Dwarf Puffers!

[Canadian Fish]

Just set up this tank earlier this week for dwarf puffers. Did a fishless cycle for the first time.

Cut the foam from an established Aquaclear 70 to fit the Aquaclear 20 on this tank. Put the rest of the sponge in the bottom of the tank. Added a nylon full of substrate from an established tank, and used water from an established tank. Some people say this doesn't help, but it can't hurt.

Also used bacteria in a bottle.

Tried feeding the dwarf puffers for the first time. One of them ate a bunch! I don't think the others ate any. Hopefully tomorrow.

I had to edit out half of the video where he's eating because my 4 year old is prancing around naked on the other side of the tank, which we didn't notice until we watched it afterwards.

The little punk had clothes on five minutes earlier!!

One if them has been winking at us! Lol.

 

[Donna_G]

Hiya, are you sure they are dwarf puffers? Look more like south American puffers from watching the video

 

[Canadian Fish]

I sure hope so. The store had them labeled as C. travancoricus. By the markings, I took them for females, though it is diificult to tell.

 

[Donna_G]

Well, it may be the video that's making them look different and the fact they are quite skinny. They just don't look like my dwarf puffers, fingers crossed I'm wrong lol. Beautiful puffers whatever

 

[Canadian Fish]

I was just reading up on Amazons, just in case, and if they turn out to be those, they are one of thew few puffer species that can be kept in a 48" Community tank, barring any long finned or slow moving species.

So if they start to grow beyond dwarf size, I will relocate them to my 55 gallon Rainbowfish tank.

 

[Donna_G]

Good to know they've got a good home whatever