Monotrete Palembangensis - clean up crew needed

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Monotrete Palembangensis - clean up crew needed

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I am looking for suggestions to add a clean up crew with my Dragon Puffer, all that good food going to waste ...
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You! :lol:
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Re: Monotrete Palembangensis - clean up crew needed

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Don't feed as much. You can't put a clean up crew in with a viscous fish.. you must be the clean up crew or don't make a mess in the first place.

Feed smaller pieces instead of one big chunk at a time, that helps.
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What do you mean by the food going to waste? Maybe just feed him less :) and +1 LGP...Darb, you will be the clean up crew lol
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Re: Monotrete Palembangensis - clean up crew needed

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If only he would swallow a little more than 75 percent of the food that I put in then I would be happy.

Instead he spits it out a few times, watches it float around and picks away at the odd piece.

I was thinking about risking $3 and putting a large apple snail in to see what happens. Hopefully it is too large to be though of as food.
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Colomesus asellus, South America Puffer

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Tetraodon miurus, Congo Puffer
Colomesus asellus, South America Puffers
Tetraodon palembangensis, Dragon Puffer
Tetraodon erythrotaenia, Red-striped Toadfish
Tetraodon biocellatus, Figure Eight Puffer
Location (country): Vancouver, Canada

Re: Monotrete Palembangensis - clean up crew needed

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busybones wrote:What do you mean by the food going to waste? Maybe just feed him less :) and +1 LGP...Darb, you will be the clean up crew lol
as in him spitting it out and it going to the bottom, then I have to clean it out. he has kept pretty lean, dont think I have seen him with a belly.

what does +1 LGP mean
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If it gets picked at and killed, you'll wind up with a giant ammonia spike.

Why not try some tongs for reaching in and grabbing uneaten bits?
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her. Will she gain anything by it? Will it restore her to a control over her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to freedom for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

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Re: Monotrete Palembangensis - clean up crew needed

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+1 means, "I agree with above post".
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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And "LGP" is me, so "+1 LGP" means "I agree with LGP's post."
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her. Will she gain anything by it? Will it restore her to a control over her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to freedom for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

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Re: Monotrete Palembangensis - clean up crew needed

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darb wrote:as in him spitting it out and it going to the bottom, then I have to clean it out.
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how about a "dip tube" to pick up the leftovers?
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As I said, feed smaller pieces. If I give my big girl too much, she does the suck it in, spit it out, suck it in, spit it out thing too, and makes a mess. Smaller pieces she hopefully sucks in, and swallows, or at least doesn't spit/suck repeatedly, making a mess. Bubba is the same, on a smaller scale.. he loses a lot of little "bits" through his gills, but nothing to make a mess, more of a dusting.
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Re: Monotrete Palembangensis - clean up crew needed

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I agree with all the advice given, all is good. Impressive, a clean sweep!

But I am a notorious nit-picker... The accepted genus name for this fish is Tetraodon, not Monotretus. and the species name is lower case, palembangensis, even though it includes a person's name (Palembang's puffer). See:

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/species ... ng=English

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I'm still confused where this "Monotretus" name came from.
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: Monotrete Palembangensis - clean up crew needed

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these are freshwater puffers?. if so my clean up crew is malawi cichlids, they let notta go to waste.
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Re: Monotrete Palembangensis - clean up crew needed

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That puffer species is too aggressive to place with tank mates.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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