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Erm.. the ones at the back are all true fw puffers.. Mbu, Palembang, arrowhead, Congo and SAPs I remembered..

U happen to be with the air force btw? All your puffer are named after the ones they have in service.. lol..

scpion wrote:Erm.. the ones at the back are all true fw puffers.. Mbu, Palembang, arrowhead, Congo and SAPs I remembered..

U happen to be with the air force btw? All your puffer are named after the ones they have in service.. lol..

Eek, forgive this noob's mistake. Right now I can only identify four types of puffers: DP, GSP, F8 and Congo (I just read up on the last one on Sunday, when I saw a little boy and his father paying for this pretty little red puffer at Seaview, haha). I'm slowly brushing up on my 'Puff-ulary,' please be patient with me; one day I will be spitting out the systematic names of puffers like a seasoned old pro! XD

No, I'm not in the Air Force, but I have interest in aviation, and one of the reason I quickly grew to like puffers is because they remind me of certain models of helicopters and VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) aircrafts.

...Not to mention, they certainly fit our RSAF's unofficial motto to a tee!

'Round, Short and Fat!!'

The ONLY thing my spoiled brat DPs will eat are live blackworms. I feed the worms crushed flakes & any powdered FD plankton at the bottom of the container & soak them in fish vitamins.

PP, live black worms are not available here. Remembered they are some kind of mosquito larvae.. think the authorities banned that here..

Yep, scpion is right. We take our mosquitoes very seriously here in Singapore. Doesn't matter if you are breeding them deliberately or accidentally, but once caught, you will be promptly slapped with a fine, no exceptions.

Your DPs are really lucky that Mommy loves them so much. =) I didn't know that live feed can also be soaked in vitamins. I will do that for my DPs as well next time. In conclusion, this means that I can dose live feed with meds as well, yes?

some of us do breed cherry shrimps as live food. But imo they are too pretty to look at.. I would say its a waste of $$ to dose the live feed with med. Marinate the live/dead food just before feeding should be more effective.

Your DPs are really lucky that Mommy loves them so much. =) I didn't know that live feed can also be soaked in vitamins. I will do that for my DPs as well next time. In conclusion, this means that I can dose live feed with meds as well, yes?

Yes, I feed my puffer's food. They are what they eat, right?
Yes, you can medicate live food too but don't expect it to stay live for long after that.

Thanks, everyone, I will keep trying to convince my little fellas to try prepared feed. Dosing live feed with meds will be an absolute last resort. You guys have been a great help. =)