New to Dwarf Puffers
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Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32979
- 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
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Re: New to Dwarf Puffers
What source of "beneficial bacteria"? Most bottled bacteria is dead.
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!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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bertie 83
- Moderator
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- 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: New to Dwarf Puffers
If your other tank is disease free add some filter media from there to your dp tank. If you are experiencing spikes you need to do lots of large partials until it settles down.
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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tropicshell
- Puffer Fry
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- Joined: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:25 am
- Location (country): USA
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Re: New to Dwarf Puffers
Hey tanks for the post. It'll help me a lot!purplecandle wrote:welcome to the forum
Here is a basic puffer feeding article
library/feeding/feeding-your-puffers/
Here is info on snail breeding, you will probably want to breed these as they can be hard to buy.
library/feeding/basic-snail-breeding/
And here is some info on your dwarf puffers
library/puffers-in-focus/dwarfpuffercare/
I love to take care hermit crab. I have different sizes and colors hermit crab in my collection.
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Pufftastic
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 430
- Joined: Wed May 12, 2010 2:02 pm
- My Puffers: 1 x C travancoricus
Have also kept:
T biocellatus - Location (country): California USA
Re: New to Dwarf Puffers
I'd advise against keeping the ghost shrimp in there full-time, too. Baby DPs probably aren't capable of successfully killing and eating them, but they will probably harass the shrimp and bite off eyes, etc. Kind of a crummy existence for the shrimp -- I like live food to be killed quickly and consumed promptly.
Welcome to the wonderful world of puffers! DPs are a special favorite of mine. They pack a ton of personality into a small package, and I'm sure you're going to thoroughly enjoy yours.
Welcome to the wonderful world of puffers! DPs are a special favorite of mine. They pack a ton of personality into a small package, and I'm sure you're going to thoroughly enjoy yours.
Yo ho, yo ho, a puffer's life for me.
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jeromecarlyoung
- Figure 8 Puffer
- Posts: 150
- Joined: Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:45 pm
- Location (country): Yeovil, Somerset, UK
Re: New to Dwarf Puffers
Just a quick thing that I have heard good reports from Nerite Snails being able to withstand DP attack. These maybe a better clean up crew than blind shrimps.
If your DPs are fussy on eating dead food then the option of whiteworms is a good one. Get a few tubs of these going and no need to go the LFS for food again and you get your Fridge back too! No more worms in the Fridge; Yuck!
You keep these worms at about 15c, in the dark, they live in Garden Compost in tubs and eat Oatmeal and blanched Spinach-
Link below-
http://www.aquamania.co.uk/product.asp? ... nguageID=1
If your DPs are fussy on eating dead food then the option of whiteworms is a good one. Get a few tubs of these going and no need to go the LFS for food again and you get your Fridge back too! No more worms in the Fridge; Yuck!
You keep these worms at about 15c, in the dark, they live in Garden Compost in tubs and eat Oatmeal and blanched Spinach-
Link below-
http://www.aquamania.co.uk/product.asp? ... nguageID=1