mcrudd Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 When I went to buy my little puffers I was very selective and took my time. Since they are not sexable at a young age I sat infront of the puffertank and looked at each one intently. I noticed two little puffers that swam together the whole time. Even when the guy put the net in to catch some for other people these two would stick together. So I picked them. The one showed his wrinkles and tummyline quite early and the other one is more gray-ish than yellow so I thought she might be a girl, but a couple of weeks ago I noticed its deffinetly a boy, wrinkles and tummy line showing. They are not aggressive towards each other, no chasing and so on. They share snails, its actually cute to see, the one would peck the snail and then the other and so on until its all gone. They never fight when I feed them their bloodworms. But I am still worried that they will eventually fight till the death as I have heard from other puffer keepers What is your opinions, will they be ok or not. :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Depends on tank size. Just have enough plants and hiding spaces so they can set territories. Well that's what I've read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted July 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Depends on tank size. Just have enough plants and hiding spaces so they can set territories. Well that's what I've read. Its a 20 litre blueplanet tank. Not much hiding places but clearly divided with the rocks. There is two seperate little tunnels one on each side of the stones edited to add. Since this photo I have made a tight tunnel like you can see on the right side on the left side as well, but on opposite sides. So they don't face each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_crazy Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Nawww!!! Cuties!! :love: If they're already clearly sexable and they're not fighting over food or anything, I think they'll be fine :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 From what I've read, they will develop a hierarchy, so there will be a dominant one and the other will be submissive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted July 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Nawww!!! Cuties!! :love: If they're already clearly sexable and they're not fighting over food or anything, I think they'll be fine :thup: I just love them to bits, I handfeed them too, which makes them even more special to me :love: From what I've read, they will develop a hierarchy, so there will be a dominant one and the other will be submissive. That might explain the colour and size difference, the one that showed lines and wrinkles first is much more yellow and bigger than the other one. The other one is smaller and more gray-ish in colour. The bigger one is the one in my avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Nice tank! Maybe just add some fake plants(there not expensive as real ones) and stick them in. Only problem is that some have sharp edges.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Cool tank! Needs some real plants though :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted July 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Nice tank! Maybe just add some fake plants(there not expensive as real ones) and stick them in. Only problem is that some have sharp edges.... I tried some fake plants, they did not seem to like them, that is why I have all the rocks in there now, they seem to love those. I made lots of hidey holes with my arangement of stones, just can't take a picture now they are sleeping Cool tank! Needs some real plants though :bounce: I also tried real plants but they did not do well, its just a silly little led light in that tank, not good enough for plants. They all died, I managed to save an ambulia by putting it in my main tank, but even something as easy as watersprite looked very sad in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Im no expert, but Java fern might work there if you wedge it in between the rocks there or put some smaller stones in and tie the java fern to it. Just my Five cents worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted July 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Im no expert, but Java fern might work there if you wedge it in between the rocks there or put some smaller stones in and tie the java fern to it. Just my Five cents worth. I could try some of my christmas moss from my big tank its similar. Only thing is, when I do their waterchange I completely remove the rocks so I can clean properly. They are messy little eaters especially when they hunted a couple of snails. I could tie it to the top rocks and then just quickly remove it with a waterchange. I will have a play around when they are awake tomorrow. I don't like to bother my fish after lights out, both are in their seperate little rock tunnels sleeping anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 here's some more info about them http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Dwarf_puffer (great website to researching fish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 java fern would be good. You can tie it on to a rock or driftwood and because it stays quite rigid, it's easy enough to lift out the whole thing while cleaning . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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