Puffer Thread 0010

[bsplenden]

Originally Posted by zadrian

do u reommend to comm these RE with ZRERT ?

Are these the ones ?
Carinotetraodon borneensis

Those at polyart are Carinotetraodon irrubesco if I didn't see wrongly.

I only caught a glimpse of them.

[zadrian]

Originally Posted by bsplenden

Those at polyart are Carinotetraodon irrubesco if I didn't see wrongly.

I only caught a glimpse of them.

Yup....
I got 1 boi and 2 gers....can tell by the red/brown line at the belly...only gers have them.

I got a lot of plants...mostly stemmed plants to create rows or barrier...now my tank looks like a forest...will take pics when the water clears up....quite cloudy...

For those bros who want to have a planted tank...I recommend using sand or gravel and not those artifical soil as they are like mud, hard to plant.

[zadrian]

Here are some PICs....

[zadrian]

1st Pic

The DPs with 2 baby guppy....the female REs were supposed to be there, but swam away just about to click

2nd Pic
The curved plant mesh where my Zebra REs sleep...Ger Ger is inside...

3rd Pic
close up of the plant mesh...the dark "thing" inside is ger ger

4th
this is a male RE...at the base of the plant mesh

5th
Boi Boi came around to chase the RE away....
A small chase sqeuence ensues....I guess having the DPs as bodyguards were a bad choice....

[zadrian]

2nd round of pics

The tank & trying to capture the chase....

[zadrian]

Pic 1
The Tank...not a great pic...will try to take another in the day...
Basically lots of Nanas on wood, stemed plants on extreme left to block view to other tank on left, the curved plant mesh is on extreme right. at the back, top centre got 2 worm holders and to the right is a floating tank to hold the seachem nitrate remover. Boi Boi have chased the RE to the left side of the tank...

Pic 2
Boi Boi chasing the RE to the back of the tank....DPs all kaypo

Pic 3 & 4
Boi Boi coming from the back of the tank

Sorry about the small and blur photos....these are the best of the lot

[zadrian]

BTW, how to stop the puffers from pacing up and down the sides ? I think they are chasing their reflection ?

The left side of my tank got plants...so when the puffer(s) go down...they get kinda get distracted by the plants and go sideways then they go off...

But on the right side...they often disturb the zebra REs as very near their plant beds and the boi boi goes and chase the puffers away....at times he gets caught chasing "himself".

puffer will pace up n down the tank if the tank is too small n they get bored. to solve this problem of cos is to change to a bigger tank... a more complex environment or a powerhead for some current flow will help.

[bsplenden]

Yeah... A complex environment helps alot.

But if the puffer really can see its own reflection, an aggressive one will try to "attack" its reflection.
This is really different from pacing. Pacing is swimming against the glass, whereas if it is "attacking", it rams itself against the glass, with much more strength.

I've seen my miurus and baileyi flatten themselves before ramming against the glass. Looks cool.

[Freshman]

Originally Posted by bsplenden

Yeah... A complex environment helps alot.

But if the puffer really can see its own reflection, an aggressive one will try to "attack" its reflection.
This is really different from pacing. Pacing is swimming against the glass, whereas if it is "attacking", it rams itself against the glass, with much more strength.

I've seen my miurus and baileyi flatten themselves before ramming against the glass. Looks cool.

my fahaka loves to ram @ its own reflection... n also my face when I'm close to the tank..hehehe
I'm worried for my glass tank if fahaka grows bigger..

now I'm thinking of clearing my wolf for a group of arrowhead and humpback puffer..(since a lot of success attempts in comm-ing these two puffers..)