puffers

[bluedempsey]

anyone have any experience keeping
dwarf puffers.. the one's they have at petsmart.
ultra tiny maybe an inch.
because i bought 4 of them
i wanted to know if they are a brackish fish
:feedback:

[fsc46]

good question.... I'd like to know as well. they look cool but, I heard they are very aggressive.

[bluedempsey]

the four i got are anywhere from half an inch to an inch.
i put them with some fry i have been growing out.
i thought they would be beaten up... but no they were actually chasing
the cichlids around!

[hmmca]

I have seen them as well at petsmart

[inline4]

i had 2 of them, had to seperate then cause they were beating on eachother. they would not eat anything but live baby brine shrimp. they eventually died for unknown reasons, probably malnutrition.

[bluedempsey]

they love to eat snails

[bluedempsey]

here is a little info.... but still not that helpful

http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/puf-trav.htm

[rwatkins]

Hey, the DP's are completly freshwater. They are best kept in herams, with two females for every one male. The males are distinguished by a black line down their belly. The females usually have "freckles" on their heads. They like heavily planted tanks to break up territories. I have some in a 29 (soon to be moved to a 46). They have sand substrate and both like and fake plants as well as driftwood pieces and a couple of flowerpots for coverage. I have 3 right now but will add more when they get moved. I also have an Ausellus puffer (or SA puffer) in with them, and a striped peacock eel. If you click on the link in my signature, there's a pic of it. It's the tank with the red substrate. PM me if you have any more questions!

[iheartfishies]

Ya, they're completely fresh.
Feed 'em tons of blood worms.
When I worked there I would throw mad earth worms, blood worm cubes, and freeze dried krill that was broken into tiny bits in there till they had big fat ass guts. :hearts:
They're mean little ****s.
I had a single one that killed my beta and Male dwarf fire gourami.
Enjoy!

[Miles]

Try this?

DwarfPuffers.com
ThePufferForum.org

I think they will have more than enough info for ya ;) They are all puffer freaks. I read every post on Puffer Forum before it got deleted and they had to start over..

[bluedempsey]

thanks miles u the man
i don't care what everyone says about u
j/k no one says anything :headshake

[Miles]

It's okay.. I don't care either ;)

[DRaGoNoVA]

u can try feeding em live shrimps.....

[D4MI4N]

I have one living in my 20 gallon planted, puchased as a snail predator. Best $3 I ever spent. I went from absolutely infested to snailfree (virtually) in less than 3 days. Cute little guy too. Not overly aggressive, just when a gourami gets a little pushy.