Bit of a rut and want Dwarf puffers...

vanillarum said:
My tank is at least moderately planted, and the puffers have never bothered the plants. And I would strongly disagree, they are not nippy in the least. My male betta has been in with the 3 SAPs for well over a year and has all his fins intact. I do not know the sexes of the puffers, nor do I think it matters. I read that the reason that they are NOT aggressive is that because they do not guard their eggs when they spawn. This is my community tank. You can see 1 of the SAPs up in the left hand corner.
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This gives me hope I can have puffers then. I read that also and wasn't exactly sure if the ratio of m/f mattered.

OrionGirl said:
Something to keep in mind with SA Puffers is that unlike dwarf puffers, they NEED crunch in their diet or their teeth will overgrow and require manual trimming.

Dwarf puffers vary widely. I've had them in with a 40 other a slew of other fish and no problems, I've had them in a 90 with mollies, otos and bristlenose and they steadily eliminated each other. Ignored the bottom dwellers completely, ate the molly fry but ignored the adults.
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I've seen Dwarfs with other species but I want to stock with as minimum problems as possible between fish besides occasional nipping, so didn't want to go through the process of getting them and having to rehome because they're too aggressive. They seem like they do best in species only tanks and not what I'm into atm.

On the subject of trimming teeth I was reading that they do need snails, etc in their diet like other puffers but unlike other puffers usually need manual trimming as well. How often would it be required? It's is the only drawback I see having them as I don't have exp in it.




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I have had my SAPs for close to 2 years, and have never trimmed their teeth. I do buy ramshorn snails once a month, and also feed the puffers baby shrimp with the shell on, and between those 2 foods (among others), they seem to be fine. Good luck.
 
vanillarum said:
I have had my SAPs for close to 2 years, and have never trimmed their teeth. I do buy ramshorn snails once a month, and also feed the puffers baby shrimp with the shell on, and between those 2 foods (among others), they seem to be fine. Good luck.
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Oh okay thanks.


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I've got three dwarf puffers in a 15g, very similar in size to the 20g. These buggers are so entertaining, I have no desire to add other fish to the tank. This is the tank I spend the most time observing. The only other occupants are some ottos and many Malaysian trumpet snails. Because of a trap door, the puffers can not eat the snails until I crush them.

I hope my video motivates you to create a species only tank for this incredible tiny creature.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4pLOcviTGUs
 
Do puffers ever puff up and under what condition? I've seen them many times at the lfs but never seen one puffed up.
 
Yes. That's why they're called puffers. They puff up when they feel they're in danger. The point behind the puffing mechanism is to make them too large to ingest.

I don't know if it's true or not, but I've seen it said that the puffing is actually detrimental to the puffer's long term health, so encouraging the puffing action is not advised.
 
dhvService said:
I've got three dwarf puffers in a 15g, very similar in size to the 20g. These buggers are so entertaining, I have no desire to add other fish to the tank. This is the tank I spend the most time observing. The only other occupants are some ottos and many Malaysian trumpet snails. Because of a trap door, the puffers can not eat the snails until I crush them.

I hope my video motivates you to create a species only tank for this incredible tiny creature.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4pLOcviTGUs
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Awh dang I envy you. Your puffers are so cute. Do the worms live in the rock? I reallllly do want them, I just don't have the space to dedicate to a species only tank right now, even though it will be a small tank. Maybe down the road after the babies born and I have everything together I'll consider setting up a 5-10 gallon for them ;]

authmal said:
Yes. That's why they're called puffers. They puff up when they feel they're in danger. The point behind the puffing mechanism is to make them too large to ingest.

I don't know if it's true or not, but I've seen it said that the puffing is actually detrimental to the puffer's long term health, so encouraging the puffing action is not advised.
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I've read the same thing and also that they will puff up for no reason sometimes.


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I've never seen any puffer--fresh or saltwater--puff for no reason.

One of the things to remember is that if they try to puff out of water, they take in air instead of water, and they can't expel the air.
 
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