Puffer Thread 0010

[Freshman]

my water change routine is 20% aka 2 pails of water weekly..

was thinking.. since my fahaka is living alone..n I feed it minimally.. then maybe I could reduce the amount of water changed..

[LTL]

Originally Posted by jerra85

btw i do a 50% change every week... den every 2 - 3 days i will try remove those debris n shit. same for my other puffer tanks. but for brackish tank... sometimes 1 week plus den i do wc... lazy sometimes.

so hardworking.... me still using pails... if do 50%, too siong...

Originally Posted by Freshman

my water change routine is 20% aka 2 pails of water weekly..

was thinking.. since my fahaka is living alone..n I feed it minimally.. then maybe I could reduce the amount of water changed..

how minimal is sufficient? .... me using the danios as cleaner crew.. so still ok... and converting to GS as main diet... the tank and poo much cleaner now... now the poo can be eaten by the danios also...

[Freshman]

minimal ah.. just 1 or 2 mp + some bloodworm a week lor.. I think really underfeed liao..
that's what most angmohs advise me..

ntu water free leh...can change more IF u got time...

[zadrian]

jerra bro....

did u see those RE in CF ? BTW how many left ? I tot getting the last pair...seems cruel to leave them at the shop in tat small tank...but I wanna only get the ger....$$$

1 boi = loney boi
1 boi + 1 ger = horny boi
1 boi 2 ger....lucky boi

BTW, is that a really small Fahaka...especially when in the tank with the Hairy puffer ? If i not wrong, the Fahaka about the size of the RE....

OR ZRERT...not RE...

[zadrian]

Originally Posted by Freshman

PM would be a better way imo Perhaps u can ask ard here for sightings of any puffer before travelling ard.. I'm sure puffer lovers would be glad to share with u..

i did ask, only seems QH and FPW had puffers, but QH too far and FPW seldom carry puffers according to the owner. once gone means gone
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IF ghost shrimps really die within 5 days in a tank w/o predators.. I'm very sure the water parameters are gone..
I'm not sure abt the size of ur oscars.. my ex- 5inches oscar can finish 1 bag of ghost shrimp with ease

Since u have acquired quite a few puffers now.. it is advisable to get a bag of ghost shrimps and share among them.

My oscars eat the GS or MP, dead or alive, no need cleaning crew. My DPs only eat live tubiflex worms or live large pink brine shrimps. Once the worms dies, they left them alone, not eating for 2 days. i dun wanna have dead stuff in the planted tank as I still new to puffers
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brine shrimps = super small n not enough to feed.. I won't advise u to use them as food for puffer.
ok...I got them as the shop nearby breeding for internal use and I took a bit as last mth no GS and the other breeds burning a small hole in my pocket.
Meal worms won't last long in the water.. No need to cut if ur puffer is bigger than it.

Yes, I'm using frozen bloodworms to feed my fahaka

Thanks for the info....

[zadrian]

BTW amy more puffer sightings especially RE or any puffers of that size ? max adult size 3" and below....

The zebea red eye red tail puffer seems to be quite ok.....so far no dead fishes except for 3 tiger shrimps that left shells and lots of eaten tubiflex.

In my 2 FT tank
8 DP (2 more given as people gave them up)
2 ZRERT
2 small glasscat
3 Ottos
4 mini cory
2 Albino halfbeaks

Originally Posted by zadrian

jerra bro....

did u see those RE in CF ? BTW how many left ? I tot getting the last pair...seems cruel to leave them at the shop in tat small tank...but I wanna only get the ger....$$$

1 boi = loney boi
1 boi + 1 ger = horny boi
1 boi 2 ger....lucky boi

BTW, is that a really small Fahaka...especially when in the tank with the Hairy puffer ? If i not wrong, the Fahaka about the size of the RE....

OR ZRERT...not RE...

only 2 left but both look like female. male r suppose to have vertical stripe on the head n some even throughout the whole body. but din realli look at it closely becos was lookin for the fahaka. but only 2 left... i with sunken stomach n another look healthy so i choose the latter. its at the tank below the hairy puffer.

yeah its recommanded to get 1 male n 2 female. so the male can divert its attention n not just keep aiming at the same female.

[Occellatus]

Originally Posted by LTL

then the cray still alive?

Nah...they cray dead liao...with only the head intact...body and claws all kena makan. The only survivor now in the tank is the one and only platy.

[LTL]

Originally Posted by Freshman

minimal ah.. just 1 or 2 mp + some bloodworm a week lor.. I think really underfeed liao..
that's what most angmohs advise me..

ntu water free leh...can change more IF u got time...

1-2 MP is quite little leh... mine eating a small netful of GS a day... and it seems quite hungry compared previously liao...

water free but time not that free loh... sienz...

Originally Posted by Occellatus

Nah...they cray dead liao...with only the head intact...body and claws all kena makan. The only survivor now in the tank is the one and only platy.

then u leave the head inside? ... can leave it there for the fahaka to gnaw...

[Freshman]

Epidemic of the 21st Century: Obesity

human kenna liao..cannot let my fish tio also..

that's why I feed minimally.. hopefully can try to simulate the wild condition...