kingmatherz Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 who keeps them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 There are plenty of DP threads on this forum. Use the search function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorsemad Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I do, i do. I have ten of them in a four hundie litre tank with two long fin bristlenoses and two bumble bee gobies. They are awesome, but no pictures at the moment as i just moved all the plants around last night and the tank does not look its best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingmatherz Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 wow thats a huge tank for tiny fish can u see them haha how big are yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorsemad Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Yeah, it is a big tank. I am hoping that by not crowding them i have more chance of breeding them and seeing more natural behaviour. I hate seeing eight of them crowded into thirty litre tanks. The tank is a corner tank with a bow front and has alot of height so it does make it easier to see them. They range in size. The smallest i brought at hollywoods a week ago and he will be about 1.5cm's and the biggest would be my white female at about 3 cm's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingmatherz Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 sounds awesome would love to see sum pics... i have 3 and they are all quite small at the mo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I have two little ones in a 20 litre blueplanet tank, they are so cute and very clever. I handfeed them bloodworms with a tweezer, they love it. I think I have a male and a female because there is a deffinet difference in colour :love: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorsemad Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 They are very cute. I find that the colour difference does not really tell me if they are a male or female. The best way to tell is that the male has a black stripe down his belly and the females dont or another way of telling is the boys get wrinkles behind there eyes and the girls dont (if only mother nature could be so kind to female humans LOL). But you have to wait until they are a little older to sex them. Also i think that there are a couple of different types of dwarf puffers in NZ which may account for the different colours. there is a website called dwarfpuffers.com which is a huge source of information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I don't have any yet but I'm scheming. Would they get on with a small whiptail (10cm black) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorsemad Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 If your okay with the whiptail not having a whip, then they should be fine. The whip might be considered too much like food for them and when it comes to food they are brutal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 If your okay with the whiptail not having a whip, then they should be fine. The whip might be considered too much like food for them and when it comes to food they are brutal oh - maybe not then . My Whiptail has a lovley long whip, the dwarf puffers may have to wait . I'd be struggling to find space for a 5th tank! The fam want me to put the whiptail (male) into the main community tank, but there's already another whiptail in there and I don't know if it's male or female yet. I will get puffers one day though! Have always wanted a couple, and bumblebee gobys too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorsemad Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I know someone who has two whiptails in a large tank and they get on fine I guess it depends the the temperament of each fish. Might be worth a go though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingmatherz Posted May 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 sounds cool as!!! anyone have dwarf puffers with bristlenose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 sounds cool as!!! anyone have dwarf puffers with bristlenose? I would not recommend it, these little guys might be small but they are super aggressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 I think Otos should be ok with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorsemad Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 I have long finned bristlenose with mine, but i have alot of space. I think it depends on the personality of the fish and how you have them set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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