Squee's 8g set up

Dwarf, Red Eye, South American & more. Freshwater puffer talk in here.
Post Reply
User avatar
LooksLater
Dwarf Puffer
Posts: 53
Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:50 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Suki: Fahaka Puffer
Squee and Bella: Dwarf Puffers
Also:
30g Tanganyikan community tank
10g RCS/planted/community tank
2.5g snail/endler breeding tank
2g Sulawesi invert tank
Location (country): Spring, TX- USA
Location: Spring, TX

Squee's 8g set up

Post by LooksLater »

Here's my planted DP tank. It's a Fluval Ebi set up, 7.9g standard specs (stock fluval internal filter w/spraybar, 13w fluval light- 6,400k I believe), with a 50w heater. Housing 1 Carinotetraodon Travancoricus (Indian Dwarf Puffer), her name is Squee. 3 Otocinclus (dwarf catfish), and maybe 5 total ghost and red cherry shrimp. I just recently rescaped and am really happy with how it looks! Still open to suggestions, so if you have one- fire away. Excuse the glare...
Image

Somebody seems really happy with the set-up!
Image

I'm planning on adding more plants as I can. Not sure what this plant is, but it is impossible to plant and stay put! Hopefully this arrangement will work, I'll be removing some of this rock if the roots take hold...
Image

Here's a better pic of her before I rescaped...she's so cute!

Image

I am considering getting one more. With tank size, I think that's all I can house here comfortably. My LFS has some now, if I can sex them properly I may pick up another female, see if they get on. It's better to have 2 females if you only keep 2, is that right?

Thanks for looking, everyone!
"Without tact you can learn nothing."
Benjamin Disraeli
Top
User avatar
bertie 83
Moderator
Posts: 5298
Joined: Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:28 pm
Gender: Male
My Puffers: lineatus R.I.P, South American puffer. Valentini puffer, porcupine puffer.
Non puffer
Danios, Tetras, Redtail Rasporas,
Harlequins, CAE's, Yoyo
Loaches, Clown loaches ,Eels, various shrimp, tangs,wrasses, damsels, chromis
Location (country): Brighton, England
Location: brighton , england

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by bertie 83 »

Yea looks nice. Not quite big enough for 2 tho. 5g each is best.
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
Top
User avatar
suvattii2012
Green Spotted Puffer
Posts: 427
Joined: Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:52 am
My Puffers: Arrowhead / Suvattii
Location (country): UK

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by suvattii2012 »

Looks nice.
Arrowhead
Top
User avatar
J-P
Former Staff Member
Posts: 5626
Joined: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:21 am
Gender: Male
Location (country): Japan
Location: Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by J-P »

that is a nice little set up :) I am sure Squee is very happy in there :)
if you follow me, you avoid stepping in the crap that I just did...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZR55G ... pqlgec1A2Q
Top
User avatar
LooksLater
Dwarf Puffer
Posts: 53
Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:50 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Suki: Fahaka Puffer
Squee and Bella: Dwarf Puffers
Also:
30g Tanganyikan community tank
10g RCS/planted/community tank
2.5g snail/endler breeding tank
2g Sulawesi invert tank
Location (country): Spring, TX- USA
Location: Spring, TX

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by LooksLater »

Thanks, everybody!! :D
I'm not 100% sure on the size requirements, still sorting all the conflicting info...but I'm seeing it's recommended 5g for the first, and 3g for ea additional? Some also just say 3-5 for ea. If that's the case, another one is possible, if pushing it, but I might just wait until we have a 20g free so that I can have a proper harem of 2-to-1 and introduce everyone to a new space at the same time. We'll see. These little porkchops are just too much fun not to get more at some point!
"Without tact you can learn nothing."
Benjamin Disraeli
Top
User avatar
LooksLater
Dwarf Puffer
Posts: 53
Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:50 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Suki: Fahaka Puffer
Squee and Bella: Dwarf Puffers
Also:
30g Tanganyikan community tank
10g RCS/planted/community tank
2.5g snail/endler breeding tank
2g Sulawesi invert tank
Location (country): Spring, TX- USA
Location: Spring, TX

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by LooksLater »

Some MUCH better pictures, taken by my photographer buddy...

