16 Litre - Dwarf Puffers?

[Genesis]

If I were you I'd ditch the incandescent light, you won't grow many plants with it.

I have no other means of lighting the aquarium as of yet.
I plan on investing in some decent aquarium lighting in the near future.

 

[Esfa]

i dont have any lighting or my 10gal at all, and i'm growing java moss, java ferm, camboba (floating) elodea densa...

 

[jennybugs]

[quote name=''genesis' post='2039529' date='Jun 19 2008, 07:39 AM']I have no other means of lighting the aquarium as of yet.
I plan on investing in some decent aquarium lighting in the near future. [/quote]
I would suggest having a look at the Arcadia lights that you can buy for their Arc tanks...they clamp on to the sides of the aquarium and come in two strengths... HERE
Plants like Esfa and I have suggested should grow reasonably well without masses of light. I have found anubias to be virtually indestructable and it grows like wildfire in my biorbs which have rather low lighting levels. OOOH try moss balls too. A quick search on evilbay will let you see they are cheap to get hold of. I also use my moss balls to place defrosted frozen bloodworms on for my DPs to eat when I've run out of live ones.

I haven't been able to get my DPs to eat prawns as they're a touch too large, but they do have a go at cockles if you open up the shells for them

Mine mainly eat small snails and live bloodworms and enjoy chasing brine shrimp, although they're not that nutritious so just for snack value really. You can keep live foods for about a week in a sealed jar in the fridge I find

Anything else you need to know just shout

 

[Esfa]

mine dont even eat baby cherry shrimp. bless.

just chopped up, frozen bloodworm. + baby snails... the adult ones scare them.

 

[jennybugs]

I get the small live bloodworms and they all can't get enough of them...even the new tiny male I have manages to get some. I am hoping to take pics of them to post up soon to show off how big my girls are compared to this little male.

 

[Esfa]

my females are huge compared to my male, too.

 

[jennybugs]

My females are over a year old, but the males are at least half that age. One of them is near the size of the smallest female but the other is almost like a baby in comparison SO sweet!

 

[Genesis]

I've just remembered that the lighting for this tank is actually flourescent and not incandescent.
I've got a high-reflection flourescent bulb in the light

I will, however look into one of those arcadia lights, thanks!

 

[Genesis]

What current do DPs like?
A strong water flow? or not much at all?

 

[jennybugs]

In a 16L tank you're not going to want a really strong current. Just enough to move the surface should be sufficient
If your puff is being batted about the tank then good chance is the current is too strong

 

[Esfa]

If your puff is being batted about the tank then good chance is the current is too strong

they like it, honestly.

 

[jennybugs]

 

[iSnail]

If your puff is being batted about the tank then good chance is the current is too strong

they like it, honestly.

Are you sure it's not you liking to watch them paddling through strong current rather than them liking the current??

Don't forget, in the wild they live in slow moving rivers so moderate current is good.

 

[Esfa]

Are you sure it's not you liking to watch them paddling through strong current rather than them liking the current??

Don't forget, in the wild they live in slow moving rivers so moderate current is good.

paddling?! they spin around and around, head over tail, then swim right infront of the filter again!

 

[iSnail]