question about tiddles, my baby dp

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question about tiddles, my baby dp

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yet more questions lol, sorry for all these!! just wanna try n do things right :) a few weeks ago, i found tiddles, a titchy baby dwarf puffer swimming bout in my dps tank. at the minute, hes in a little floating baby tank thingy, but hes growing so i dont wanna leave him there 2 long. what i wanna know is if i put him in the tank with the 3 dps that are already in there, will they accept him, or would he get bullied etc? i have got a small tank i could put him in instead if thats a better choice, but if poss i would like him with the others.anyone got any advice on this?
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Re: question about tiddles, my baby dp

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I think it'd be okay. As he grows, if he's actually a male, it could throw gender ratios off, depending on what you already have in there. But for now, I don't see much of a problem. DPs are pretty accepting of each other, generally speaking. He was okay until you found him, right?
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Re: question about tiddles, my baby dp

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yeh thats true, he was ok till then :Dbut he was hiding, so maybe none of the others had noticed him!! ( not sure why i keep calling it him btw lol, no idea if its a girl or boy yet :)) and as for gender ratios, atm i have 2 boys n 1 girl at the min. thanks for help anyways :D ill let him out 2moro n see how it goes
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Re: question about tiddles, my baby dp

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You found a little baby in your tank? Aww. How big is your tank?
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quite small really lol!! 35l, not sure what that is in gallons?
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Re: question about tiddles, my baby dp

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You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Re: question about tiddles, my baby dp

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So about 9. Your tank is overstocked, especially when Tiddles get big.
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Re: question about tiddles, my baby dp

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yeh :( well i guess tiddles wont b living in that tank then :D still might move all the dps into my saps tank, but not until im sure the whitespot is gone from that tank. i think i might have more babies before long aswel, sugar and diddy have been doing a lot of their mating behaviour again 2day and yesterday :D so cute
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Re: question about tiddles, my baby dp

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Ohh. You're using it as a quarantine? Well, that's not so bad. Just keep the water changes up. You could have two in the 9 gallon, that's it. Two (including Tiddles) will have to go. More behavior?
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pele + 3 with no name yet!)
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Re: question about tiddles, my baby dp

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Lil' Swimz$ wrote:Ohh. You're using it as a quarantine? Well, that's not so bad. Just keep the water changes up. You could have two in the 9 gallon, that's it. Two (including Tiddles) will have to go. More behavior?

nope, its not a quarantine tank...ive always had my dps in that tank :) when i got them, i didnt know they needed 3 gallons each etc. but i have a much bigger tank with my saps in, which i did wanna put the dps in aswell...but now 1 of the saps has whitespot, so im not putting anything else in the bigger tank until i know its all clear :)
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Actually 5 for the first and 3 for the rest.
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pele + 3 with no name yet!)
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ah ok :) i thought it was like5 ifu only had 1, but if u have a few together they need 3 each
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Re: question about tiddles, my baby dp

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That's my conclusion, too. I think that 3g can support one's bioload, but they need more than that for swim room.
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Re: question about tiddles, my baby dp

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I have a similar issue. After moving my dwarf puffers into a larger tank and using their old on for my snails I recently found a new puffer in my snail tank. Really happy and growing quickly, explained why I wasn't getting and new snails. I'm letting it get bigger before I try to move it into the tank with the rest of the puffers. Hopefully They'll accept it.
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How cool!!
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