Newbie!! Proud owner of two Tetraodon Cutcutias!
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:08 pm
Hello everyone! I thought I would introduce myself.
I am new to fishkeeping as of March 2011. I dived into this hobby full throttle! I started off with a 10gallon tank where i put a few danios and guppies in. About a month later I loved the hobby sooo much that I purchased a 37g Tall. I moved the guppies and danios over to this big tank adding a few apple snails, nerites, clown pleco, and PLANTS (first planted tank!) From this point I started looking for things to stock my 10gallon with and literally stumbled across some dwarf puffers. I absolutely fell in love with my first one Piggy. He was by far the coolest fish I have ever owned. I loved the fact that he would chomp viciously on snails and super curious of my every move! I accidently scared him one morning because i ran into my bedroom with my hair up in a towel! I stopped at his tank and he came out to greet me..
and he ran and hid! So cute 
Piggy died from what i think was internal parasites. He ate so super much all the time and stayed skinny winny. The fish store i bought him from likes to act like they know about puffers but they had no clue. Sad about my puffer I started researching other puffers I might like. I then ran across a Tetraodon Cutcutia at a fish store (whom i named Fluky because it was by fluke i found her!). I immediately had to have her. I brought her home and she shockingly laid eggs on one of my plants that night!! I was not ready for eggs yet so i let them get eaten. So i called the fish store back and asked if they still had the tank mate that was in her tank with her. They said yes so i ran and got him to.
I bought a 37gallon long and i'm in the process of setting it up for these guys. I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas or suggestions for me? I'm going to try to get them to breed again! all advice would be much welcome! I know about food and maintenance and all the basics, but any advice about breeding would be very helpful. Or even any suggestions for a name for the male would be helpful too!!
I am new to fishkeeping as of March 2011. I dived into this hobby full throttle! I started off with a 10gallon tank where i put a few danios and guppies in. About a month later I loved the hobby sooo much that I purchased a 37g Tall. I moved the guppies and danios over to this big tank adding a few apple snails, nerites, clown pleco, and PLANTS (first planted tank!) From this point I started looking for things to stock my 10gallon with and literally stumbled across some dwarf puffers. I absolutely fell in love with my first one Piggy. He was by far the coolest fish I have ever owned. I loved the fact that he would chomp viciously on snails and super curious of my every move! I accidently scared him one morning because i ran into my bedroom with my hair up in a towel! I stopped at his tank and he came out to greet me..
and he ran and hid! So cute Piggy died from what i think was internal parasites. He ate so super much all the time and stayed skinny winny. The fish store i bought him from likes to act like they know about puffers but they had no clue. Sad about my puffer I started researching other puffers I might like. I then ran across a Tetraodon Cutcutia at a fish store (whom i named Fluky because it was by fluke i found her!). I immediately had to have her. I brought her home and she shockingly laid eggs on one of my plants that night!! I was not ready for eggs yet so i let them get eaten. So i called the fish store back and asked if they still had the tank mate that was in her tank with her. They said yes so i ran and got him to.
I bought a 37gallon long and i'm in the process of setting it up for these guys. I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas or suggestions for me? I'm going to try to get them to breed again! all advice would be much welcome! I know about food and maintenance and all the basics, but any advice about breeding would be very helpful. Or even any suggestions for a name for the male would be helpful too!!
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