Lucid Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Has ahyone got or kept the freshwater puffers at any stage, I would be interested in trying them but can't seem to find much info on the keeping of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count_sexy_tart Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 lol you been to animates and all i know is you should keep them by themself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted December 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 animates have had them a couple of times and i was thinking of setting up a species tank for them and maybe trying to breed them, but really know next to nothing about them and can't find much on them, or i'm looking in all the wrong places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 As has been mentioned, a species tank is a good idea, also the majority of them seem to be pretty picky eaters either live food only or if you're lucky frozen blood worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 I wouldn't go with the tiny ones that Animates usually has. I think they actually prefer brackish water, stay pretty tiny and are nippy little buggers. I'd suggest Brazilian puffers. They're more placid, are definitely freshwater, get a bigger and are nicer looking. They're more expensive than the yellow spotted puffers? at Animates though. I think I got my pair for $30 each. Figure 8s are nice too, but they're a bit more expensive again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interfecus Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 A friend of mine got some of these from animates. After a while he had to give them away because they would eat nothing but snails and he couldn't get enough of them. They're picky little things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 Also my brazilians ate frozen blood worms, both of them loved them so I think most of them probably would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted December 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 thank you all for the feedback, does anyone of a good website that would in depth info on the keeping of puffers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 http://puffernet.tripod.com/main.html Puffernet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jf2003 Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 I have a species tank with Both Brazillian and Dwarf (i think!!...they are Little & yellow) Puffers, Initially I started out with 6 Brazillians' and 8 Dwarf's.... after about 4-5 months I now have 5 Brazillian and 2 Dwarf Puffers. I would like to say that they past away of natural causes....but I'm yet to find a dead one, they always seem to be consumed before i realise one is missing. I havent witnessed any aggression towards each other, except for the usual squabbles at feeding time. All of my puffers feed on Flake food, sinking pellets, Frozed bloodworms and on the odd occassion shrimp. Cheers, Jared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelly Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 i have 2 colomessus ascellus and two figure of eights in a freshwater tank. they live together peacefully and have done for about 10 months. there are no other fish in the tank though, so its a bit of a pain to keep algae free. mine eat chicken, prawn, fish and frozen bloodworm. the ascellus also eat flake and sinking pellets but the others wont touch them. Jell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 I had a couple once but, like someone else said, they would only eat snails - and tons of them. I could not keep up with their demands and unfortunately they died after about 6 months but they were cool looking fish! I had them in a tank on their own and tried to get them to eat other foods but no luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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