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taly
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Post by taly »

haha! I'm just sitting here and laughing!
Very good explanations on what he's thinking and what's going on there :lol:
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Post by Hilly »

Good luck, hope it works out, just out of interest what temperature is the tank at?
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Post by Rocker »

I would be a bit apprehensive. The male looked like he was showing his dominance. I would be worried for the female personally
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taly
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Post by taly »

Actually it's about 26C sometimes 27...
I'm thinking about lower it, but the male is quite calm now.
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taly
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Post by taly »

She's not new :P I know how they are together... I think everything is fine at the moment but of cores I will have a close look at them! I'm not going to loose this beautiful and expensive fish.
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Post by Hilly »

My male has shown no sign of distress at temps or around 71, sometimes it drops to 68 at night when the light is off and depending on house temp, still seems to be fine.
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taly
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Post by taly »

But if you want a more active salivator the temp. should be over 24C .
So I should turn it down a bit :P
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Post by Hilly »

I was thinking more for aggression, less active could mean less aggressive towards females
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taly
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Post by taly »

Yes, I know.
That's why I'm gonna lower it
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Post by manutius »

YAY!!! I finally got round to veiwing the vids. They are gorgeous fish, I am very jealous 8)
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taly
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Post by taly »

Thanks ;)
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Post by taly »

The only problem I got now is feeding time...
The 14 tiger barbs eat it's own food and the puffers food!
The male doesn't have that much problem with the tiger barbs but the female doesn't seem to get all the food that she needs...

Any advice?
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Post by manutius »

feeding in seaprate areas is easy or a divider for feeding time could work too
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Post by Rocker »

taly wrote:The only problem I got now is feeding time...
The 14 tiger barbs eat it's own food and the puffers food!
The male doesn't have that much problem with the tiger barbs but the female doesn't seem to get all the food that she needs...

Any advice?
Just one of many reasons to keep puffers in species only tanks I'm afraid :wink:
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Post by taly »

:lol: You're right!
And I absolutely hate them sometimes!
Puffers are the only fish for me ;)
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