Looking good! Hopefully you can keep this thread updated as would love to see their progression…
Finally hatched palembangensis
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Just to update, my puffers are now about 1 cm and most are off the baby brine, eating adult brine and blackworms. There are about 20-30 of them…
Still alive and eating. They’re growing slowly and now act like their parents, meaning the sit in one spot and don’t move. I wonder how territorial they’ll get full grown
I know they can normally be housed together with occasional bickering a bit like T.Suvatti…
however being siblings im not sure if their temperament will be better or worse being housed together considering thats all they know?
however being siblings im not sure if their temperament will be better or worse being housed together considering thats all they know?
how many made it? that's a super accomplishment, I would buy some babies from you 
Checking in - still have about 15 - 20. Now they’re acting like the parents, each fish has a spot they occupy, and they stay there all the time unless chasing food. Feeding blackworms and adult brine. Here’s one of them; about 1 cm long.
I put a bunch of feeder guppies in the tank and they’re curious but not harassing them. I’m hoping when they mature the puffers can eat the fry…
Also, I have a datnoid and a silver dollar living in the tank with the 7 adults, and they co-exist just fine. However, the last adult individual I introduced (number 8, purchased because it was in the store so long) to the adult tank, it was bullied and starved by the other puffers. I had to move it to another tank thinking it was sick. Since then, it’s started eating again.. I suspect this species may be semi social, sorta like cats.
I put a bunch of feeder guppies in the tank and they’re curious but not harassing them. I’m hoping when they mature the puffers can eat the fry…
Also, I have a datnoid and a silver dollar living in the tank with the 7 adults, and they co-exist just fine. However, the last adult individual I introduced (number 8, purchased because it was in the store so long) to the adult tank, it was bullied and starved by the other puffers. I had to move it to another tank thinking it was sick. Since then, it’s started eating again.. I suspect this species may be semi social, sorta like cats.
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Loving the mini palembangs!!! They look amazing and cute in their pet rock kinda way…
