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nice set up!... i'm keeping puffer too..
1 baby Green Spotted Puffer (GSP), 1 baby Figure of Eight (Fand 1 Dwarf Puffer (DP)...
Edit: For the benefit of the uninitiated, here is the common and scientific names of puffers that is discussed in this thread.
hi guys,Code:Common Name Scientific Name =========== =============== Green Spotted Puffer (GSP) Tetraodon nigroviridis Figure of Eight (F8) Tetraodon biocellatus Dwarf Puffer (DP) Carinotetraodon travancoricus Fahaka Puffer (Fahaka) Tetraodon lineatus Mbu Puffer (Mbu) Tetraodon mbu Congo Puffer (Congo) Tetraodon miurus
this thread is especially for puffer people.
i myself got two 5cm Green Spotted Puffers (GSP) in freshwater tank. slowly converting it to a brackish tank to suit them.
Last edited by Quixotic; 17th May 2007 at 11:36.
nice set up!... i'm keeping puffer too..
1 baby Green Spotted Puffer (GSP), 1 baby Figure of Eight (F
Last edited by Quixotic; 10th May 2007 at 12:07.
How you guys feeding them? I was told that they need to eat snail otherwise their teeth will keep growing and killing them.
now thats interesting.Originally Posted by Shadow
God will make a way, where there seems to be no way
yeap, otherwise their teeth will get really long and it will impede on their eating, in turn starving them to death. There is an article on practical fishkeeping where they file the teeth away.
Why not try feeding clams from the market? Or you can hunt for snails in the canals near the sea.
file the teeth away? how do you do that exspecially like dwarf puffer which is very small
i used to be keep puffer before....they are so cute
yeah they are so cute, but I don't dare to buy unless I have snails farm
you can tried to feed them the dry shrimp
Never create what you can't control
I will actually go out on a limb and say that it is not necessary for dwarf puffers to file their beaks. I have never had problems with the growing of their beaks in my experiences in keeping them.
Their diet consists of live tubifex, live brine shrimp, frozen bloodworm and frozen brine shrimp. No snails. However, they will love and relish snails, so it would be good to be included in their diet if you can.
Basically, I share the same sentiments as what is mentioned on this excellent website on dwarf puffers.
http://www.dwarfpuffers.com
As far as Dwarf Puffers needing snails in their diet to "wear down" their teeth, it has been agreed upon by most in the forum that they are not necessary for this. Dwarf Puffers seem to have no problems at all with overgrown teeth (unlike almost all other puffer species).
Quixotic, thanks for the reply. And a nice link too!
The Happiest of people don't neccessary have the best of everything;
they just make the most of everything that comes along their way
When will there be 25 letters in the alphabets?
all my puffer i feed them with Frozen Blood worm.. have been trying to breed ramshorn snail.. they are really very cute!
my GSP always have a big stomach after eating..
yeap.
for me. i feed them blood cockles bought from the market.
i will remove the shell. then place the meat and shell nicely in the tank tucked neatly in the substrate
so the puffers will then start biting and attacking the cockle till the already loosen shell falls apart revealing the meat.
i think this is a good exercise when i can't afford to provide snails to feed them.
last time they were so ferocious till the cockle gut and sand was flying all over the place. will try to capture it on video next time.
Learn something new today, thanks Quixotic.
Didn't know that they are 100% freshwater too, something new to me again.
Actually you can try the 'lala' clams, snails or mussels from the wet market instead. Cockles are dug up from the mudflats and their guts are full of it. Messes up the water alot more. I'd think the live clams may survive in brackish water so you can try keeping them in a betta box in the tank out of reach of the puffers until you need them.
yeap
nice suggestions!
anyone else keep puffers? fahaka? figure 8? Mbu? Congo?
I have a dwarf puffer too. I used to keep the small guy separately in a nano tank, but now he is in my 3 foot community planted tank. No more snails!
I feed him frozen bloodworms, and occasionally small beefheart bits (leftover from feeding the discus).
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