New puffer fanatic
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 1:13 pm
Hey everyone,
My name is Peter. I have had two aquariums for over half a year now. I have a 70 liter (18 gallon) and a 180 liter (47 ish gallon) aquarium.
In the small tank I used to have a dwarf gourami couple and a CPO. In the bigger tank I used to have a trio of Ramirezi Electric Blues. About 18 Corydoras' of a about 3/4 different kinds. And 6 Kuhlii's. The Ramirezi's are a suggestion to anyone loving dwarf cichlids. They can follow you around if you walk past the tank. They follow your hand awaiting food and when you feed them like i did, with frozen blocks of bloodworms for example, they will eat out of your hand and gently nibbling at your skin.
Now recently I've come across the pufferfish. I always thought they'd be a bit difficult and all of them need salt/brackish water. But then I found a whole lot of pure sweetwater ones. And I fell in love with the Congo Puffer. Or to be official, the Tetraodon Miurus. We decided to move the old fishbase to a shelter we have near us. They take excellent care of them and give them a new home.
As a still relatively young aquarist I have to learn and I think I found the fish for me. I am not scared away from the fact that Tetraodon Miurus is a solitary and highly predatory fish. He will have the whole 47 gallon tank for himself.
The small tank is going to contain feeder Guppy's or Platy's. Not sure yet. (Yes I know this is illegal in the UK and frowned upon by part of the aquarium society. But it is a predator fish and I want to keep his instincts alive. Not intending a discussion about this as ive done plenty of research on this matter already.)
My name is Peter. I have had two aquariums for over half a year now. I have a 70 liter (18 gallon) and a 180 liter (47 ish gallon) aquarium.
In the small tank I used to have a dwarf gourami couple and a CPO. In the bigger tank I used to have a trio of Ramirezi Electric Blues. About 18 Corydoras' of a about 3/4 different kinds. And 6 Kuhlii's. The Ramirezi's are a suggestion to anyone loving dwarf cichlids. They can follow you around if you walk past the tank. They follow your hand awaiting food and when you feed them like i did, with frozen blocks of bloodworms for example, they will eat out of your hand and gently nibbling at your skin.
Now recently I've come across the pufferfish. I always thought they'd be a bit difficult and all of them need salt/brackish water. But then I found a whole lot of pure sweetwater ones. And I fell in love with the Congo Puffer. Or to be official, the Tetraodon Miurus. We decided to move the old fishbase to a shelter we have near us. They take excellent care of them and give them a new home.
As a still relatively young aquarist I have to learn and I think I found the fish for me. I am not scared away from the fact that Tetraodon Miurus is a solitary and highly predatory fish. He will have the whole 47 gallon tank for himself.
The small tank is going to contain feeder Guppy's or Platy's. Not sure yet. (Yes I know this is illegal in the UK and frowned upon by part of the aquarium society. But it is a predator fish and I want to keep his instincts alive. Not intending a discussion about this as ive done plenty of research on this matter already.)