Carinotetraodon lorteti

thebuddy229 · Post by **thebuddy229** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:38 pm

my mom and dad are complaining that dwarf puffs are to small for a 29g so can i keep Carinotetraodon lorteti with kuli loaches and if not what bigger (then DPs) FW puffs could i go for

perek · Post by **perek** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:42 pm

Umm I think that mixing species is a BAD idea. You might want to look for larger semiaggresive fish.

Gomez · Post by **Gomez** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:51 pm

do you already have dp's or are you just contemplating getting some?

thebuddy229 · Post by **thebuddy229** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:58 pm

no i dont have DPs i do however have um wait how many kulis are still alive

um 5 i think.....

messy_da_legend · Post by **messy_da_legend** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:10 pm

most puffers will probarbly consider kuhlis as wriggly live food worms

Fella · Post by **Fella** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:35 pm

A South American Puffer.

But Kuhli loaches might be too tempting for them.

thebuddy229 · Post by **thebuddy229** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:06 pm

nevermind i went with the DPs

maybe in a few years ill get a nile puffer tank

Raphael · Post by **Raphael** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:31 pm

Congratulations, good luck with them.

thebuddy229 · Post by **thebuddy229** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:21 pm

one died already >_> the others look healthy maybe ill go with a big puffer once I'm older and have a job right now mom and dad pay for stuff if i don't have money

Raphael · Post by **Raphael** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:32 pm

Sorry to hear that. What were the water parameters? How did you cycle the tank?

thebuddy229 · Post by **thebuddy229** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:29 pm

o the water is perfect with PH of 6.5 or so its been cycled over 2 years now

PS i think he was just not going to make it before i got him i wasn't able to see the puffs when i bought them they were hiding from the net

Fella · Post by **Fella** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:15 pm

How much ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? How was it cycled for 2 years?

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:18 am

PH of 6.5 sounds quite low. What's your tapwater's pH? How long did you acclimate the fish to your tank?

thebuddy229 · Post by **thebuddy229** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:30 pm

accumulated 30 minutes 6.5 is low??? 7 is normal its been a angel fish tank for a while
perfect water in my opinion is 0 0 and 10-20
PH of tap is 7.0 but i top off with deionized and sometimes use that for the water changes

and now the people over at dwarf puff site think i might have IP in some of them how do i treat that

thebuddy229 · Post by **thebuddy229** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:56 pm

never mind all is good they are all chubby after feeding today when all of em got some morsels but one who didn't see the food

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