Hi
How big is your puffer fish. If I am not wrong, puffer fish do feed on small fish. You may try to give it some different type of food.
Cheers
Koolman
Hi
How big is your puffer fish. If I am not wrong, puffer fish do feed on small fish. You may try to give it some different type of food.
Cheers
Koolman
They are known for not feeding on the dry pellets. I feed mine with snails from my other tanks and also brine shrimps. I understand they feed on frozen blood worms too.
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Apistogramma agassizii, Apistogramma bitaeniata "Careiro", Apistogramma brevis, Apistogramma elizabethae, Apistogramma eremnopyge, Apistogramma sp. "Miua", Dicrossus filamentosus
Hmm.. never successful with dried pellet food before also back then when I had 2... Gave it frozen bloodworms & if there are snails in the tank, it should be rather happy feasting...
However, mine previously tried to 'bite' at my other fishes (goldfishes) tails & fins. May be unfriendly towards your shrimps too (if you have any in your tank...) Do take note bro... Cheers!!
I think its a baby size.. about 2 cm in length.
Thanks for all your posts..!
I think I did a mistake by bring him in
I do have two shrimp also in the tank.
So far both are safe.. I see them hide in between the leaf of plants..
So far i see the puffer just swim curiously investigating every object....
its fun to watch though !
One question..
If I introduce snail into the tank for puffer to feed on, then won't it cause a snail outbreak?
Last edited by Quixotic; 28th May 2008 at 18:01. Reason: Merge posts
2cm in length..
I guess could be dwarf puffer.
Hey bro,
may i know where can i get the frozen blood worms ?
Thanks
Thanks Bro..
Ya looks exactly the same...
so still is this dangerous inclusion in my planted tank
the fishes that i have are
2 - Platty
2 - Cardinals
4 -Zebra
3 - Barb
1 - Corydoras
2 - Otto
1 - Yamato shrimp
1 - baby tiger shrimp
By looking at the forrum, i think the tiger shrimp might not last long !!!
Last edited by Quixotic; 28th May 2008 at 18:02. Reason: Merge posts
My dwarf Puffers been feeding frozen blood worm happily... and yes they are fun to watch
You can get from C328 or Petmart (or others).
Guys,
Thanks for all your suggestions,
just another question.. by putting blood worms does it pollute the water?
How do you handle that
Thanks
Last edited by Quixotic; 30th May 2008 at 18:50. Reason: SMS lingo: 'ur'
Snacking on snails fun to watch... but mine snack on shrimps
I find dwarf puffer hard to keep. Mine keeps dying after few weeks. Figure8 puffer is my favourite...
Cube tank lover
I take it you meant frozen bloodworm. Any uneaten food may cause pollution, more so if you overfeed. How many dwarf puffers are there in the setup?
One cube (Hikari frozen bloodworm) is too much for a day's feeding. To give you an idea, I feed about half cube (or less) to my group of 5, once a day. The rest are fed to other fishes. I defrost them in a small bowl first before feeding them.
Thanks Quixotic for your views...
I have only one puffer in my tank.
Since last week I think it has never taken any feed.
Most of the time i see him just searching under the plants..(may be searching for snails..)
I feel pity for him to have brought him into my tank unnecessarily !
I have two shrimps in my tank .. but I have not seen him getting interest in them yet...
Last edited by Quixotic; 31st May 2008 at 02:03. Reason: Remove immediate quote
The shrimps are probably too quick for the puffer, but even so, I can assure you that it will not stop trying to sneak a bite.
It isn't good to let it starve. Once it gets sunken stomach, there are chances it may not survive long term.
Therefore, either:
1. buy some frozen bloodworm, but it seems like feeding may be a problem as it is the only fish
2. buy some snails, but may be too costly in the long term
3. start a thread in Marketplace to ask for snails (for free or small token), as they are pest to others and can't wait be rid of
4. sell or give away the puffer to someone who can take care of it
Thanks for your valuable points...
I will try and move it to another smaller hamster tank get some blood worm to feed it.
if still cannot manage then I think I will post it in Marketplace.
You can try hatching brine shrimps to feed. Convenient and economical.
Bro,
Sorry.. I am new to this...
Where do I get these shrimp? and how to hatch them?
Last edited by Quixotic; 2nd Jun 2008 at 17:29. Reason: Remove immediate quote
which part of the tank do the puffer usually dwell?
Fyi, you can buy feeder snails for your puffer. I have been buying them to feed my puffer.
My Apisto Keeping Diary
Apistogramma agassizii, Apistogramma bitaeniata "Careiro", Apistogramma brevis, Apistogramma elizabethae, Apistogramma eremnopyge, Apistogramma sp. "Miua", Dicrossus filamentosus
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