The Puffer Forum

Fingers are so overrated!!

Seriously though, that's very useful information. I will run up and get some peas tomorrow and see if he likes them. Do you recommend feeding every day, or as Jager suggested, every other day?

BTW, I have started setting up a 10 gallon tank for future dwarf puffers (my fifth tank - who needs furniture, right?). I think Michelle and I are hooked...

Thanks again,

Dan

Feeding every other day at his size is a great schedual. Gives him a chance to work off those extra pounds. Once he gets larger the feedings can then be cut back to every 2 days and sometimes only 2-3 times a week (debatable.) But be sure to mix his diet up a little.

gagned wrote:Fingers are so overrated!!

Seriously

Actually, my concern would be for your little puffer. Your hands.......you might think you have every contaminant possible washed off before you stick your hands in there but you never know. I admit it's really a thrill to touch them, I admit I've petted my porc (after a long hand rinsing and an hour or rearranging corals in the reefs barehanded, then another rise or so) every now and again. It's cute as hell how he "schools" with my hand.

I wouldn't be playing with him like that in the tank. That beak is no joke. Can do more damage in one quick bite than just about any other fish I figure.

I'm confused about the ammonia levels. Why are you reading ammonia? Did you not cycle the tank? Did you just add a fish?

I was under the impression that once the nitrifying bacteria is established you won't see ammonia or nitrites anymore???

I could understand those levels if you lose a fish and it starts rotting under a rock or if you overfeed and a big chuck of shrimp is left to deteriorate.

However, if the tank is clean I don't understand how you can be reading ammonia and no nitrite unless it's at the beginning of a cycle or minicycle(added a new fish)