A Visitor Lurking In My Tank....
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bigfatfish
- Fahaka Puffer
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GSPs "Flash" & "Lionel" - in a 55 UK Gallon Bow front Marine Tank with sump. - Location (country): United Kingdom
- Location: Devon, UK
A Visitor Lurking In My Tank....
Two weeks ago I went to the beach to collect snails to use as food for my GSPs (I freeze loads at a time). Whilst I was there I also managed to catch a little shrimp thing which I thought they would love to munch on. However, it was so tiny that when I dropped it in, they didn't see it! I assumed it would die pretty quickly, be eaten or sucked into the filter. I have done two water changes since then, hoovered the gravel twice, taken out the plants/decs to wipe off the algae. When I fed them earlier, who should come racing out for a feed? Little shrimpy guy! I couldn't believe that he had survived & was a couple of mm bigger! This is still only a low end BW tank, so I thought that the salinity difference would have finished him off long ago. How hardy must these little creatures be? I am truly amazed that he is still in there & now I don't want him to get eaten!! Think I might go to the beach again to see if I can catch him some friends!
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Lil' Swimz$
- Mbu Puffer
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Re: A Visitor Lurking In My Tank....
Oh wow that's amazing!
Ha ha, he he! DAncE whEn yoU're HAPpppy! He he he! DAnce, danCE, DANCe!
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Jagatorjake
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Re: A Visitor Lurking In My Tank....
I just recently saw a ghost shrimp in my tank that i'm pretty sure i put in months ago as food for my puffer. i started using frozen foods because its easier while i'm in college. I guess my puffer never got to it and has been living down there ever since. i never saw it come out at all until one day i saw it standing proudly at the top of my driftwood, and i was like where the heck did you come from?!?! haha your story made me think of that.
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CarmenH
- Fahaka Puffer
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Zephyr, ???Tetraodon nigroviridis??? - Location (country): Ontario, Canada
Re: A Visitor Lurking In My Tank....
When I went to move Frankie from his 29g to his new 65g, I found *all* the ghost shrimp I'd "fed" him...they are all still living with him (and some Endlers) in the 65g!
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Frankie, Monotrete Turgidus
Zephyr, Giant mutant Tetraodon Nigroviridis???
Odie, Tetraodon biocellatus RIP
Doug, Takifugu Ocellatus RIP
Frankie, Monotrete Turgidus
Zephyr, Giant mutant Tetraodon Nigroviridis???
Odie, Tetraodon biocellatus RIP
Doug, Takifugu Ocellatus RIP
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bigfatfish
- Fahaka Puffer
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- My Puffers: GSP "Puffy" RIP old friend 1999-2009
GSPs "Flash" & "Lionel" - in a 55 UK Gallon Bow front Marine Tank with sump. - Location (country): United Kingdom
- Location: Devon, UK
Re: A Visitor Lurking In My Tank....
It was more that he had been plucked from a rock pool & into a low BW tank that amazed me. They must be able to tolerate a huge range of SG, but I suppose there would be variations naturally in the pools as tide comes in/out & with evaporation of smaller pools.
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OCgatergal
- Green Spotted Puffer
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Re: A Visitor Lurking In My Tank....
thats cool, do you know what kind it is?
I believe you have small mud puddles mixed up with acres of rice paddies.
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PolishPuff
- Mbu Puffer
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Also cared for;
Fahaka------------------- Had to give it away
Auriglobus modestus-----Traded
Auriglobus silus ---------Died during transport.
Figure Eight Puffers -----Sold and or traded
Dwarf Puffers ------------Traded
Congo Puffer ------------Traded
South American Puffers -Traded
Carinotetraodon lorteti --Died under my supervision :( - Location (country): USA-Chicago, IL
- Location: Chicago, IL
Re: A Visitor Lurking In My Tank....
Same thing happened, but with OTO in my FW, he was MIA for about 4 weeks when I found him. Since then I call him RAMBO.
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