Nymox Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 I cultivate brine shrimp but find only the adults are large enough for the puffers to be interested, to grow them to adults you would need to get some phytoplankton or something similar, seriously white worms and daphnia are a lot easier. I can send you a white worm starter culture, if daphnia would post I could send that too but I dont think it will fair well at all. I was going to save this for the next POTM but what the heck, this is my little guy, lives off Daphnia, White worms, and ramshorns, mozzy larvae and the odd brine shrimp, I cant get him to eat bloodworms anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted September 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Awesome. I have been reading into white worm culture, that doesn't seem too hard. Now its just waiting till someone has some daphnia to give/sell me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Get your water going now, so there is plenty for them to eat when you get them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 The HFF DP's are nearly all sexable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Get your water going now, so there is plenty for them to eat when you get them. Yeah, I have 2 20l buckets outside sitting now. Need to adjust their position for the best sunlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted October 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Update: Today I purchased 2 dwarf puffers, and some more frozen food for my community tank. I also bought some frozen Daphnia for the DP's so we will see if they eat it. Pics will follow on later once night sets in so I can get a nice shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Ooo, I got two last Monday. Very cool fish aye? Good luck with photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted October 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 What have you got them in sam? And with any tank mates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 My blue PK, he keeps them in line :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted October 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I purchased a couple of Bumble bee gobys as well. So fingers crossed they all get along. I have Indian fern and hairgrass, plus some driftwood in the tank, so with any luck, they all stay happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I purchased a couple of Bumble bee gobys as well. So fingers crossed they all get along. I have Indian fern and hairgrass, plus some driftwood in the tank, so with any luck, they all stay happy. I've got 2 gobbys with 2 dwarf puffers, they all get along well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted October 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I've got 2 gobbys with 2 dwarf puffers, they all get along well So far so good. They don't seem to be eating much (picky???). Although I did watch one hunting a snail, so I don't know. I have tried frozen Daphnia, Brine Shrimp, and some small flake. I need tog et some live food asap. Or more snails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 So far so good. They don't seem to be eating much (picky???). Although I did watch one hunting a snail, so I don't know. I have tried frozen Daphnia, Brine Shrimp, and some small flake. I need tog et some live food asap. Or more snails. They should eat blood worms, it just may take them a while to get back to eating in a new tank. I know it took mine a few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Mine are eating the A.H.T bloodworms, so long as they can get them. Having a PK as a tank mate, it's kind of hard to get food :lol: I just feed him some to one side of the tank and drop some back where the puffers are hanging. Took me about a day to get some food into them. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted October 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 SUCCESS! Blood worms consumed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Where are the pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Where are the pics? You mean the blurs? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 No, you can get good DP pics. You just have to know how Clown loaches. Now they are a challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Give them time to get used to you, when you feed and interact with them keep a camera close to the glass so they get used to it being there. They turn into little posers after a while. It still requires a certain amount of patience. Took these just now, my lil fella couldnt make it much easier, 2 decent shots out of 2 attempts I hate algae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted October 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Thats some nasty looking slime too. They haven't been hiding too much for me, the gobys however, lets just say I hope they are ok, as I haven't seen them much since they went in. Pics tomorrow night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted October 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Well I had one death. One of the puffers was found on the gravel... Unsure why. On a side note, can anyone recomend me a fish that cal clean up after these guys. They miss so much food it's unreal, and becuase of the plants its extremely hard to gravel vac. Basically something that can live in a small tank (even if its while they are young, and I can transfer them/sell them once older/bigger) Something that can live with gobys and DP's. and something to eat left over bloodworms. I want to add a Young bristlenose to keep the glass clean, but I dont think they will eat the left overs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 panda cories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 otto cats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted October 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Pandas would be awesome, but has anyone got any? Last time I check HFF they had no stock. Otos would be ok too. will have a look next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativelover Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 i have two little puffers to would panda cories be ok in ar380 ? if so how many? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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