Dwarf Puffer Biotope...

[iSnail]

I doubt ill bother with otto's they need to be in a group of 3 or more and if im going to have 3-4 puffers there wont be enough space. Im thinking of trying shrimp, but not sure.

Sorry guppy_man, I wasn't trying to put you off shrimps at all. I love having the shrimp-DP setups. May I suggest keeping some non freshwater breeding shrimps with them? For example, filter shrimps, red nose shrimps, Amano, Ninja shrimps, etc...

Nice setup btw Love the plants, not sure about the sticks they look a little too erect and "architectural". Can't wait to see your DPs

 

[superman1]

HELLO

i am going to be emptying my 20 gal bowfront tank of my tropical fish as they are moving to a larger tank and was considering using the spare 20 gal as a puffer tank. how many puffers would u recommend in that size. i will be having plenty of bog wood and sand substrate and fake plants and rocks

thanks

 

[Truck]

HELLO

i am going to be emptying my 20 gal bowfront tank of my tropical fish as they are moving to a larger tank and was considering using the spare 20 gal as a puffer tank. how many puffers would u recommend in that size. i will be having plenty of bog wood and sand substrate and fake plants and rocks

thanks

4 max!!!

 

[superman1]

4 max!!!
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any recommendations on the amount of males or females. or would that not really matter as i would love to breed them. i was thinking of 4 aswell from the research that i have done.

thanks

 

[Truck]

i doubt you could ever breed them as far as i know its been done once in captivity your looking at 1 male and 3 females

 

[superman1]

cool.. well never say never... you never know... at least i will have an attempt.. lol most probaly will fail but oh well..

thanks for the info. much appreaciated

 

[Ficious]

i doubt you could ever breed them as far as i know its been done once in captivity your looking at 1 male and 3 females

its not as hard as truck makes it sound...im pretty sure theres a few member who have bred them and have pictures...also there are many website on how to breed them

 

[guppy_man]

i doubt you could ever breed them as far as i know its been done once in captivity your looking at 1 male and 3 females

Isnail has bred these if im not mistaken?... Its not difficult aslong as you get the water stats correct, and feed the right foods.

Anyway a little update, i have added co2 to the tank to help the plants out, hopefully get a big bush of hygro going. I have been unable to find any dead leaves because of this weather weve had. So really not much has changed.

I have also been unable to find dp's anywhere, i may have to resort to buying online which i didnt want to do because of the extra £10 shipping charge.

I'm going to have one last ring around tomorrow to see if anywhere is selling them, if not then online it is.

 

[iSnail]

Indeed I have My oldest female is still spawning but I haven't raised any babies lately.

Hope you find some DPs locally guppy_man. Good luck

 

[superman1]

Indeed I have My oldest female is still spawning but I haven't raised any babies lately.

Hope you find some DPs locally guppy_man. Good luck

if you do have to resort to buying on line let me know how it goes and where from as i might be in the same boat. good luck with the search. tank looks great

 

[killudead]

Thanks isnail, maybe i won't add any shrimp then, might just add them to the 5gallon snail tank i have. Much better and safer for them.
Heres the pics... still not overly happily with it, maybe once i get some dead leaves for ground cover, and the Hygrophila grows taller i think it will look better. So what do you think?

its nice, but how do you clean it?
DP's are messy as i have read

 

[bagu]

its nice, but how do you clean it?
DP's are messy as i have read

hmmm, eating wise, mine is fine! But he does has a huge poop at the end! i mean massive lol!

so ye, mine eats fine, but big poop