Dwarf Puffer And Shrimps

[Liam]

Sorry to hear about the little one,

 

[iSnail]

Well, it's been 6 weeks since I lost Little Pea. The other puffs were acting weird for a little while but they seem to have settled now. The tiny sesame seed sized puff that I posted back in April is now much bigger (I say bigger but she's still smaller than size of a grain of sweetcorn/maize) and I have introduced her to Little Pea's tank. She/he is actually Little Pea's only offspring.
Here comes Smartypants

And some random pictures of tankmates....
A Ninja shrimp in her moss cave

Orange and Ninja shrimps, cherries in the background

Cherry shrimps

It's good to share (sorry about the blurred pic )

 

[Esfa]

that last pic is awesome!

 

[iSnail]

shame about my shaky hands

 

[invader]

that last pic is awesome!

I agree!

 

[Esfa]

Also, iSnail.... I seem to remember that you promised me some Ninja Shrimp?

Im very sure you did.....

 

[pika06]

I love your pics. What kind of camera do you use?

 

[iSnail]

that last pic is awesome!

I agree!

Thanks Invader I thought that was an interesting but crappy pic

Also, iSnail.... I seem to remember that you promised me some Ninja Shrimp?

Im very sure you did.....

Haha... you can come and fish them out yourself They do move like Ninjas too

I love your pics. What kind of camera do you use?

Thanks Pika I use a Cannon IXUS 900Ti compact digital. I can just about use the very basic macro mode. I'm crap at adjusting any of the settings

 

[Esfa]

Haha... you can come and fish them out yourself They do move like Ninjas too

LOL!

I hate catching shrimp!

Although... I have one male cherry in the 35gal.. and i was like. "im not even going to bother to try catching him to put in the 10gal", but then I saw him on the glass at the front.. and i was like "I have to!" lol.

He just let me scoop him up! I was like.... he knows he's going to a tank with 8 ladies!

 

[invader]

He just let me scoop him up! I was like.... he knows he's going to a tank with 8 ladies!

A true ladies man.

 

[Liam]

The last pic is excellent, I got a few Ninja from Crews Hill also, they still call them blue tigers , I hardly ever see them in my moss jungle, but they are cute little guys. Your plants are looking super healthy.

 

[iSnail]

The last pic is excellent, I got a few Ninja from Crews Hill also, they still call them blue tigers , I hardly ever see them in my moss jungle, but they are cute little guys. Your plants are looking super healthy.

Thanks

Are they still labelling them as Blue Tigers? I've only told them twice that they were Ninjas Did you say anything to them?

The Ninjas are quite interesting to watch. Very skittish little shrimps. I got 10 but I only ever see 3 or 4. Maybe some have died and the other shrimps have eaten the bodies but I don't know.

Hehehe....my plants look healthy because I only show you the healthy parts Lots of BBA and staghorn on the other side of the tank and my shrimps don't eat any of it

 

[Liam]

Yes I told them they were ninja and the guy said someone else told them that, as though you and I were both making the same mistake , They are tiny little guys, very nice though I have seen them today with nice colours, they looked so dull in the shop.
A bit of algae of any kind is good in a shrimp tank, even if they dont eat it they like what grows on it. I have been trying to cultivate good algae growth for the Sulawesis 13 hours of lights on seems to do the trick.

 

[iSnail]

The Ninjas definitely look very uninteresting in the shop. Pretty colourless and absolutely tiny. The ones that come out in my tank have coloured up nicely and changing colours from time to time. Quite pleased that I bought them Shame that they don't breed in freshwater

Hehee... 13 hrs lighting is too long for my little puffs. They like their long bed time Besides, I don't want any more algae than I have now

P.S. Liam, I would love to see your "high definition" Ninja pictures. They should look very nice

 

[iSnail]

I'm braving a couple of my tank shots this time

Side view

Baby shrimp sharing with juvie male cherry shrimp