how long do dps keep breeding for?
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rachy
- Green Spotted Puffer
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- My Puffers: 4 adult dwarf puffers ( sugar, hamish, diddy + porky)
2 smallerDP's (squidge + speckle)
+ now 70+ baby DP's :)
7 south american puffers ( shaun, paddy, sketch,
pele + 3 with no name yet!)
2 irrubesco (princess ruby + richy) - Location (country): uk
- Location: north east uk
how long do dps keep breeding for?
its been 5 months or so now..that i know of, could of been longer tho!! will they just breed forever?? i dont mind if they like lol, just wondering!! also how long do puff babies take to grow up?? i knew they would grow slowly, cos they never really get big do they...but at 5 months old, the very biggest of the babies is still only maybe 1 5th of my adultssize lol!
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RTR
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Re: how long do dps keep breeding for?
Did you separate out the fry to another tank for grow-out? They will be the bottom of the food chain in the breeding tank and grow quite slowly.
Segregated from adults, they grow faster. They should be full size by about a year, ~3/4 inch by ~ 8 months.
These are the shortest lived puffer we keep, about 5 years +/-.. Breeding females don't last as long as the males, my oldest breeder female was about 3 or maybe a bit less.
HTH
Segregated from adults, they grow faster. They should be full size by about a year, ~3/4 inch by ~ 8 months.
These are the shortest lived puffer we keep, about 5 years +/-.. Breeding females don't last as long as the males, my oldest breeder female was about 3 or maybe a bit less.
HTH
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rachy
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 289
- Joined: Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:01 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 4 adult dwarf puffers ( sugar, hamish, diddy + porky)
2 smallerDP's (squidge + speckle)
+ now 70+ baby DP's :)
7 south american puffers ( shaun, paddy, sketch,
pele + 3 with no name yet!)
2 irrubesco (princess ruby + richy) - Location (country): uk
- Location: north east uk
Re: how long do dps keep breeding for?
yep theyre all seperated...the fry are all seperated aswell, cos they kill any fry smaller than them lol!! found that out the hard way...
8 months isnt so far away now
so maybe theyll get there soon!! thanks
8 months isnt so far away now
so maybe theyll get there soon!! thanks