Dwarf Puffer water parameters

Matty P · Post by **Matty P** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:31 pm

What are the ideal water parameters for a DP?

Cheers

Matt

crazedpuffer · Post by **crazedpuffer** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:35 pm

Nitrites 0
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 20-40 ppm (not positive)
Ph best at 7-7.5 but can accept a wide range.

Matty P · Post by **Matty P** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:44 pm

Thanks, and should the water temp be around 26 C? Also what kind of snails should I feed them and how often should i feed them.

Matt

bleys7 · Post by **bleys7** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:01 pm

here is some great info on them

http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug. ... ancoricus/

crazedpuffer · Post by **crazedpuffer** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:06 pm

Common pond snails are good. You could do ramshorn or MTS but mts have hard shells and it could break your dp's beak. I'd reccomend feeding bloodworms along with the snails . You might want to try dwarfpuffers.com too see if you can get some more info there.

Matty P · Post by **Matty P** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:15 am

OK will do, cheers guys.

Matty P · Post by **Matty P** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:18 am

When I buy my plants there are always snails in them so there are usually always snails in my tank is that adequate or do I still have to feed them snails

Matt

crazedpuffer · Post by **crazedpuffer** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:22 am

You might want to start a snail breeding tank. Puffers go through snails like crazy.

Matty P · Post by **Matty P** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:03 am

OK, can you just buy snails at an LFS? Also how many sails should you feed for every 1 DP a week?

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