I have a successful suvattii pairing!!!

Are your puffers feeling a little naughty & lil ones are the result? Post your findings here!
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Post by Rusty »

Fantastic!!!!!.
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Post by saynever »

nature knows best.:wink:

Rocker wrote: Another interesting observation and thought. I always thought that the male after a while of gaurding would blow the eggs forcefully to scatter them. At first, because they dissappeared from the slate I thought he had eaten them. But they would hatch amongst the plants and appear at times. I then thought it was bad parenting on his behalf as I watched him scatter other batches of eggs blowning them off the slate too.
After raising them myself I notice that many struggle to free themselves and after a while die.
Further eggs that I have seen I have helped by blowing them myself with a pipette. My success rate has increased alot.
The latest batch I am talking about contain around 50 healthy fry.
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Post by DarkEntity »

They look amazing, its like someone has taken mum and dad and shrunk them.....Im cant stop thinking Mini Me from Austin Powers :lol:
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Post by manutius »

this is one of the most amazing things I have seen. Congrats to you you must be so proud :D

The youngsters look great, will you need to separate them at some point?
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Post by Rocker »

They get on very well and it will be along time before I have to seperate them.
This wall they built is four puffers high lol

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Post by kass »

Haha, thats hilarious!
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Post by DarkEntity »

Hahaha excellent,

yes we are small, cute and can build small walls!
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Post by kass »

Any ideas why they are doing that?
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Post by manutius »

aah bless them cowering in the corne from the big nasty meat bag Bringer of food!!!!!
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Post by Rocker »

Is this the longest thread ever?
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Post by Gomez »

You could make it longer by posting more pictures. We never get tired of seeing your babies.
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Post by manutius »

yeah more more!!!!!
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Post by Rocker »

Here they are arriving in the shops. First captive bred puffers are on the market!
Sorry about the quality. These were taken with a phone camera.


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Post by Pufferpunk »

How mush are you selling them for (in US$)? How can you be sure they'll go to good homes? That's what I'd be most worried about.
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Post by manutius »

Congratulations mate!! I must say I am intrigued on how much they are retailing for ;)
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