My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:32 am
Here's my little guy!
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Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:46 am
What type of puffer is he?
Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:51 am
He's a dwarf Puffer. DP for short 
Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:51 am
Cute
Does he look a bit thin to anyone? I'm not used to seeing DPs up so close but I thought they were more rounded.
Does he look a bit thin to anyone? I'm not used to seeing DPs up so close but I thought they were more rounded.
Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:20 am
Cute little guy 
. I got to get some DP's again. Been afew years ago since I owned any.
. I got to get some DP's again. Been afew years ago since I owned any.Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:53 am
He's not skinny, he's athletic!
His buddy is skinny though, and I'm worried. He won't eat the blood worms, picks at the snails, but doesn't "eat them". Still swims around and hunts. He only wants "live" foods. The one pic'd above will eat anything and greets you at the glass. Very smart little guy.
Note the differences between the 2 in the picture below.
His buddy is skinny though, and I'm worried. He won't eat the blood worms, picks at the snails, but doesn't "eat them". Still swims around and hunts. He only wants "live" foods. The one pic'd above will eat anything and greets you at the glass. Very smart little guy.
Note the differences between the 2 in the picture below.
Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:06 pm
NIce Puffers J-P
For sure the one DP on that last picture doesn't look right. IP's.
Are you treating it for IP's?
For sure the one DP on that last picture doesn't look right. IP's.
Are you treating it for IP's?
Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:35 pm
yep did the IP thing... he just won't eat. He's been that way for a long time now. Even medicated foods.. just picks at them and then leaves it once it stops moving.
Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:38 pm
why would they even send you that second one? i would get in contact with the supplier and demand another one. unless thats a stipulation when you buy online, get what you get...
Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:41 pm
eh?
I didn't get these online. I got 4 at my LFS 2 died. 1 got caught between the breeder net and the glass, one withered away. These are the 2 that are left.
jus85411 ... are you sure you posted to the correct thread?
I didn't get these online. I got 4 at my LFS 2 died. 1 got caught between the breeder net and the glass, one withered away. These are the 2 that are left.
jus85411 ... are you sure you posted to the correct thread?
Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:48 pm
yeah i posted in the right thread, i just didnt see if you mentioned getting it online or at a LFS. and just assumed online since you know your stuff and i couldnt imagine you hand picking one looking like that
Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:52 pm
no.. they were at the LFS. They were special ordered so I couldn't "hand pick" them either.
I don't know what the distributor was feeding them, but when I received them, they all looked healthy.
I don't know what the distributor was feeding them, but when I received them, they all looked healthy.
Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:55 pm
what about trout worms? i dont know what they would be called up there in canada, but here they are smaller worms sold for fishing. like little skinny earthworms. they would wiggle like crazy and not stop even after being bitten a few times. might entice him enough to eat. unless you tried something similar already
Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:05 pm
why not a small pair of tongs to wiggle the food to make it appear alive, though Im sure you tried that
Re: My boy :D
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:13 pm
Tried the tongs... didn't work, he was afraid of them.
Haven't tried the earthworm yet. I know the ones you're talking about though. I'll check the bait shop and see what they have
Haven't tried the earthworm yet. I know the ones you're talking about though. I'll check the bait shop and see what they have