Here is a very close picture (taken from the store I bought mine at) of Auriglobus nefastus. If anyone could confirm that that is a Greenbottle puffer, not an Avocado Puffer or A. silas, that would be great.
I bought it at 'That Pet Place/That Fish Place' in Lancaster, PA. They were marked as nefastus, so I'm assuming that's what it is.
It's currently in a 36g bowfront, and it's got several black skirt tetras and neons in there temporarily. I understand it's a killer, but they're gone this week, and it's too small to bug them very much just yet.
First of all, how do you feed it correctly, I was told to feed it frozen mysis shrimp, that's what they feed them there. I mix these guys with frozen bloodworms to make it more protein-y and healthy. I defrost them, wash them, and then put them in the tank via turkey baster. It doesn't even look at them, meanwhile, the tetras eat them up. Do they just take a while to eat? The tetras are outta there soon, so I figured I'd wait for them to really judge anything. I also have a couple pond snails and ramshorn snails in there as food. I don't think it has touched them.
Also, just to confirm, this fish is full freshwater, correct? I've read that it is, but I wanted to confirm.
Third, what will these do to plants. I keep planted tanks, but this is rather bare and ugly, with a few decoratinos here and there, but not the thing I like. If they aren't compatible with plants, I'll probably take this as my chance to have a giant 'fish bowl' with a castle in the middle *YES!*. I have pea gravel in there now, but is PlaySand a better substrate?
Thanks in advance for your help guys.
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I bought it at 'That Pet Place/That Fish Place' in Lancaster, PA. They were marked as nefastus, so I'm assuming that's what it is.
It's currently in a 36g bowfront, and it's got several black skirt tetras and neons in there temporarily. I understand it's a killer, but they're gone this week, and it's too small to bug them very much just yet.
First of all, how do you feed it correctly, I was told to feed it frozen mysis shrimp, that's what they feed them there. I mix these guys with frozen bloodworms to make it more protein-y and healthy. I defrost them, wash them, and then put them in the tank via turkey baster. It doesn't even look at them, meanwhile, the tetras eat them up. Do they just take a while to eat? The tetras are outta there soon, so I figured I'd wait for them to really judge anything. I also have a couple pond snails and ramshorn snails in there as food. I don't think it has touched them.
Also, just to confirm, this fish is full freshwater, correct? I've read that it is, but I wanted to confirm.
Third, what will these do to plants. I keep planted tanks, but this is rather bare and ugly, with a few decoratinos here and there, but not the thing I like. If they aren't compatible with plants, I'll probably take this as my chance to have a giant 'fish bowl' with a castle in the middle *YES!*. I have pea gravel in there now, but is PlaySand a better substrate?
Thanks in advance for your help guys.
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