I then fed it for a few days in a row (2-3) so the point that it was food and good to eat sunk in. After that they gobbled it all up.
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- lilacamy931
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Re: What a fat little puff
I think mine eat anything as they were just grateful for something that wasnt tropical flake food!
- Lil' Swimz$
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Re: What a fat little puff
She's absolutely gorgeous Amy.
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