My Dwarf Puffer

[Loko17]

Heres a few pics of my Dwarf Puffer I've named puffy, I think it may be a girl but too small to tell. Theres a few whole tank shots in there also. He/she's in a 10 gallon tank, pretty heavily planted and he/she's great. Enjoy!
Camoflauged in the plant base

Full tank shots

 

[tlagden]

Isn't a 10 Gallon tank too small for a fish of that size and what size it'll grow to?

 

[Loko17]

No not even close, I could get a few in there. Its a Dwarf Puffer so it'll only get to about an inch in length. The only thing that would be worried about is aggression with other fish but he/she'll be the only resident.

 

[jayjay]

Tank size is fine. Looks ill, what have you fed it? It's got the 'hollow' stomach that can be caused by internal problems common in dwarf puffers.

 

[Loko17]

I've fed him freeze dried foods. He hasnt really eaten much until today so his empty stomach could just be caused by lack of food. What should I look for as far as internal problems and what could I do to cure it?

 

[Sp3nc3r]

dont want to raid this thing

but i found that with my old dp he ate so many snails

that i had to start my own tank full

*just a suggestion*

looking at those pics was like where waldo?

great tank setup and its 5 gallons per dp

goodluck

 

[Loko17]

Got me worried at the thought that he might be sick but I went upstairs and got some freezedried bloodworms and sucked them up with a turkey baster and shot them out in front of him and immediately he got a few and ate them and now his bellys as big as ever, I'll get a new pic of him. Just wait a few minutes.

Edit: Ok, not the best picture to show that his belly is fatter but you can at least see it filled out some. All the good ones I took were out of focus. Anyways heres the pic.
I got one from above so you can compare...
Before:

After:

 

[KimA]

Awwww, he/she's georgeous

 

[14gtr14]

it looks like a male to me. Has he/she got "wrinkles" behind it's eyes? IF it does it'll be a male.

nice puffer loko


greg

 

[geo7x]

nice DP, i got one yesterday. Adding on to what 14gtr14 said a male puffer should have a dark strip down the belly, as well as wrinkles behind the eyes, tis not hard to tell, mines a female

edit: is he/she the only fish in the tank? if so then you could add another one since the tank is so planted, and/or some ottos too.

 

[jayjay]

How much did it eat? And did it's stomach go back in after a few hours?

 

[Loko17]

Since its so small it only ate like one centimeter in length bloodworm, probably some bits and pieces after I took the pic and all. When I went to bed his stomach had subsided a little bit but not as bad as it was. Do you still think he might have some internal problems? Oh and thanks for all of the nice comments guys. Yes I know how to sex them and he's definately too small and juvenile to tell what he/she is. And yes he/she is the only one in the tank and I'll probably get another one if I can find one. This one was the only one it seems in my area cause I had to go way out of my way to get it.

 

[halfbloodprincess]

Awwww he is so cute!!! Very nice.