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Carinotetraodon lorteti
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:38 pm
by thebuddy229
my mom and dad are complaining that dwarf puffs are to small for a 29g so can i keep Carinotetraodon lorteti with kuli loaches and if not what bigger (then DPs) FW puffs could i go for
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:42 pm
by perek
Umm I think that mixing species is a BAD idea. You might want to look for larger semiaggresive fish.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:51 pm
by Gomez
do you already have dp's or are you just contemplating getting some?
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:58 pm
by thebuddy229
no i dont have DPs i do however have um wait how many kulis are still alive
um 5 i think.....
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:10 pm
by messy_da_legend
most puffers will probarbly consider kuhlis as wriggly live food worms
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:35 pm
by Fella
A South American Puffer.
But Kuhli loaches might be too tempting for them.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:06 pm
by thebuddy229
nevermind i went with the DPs
maybe in a few years ill get a nile puffer tank
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:31 pm
by Raphael
Congratulations, good luck with them.
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:21 pm
by thebuddy229
one died already >_> the others look healthy maybe ill go with a big puffer once I'm older and have a job right now mom and dad pay for stuff if i don't have money
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:32 pm
by Raphael
Sorry to hear that. What were the water parameters? How did you cycle the tank?
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:29 pm
by thebuddy229
o the water is perfect with PH of 6.5 or so its been cycled over 2 years now
PS i think he was just not going to make it before i got him i wasn't able to see the puffs when i bought them they were hiding from the net
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:15 pm
by Fella
How much ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? How was it cycled for 2 years?
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:18 am
by Pufferpunk
PH of 6.5 sounds quite low. What's your tapwater's pH? How long did you acclimate the fish to your tank?
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:30 pm
by thebuddy229
accumulated 30 minutes 6.5 is low??? 7 is normal its been a angel fish tank for a while
perfect water in my opinion is 0 0 and 10-20
PH of tap is 7.0 but i top off with deionized and sometimes use that for the water changes
and now the people over at dwarf puff site think i might have IP in some of them how do i treat that
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:56 pm
by thebuddy229
never mind all is good they are all chubby after feeding today when all of em got some morsels but one who didn't see the food