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Rachy, are you at all close to Ferrybridge Aquatics? We were there today and they had a few different kinds of food for fry. Just thought I'd mention it, in case you were close to there.

scishmy, ill try that with the brine shrimp thingy, thanks and yep, i will defo b needing to rehome some of these babies if they grow up, which i hope they will :d and would much rather they went to some1 like u, who i know could look after them
ferrybridge aquatics is about 80miles from me i think, boyfriend has just said he will take me there sometime wont b in time for the baby food tho unfortunately:( have ordered a banana worm culture off ebay earlier 2day tho, hopefully that b here soon

Well listen, it's not really that close to us either, about an hours drive .... but if you need something, I could always go up and get it and then post it to you. I am always willing to help a fellow puffer lover. So if your banana worm culture doesn't work, just let me know and I can get something from Ferrybridge and send it on to you.
May I ask what town you're in, just so I have an idea where you are (if you don't mind me asking that is)?

aww thats a really nice offer!! ppl on here are so kind
and nope i dont mind u asking im in a town called bishop auckland, its in county durham

You are very welcome!

babies are still doing well every day finding more eggs and babies in the main tank. so far have found 1 dead baby tho not sure why, but i guess i should expect some of them not to make it shouldnt i! the oldest are 10 days old now eating well, im giving them frozen baby brine shrimp, and now banana worms aswell .
theyre in a small tank, all it has in is a couple of moss balls and some riccia for them, its bare bottomed etc...does anyone have any idea how i can clean the bottom of the tank? had a try 2nite with a largeish pipette, but didnt manage very well lol. i just wanna get rid of ll the rubbish thats on the bottom, but if i use siphon like i normally would,its gonna suck the tiddlers up isnt it

That's excellent that you're still finding eggs, and that your babies are getting older. And yes, I would think finding a few dead ones is going to be normal, that's why they lay so many, because some are just not going to make it.

You could try putting some sort of stocking or netting over the siphon so it doesn't suck up the babies, but I'm not sure what would be big enough to allow dirt to get through and yet not suck up the small ones.

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they all doing good the biggest 1s are 2 weeks old 2day wish my cam was good enough 2 get some pics for ya!! they look just like little mini adults now very cute, and they started 2 come 2 the front of the tank when i take the lid off 2 feed them etc really sweet 2 see loads of tiny babys all lined up waiting for worms lool!

every day i find more babies and eggs in the big tank still aswell : had a move about in there the other day, but that hasnt stopped them at all lol!

I was looking at my Dwarf puffers today, I've got 2 really big ones in my tank (along with the others that are regular size) .... I wish they'd make babies! You are so fortunate to have experienced baby puffers. The only babies I get to see are the endless amounts of Endlers that seem to be taking over my tank!!

well ive just done their 1st wc lol left it a bit long really, but was so scared of hurting them lol! ive just used the syphon as i normally would, then got all the babies that i sucked up back out of the bucket with a pippette they all look fine so hopefully wasnt 2 traumatic for them lol!! some more moss has come for their tank 2day, cos ive seen they likt 2 hide + play in it guess they also eat from it aswell. the bigger babies are around 5mm long now (including tails lol!) bout 5 times bigger than when they 1st hatched

rachy wrote:well ive just done their 1st wc lol left it a bit long really, but was so scared of hurting them lol! ive just used the syphon as i normally would, then got all the babies that i sucked up back out of the bucket with a pippette they all look fine so hopefully wasnt 2 traumatic for them lol!! some more moss has come for their tank 2day, cos ive seen they likt 2 hide + play in it guess they also eat from it aswell. the bigger babies are around 5mm long now (including tails lol!) bout 5 times bigger than when they 1st hatched

you can stretch a piece of nylon stocking over the intake end of your syphon, & fasten it with a rubber band to prevent the baby fish from being sucked up by the syphon

i did try that 1st!! but it didnt seem 2 suck all the bits of rubbish off the bottom

That's so amazing Rachy! What an experience!

Lil' Swimz$ wrote:That's so amazing Rachy! What an experience!

yep it has been a great experience for sure and a very cute 1 lol!! have just cleaned the adults tank again tonight, and found another 26 eggs...there was a lot more, but for some reason all the others had fungus on also, i found a baby in the adults tank as big as my oldest babies in the fry tank!! that means the little guy has managed to survive with the adults for 2.5 weeks