Image

Image

Image
"Without tact you can learn nothing."
Benjamin Disraeli
Top
User avatar
hadla
Mbu Puffer
Posts: 1626
Joined: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:33 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: 2 gsps and a big Stars and stripes
Location (country): California
Location: Sacramento, CA
Contact:
Contact hadla

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by hadla »

i love it! what is the plant behind the moss ball? the big stalk one with leaves coming out of each side
Never trust big puffers. The fingers you save may be your own. -RTR
Top
User avatar
Pufferpunk
Queen Admin
Posts: 32976
Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
Location: Greenville, SC
Contact:
Contact Pufferpunk

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by Pufferpunk »

She looks like a female. You could keep another female with her.
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!"
Top
User avatar
LooksLater
Dwarf Puffer
Posts: 53
Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:50 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Suki: Fahaka Puffer
Squee and Bella: Dwarf Puffers
Also:
30g Tanganyikan community tank
10g RCS/planted/community tank
2.5g snail/endler breeding tank
2g Sulawesi invert tank
Location (country): Spring, TX- USA
Location: Spring, TX

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by LooksLater »

hadla wrote:i love it! what is the plant behind the moss ball? the big stalk one with leaves coming out of each side
Thanks! That plant's a hygrophila- corymbosa stricta, "giant hygro".

I love the lushness of this tank, with it being rimless it's so much of a pleasure to plant up thick, you can see from every angle. I'm about to put a big bunch of bronze crypts and some other stuff in there, I want my squee to have lots of cover and fun places to explore... I'll post more pics when the water clears back up!
"Without tact you can learn nothing."
Benjamin Disraeli
Top
User avatar
LooksLater
Dwarf Puffer
Posts: 53
Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:50 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Suki: Fahaka Puffer
Squee and Bella: Dwarf Puffers
Also:
30g Tanganyikan community tank
10g RCS/planted/community tank
2.5g snail/endler breeding tank
2g Sulawesi invert tank
Location (country): Spring, TX- USA
Location: Spring, TX

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by LooksLater »

Pufferpunk wrote:She looks like a female. You could keep another female with her.
The guy I got her from said, "he", but that's what I was thinking, too. Looks like a "she" to me! Haven't decided yet, but good to know, 2 girls would get along better. Thanks, Pufferpunk.
"Without tact you can learn nothing."
Benjamin Disraeli
Top
User avatar
hadla
Mbu Puffer
Posts: 1626
Joined: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:33 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: 2 gsps and a big Stars and stripes
Location (country): California
Location: Sacramento, CA
Contact:
Contact hadla

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by hadla »

thanks for the info
Never trust big puffers. The fingers you save may be your own. -RTR
Top
User avatar
LooksLater
Dwarf Puffer
Posts: 53
Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:50 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Suki: Fahaka Puffer
Squee and Bella: Dwarf Puffers
Also:
30g Tanganyikan community tank
10g RCS/planted/community tank
2.5g snail/endler breeding tank
2g Sulawesi invert tank
Location (country): Spring, TX- USA
Location: Spring, TX

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by LooksLater »

No problem. I had never seen one before I got this, I like it a lot.
"Without tact you can learn nothing."
Benjamin Disraeli
Top
User avatar
Terrance
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 578
Joined: Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:10 am
Gender: Male
My Puffers: Retired Puffer Addict
Location (country): USA
Location: Seattle

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by Terrance »

Yup it does look like a female. I don't think you should add any more tankmates.
Kind regards,
Terrance
Top
User avatar
kcartwright856
Green Spotted Puffer
Posts: 289
Joined: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:17 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: 2 C. travancoricus (dwarf puffer)
7 Pangio kuhlii
5 Otocinclus vittatus (w/ fry)
Location (country): USA
Location: Millersburg, PA
Contact:
Contact kcartwright856

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by kcartwright856 »

She is a total cutie, for sure!

+1 for not adding another. You COULD, if you really wanted to, but she's been so happy in there by herself. I think I read that you got her from someone else as a singleton? She would most certainly enjoy staying that way.

It's totally up to you, though. As mentioned above, you would be able to put another female in there if you were set on it.
-KC

My DP tank journal: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29746
Top
User avatar
kcartwright856
Green Spotted Puffer
Posts: 289
Joined: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:17 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: 2 C. travancoricus (dwarf puffer)
7 Pangio kuhlii
5 Otocinclus vittatus (w/ fry)
Location (country): USA
Location: Millersburg, PA
Contact:
Contact kcartwright856

Re: Squee's 8g set up

Post by kcartwright856 »

She is a total cutie, for sure!

+1 for not adding another. You COULD, if you really wanted to, but she's been so happy in there by herself. I think I read that you got her from someone else as a singleton? She would most certainly enjoy staying that way.

It's totally up to you, though. As mentioned above, you would be able to put another female in there if you were set on it.
-KC

My DP tank journal: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29746
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Freshwater Puffers”