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Figure 8s very messy
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:37 pm
by Pufferswanted
I know puffers are messy, and ive always just cleaned what ive had to, but i was wondering if there is any im doing wrong that is letting my tank collect so much waste in the gravel
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:51 pm
by lisalisa
Perhaps overfeeding? What are your water-change and feeding schedules?
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:52 pm
by perek
My GSPs make almost no mess, I hang in a piece of shrimp/squid/fish and they rip off what they want from my hand.
My Exodon is well...another story.
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:17 pm
by The Fisherman
whats an Exodon? ive never heard of that puffer before.
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:30 pm
by Fella
Exodons aren't puffers, they're an aggressive tetra.
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:07 am
by perek
Fella wrote:Exodons aren't puffers, they're an aggressive tetra.
Correct: Exodon paradoxus
http://www.opefe.com/exodon.html
Another interesting fact!
The genus Exodon is closely aligned in this ecology with the freshwater puffer Colomesus asellus.
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:52 am
by RTR
Exodons are gorgeous, school well, hyperactive, need large tanks, and if it moves they will taste it.
I agree that F-8s are messy. But they are still one of favorite fish.
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:50 pm
by The Fisherman
Fella wrote:Exodons aren't puffers, they're an aggressive tetra.
oh lol, that would explain why ive never heard of that puffer! lol
are they the kind that has really big teeth? theres a tetra at my LFS labeled as a "saber tooth tetra" , its priced at 45$, and the guys there say it grows to 3-4 ft.