Re: They arrived!! New Baileyi and Suvatti
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:07 pm
Howdy all..
Having been away for a week I thought i'd post an update.
I was a bit nervous as to what state my puffers (especially my baileyis and savatti as they are very new and still settling in!) would be in. I had somebody going in to feed them everyday who is an experienced fish keeper but has never kept puffers...
Thankfully a full head count and everybody doing really well!!
1) My Suvatti was eating relatively well before i left (would have 4 or 5 shrimp every few days but only if i put it right in front of him). Today when i walked in he swam straight for the front of the tank looking for food. He ate 6 defrosted clams straight away!
2) My big baileyi (the one that didn't arrive in great condition) who was just starting to eat before i left, also swam straight to the front looking for food and took 4-5 clams straight away.
3) my small baileyi's doing equally well - all of them came straight to me and had 1-2 clams each.
I'm so pleased that all of them have settled really well, I may not be as experienced as a lot of people on here but I guess I must be doing something right if they're eating so well / easily
PS scrap the whole 6 month rule, hoping to get a Leiurus tomorrow and miurus (and possibly diboisi) in the next week or so.
Though pretty soon I will be running out of room for new tanks (and $$$!!!)
Having been away for a week I thought i'd post an update.
I was a bit nervous as to what state my puffers (especially my baileyis and savatti as they are very new and still settling in!) would be in. I had somebody going in to feed them everyday who is an experienced fish keeper but has never kept puffers...
Thankfully a full head count and everybody doing really well!!
1) My Suvatti was eating relatively well before i left (would have 4 or 5 shrimp every few days but only if i put it right in front of him). Today when i walked in he swam straight for the front of the tank looking for food. He ate 6 defrosted clams straight away!
2) My big baileyi (the one that didn't arrive in great condition) who was just starting to eat before i left, also swam straight to the front looking for food and took 4-5 clams straight away.
3) my small baileyi's doing equally well - all of them came straight to me and had 1-2 clams each.
I'm so pleased that all of them have settled really well, I may not be as experienced as a lot of people on here but I guess I must be doing something right if they're eating so well / easily
PS scrap the whole 6 month rule, hoping to get a Leiurus tomorrow and miurus (and possibly diboisi) in the next week or so.
Though pretty soon I will be running out of room for new tanks (and $$$!!!)