Anyone Seen Their Own Puffer Inflate

[matchstickman47]

someone told me they could only do it four times or simthing ...... i didnt know weather to belive them? also ive never seen one puff? does it happen in aquariums when thy feel threatened? i always see puffers just sitttin under a log in my lfs so i was wonderin do they puff alot or just not

 

[Truck]

someone told me they could only do it four times or simthing ...... i didnt know weather to belive them? also ive never seen one puff? does it happen in aquariums when thy feel threatened? i always see puffers just sitttin under a log in my lfs so i was wonderin do they puff alot or just not

they rarely puff up in captivity, but if taken out of water they may puff up and suck in air and it can kill them

 

[matchstickman47]

o thats pretty bad! so when the lfs people catch them do they dobble bag and do they keep the bag in da water!

 

[Truck]

o thats pretty bad! so when the lfs people catch them do they dobble bag and do they keep the bag in da water!

they will double bag any with teeth or beaks, most fish with a way of splitting a bag should be double bagged.

they should catch them in the net and transfer to a pot of water in the tank and then put into a bag with the water

 

[stang1]

We usually have to put the bigger ones in a polystyrene box when we sell them as they tear straight through the bags.

 

[matchstickman47]

right cause once i got my 110 litre set up the next one will be about 60 litres with 4 dwarf puffers!
are they slightly brackish?

 

[stang1]

Dwarf Puffers are completely freshwater.

 

[matchstickman47]

nice anything else i shoud know?

 

[Truck]

nice anything else i shoud know?

lots and lots of plants and caves

 

[Dwarf-P.]

sand substrate, feed frozen bloodworm and snails the size of their eyes- feed once every 2 days

 

[matchstickman47]

thanks!

 

[Dwarf-P.]

thanks!

oh your welcome

 

[matchstickman47]

any advise is welcome but i wont get them for a while

 

[fatheadminnow]

Dwarf Puffers are completely freshwater.

I'm confused...?...Could someone clarify this for me?

My LFS said that Dwarf Puffers need to have a little salt in the water?

Thanks
Sorry to "steal" this thread to ask this question.
-FHM

 

[Dwarf-P.]

well they are liars, salt would do more harm to dp's than good