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Hello all,

I've been after some dawrf puffers for quite a while now, and recently saw some in my lfs (fell in love! ) but had enough trouble getting my rents to agree to me having 1 fish tank, now i have 2 tanks, and the bug has hit me bad! So i'm hoping to get a small 10 gal, to house a some Dp's. I've read that 3 could fit in, it's best to have more females than males, three might be pushing it, so would 2 females be a better option? I'm assuming i couldnt have any other tank mates with them?

I know they need a constant supply of snails, i have a few common pond snails in my main tank, obviously not enough to feed regularly. Is it possible that i could use the puffers tank to raise the snails? I'm thinking Ramshorn Snails would be my best bet...

My main concern is that my water is too hard for them, i cant quite remember the actuall figure, but i know it is HARD! how hard is your water? or what's the hardest you would keep them in? My Ph is 7.6...


any tips? have i missed anything?

First of all, I'm glad to see that you've done your research on them! 2 females and a male should be perfectly fine in a 10 gallon, just plant it well so that the sight-lines are broken.

I don't think you would be able to raise snails in the puffer tank, the puffers would probably pick the snails to death. DPs don't need snails as often as a lot of puffers, once a week or so would be sufficient.

As for the hardness of your water, DPs are quite versatile when it comes to water hardness and I would be very surprised if your water was too hard for them.

Other than that, if you haven't found it, check out http://www.dwarfpuffers.com for all the information you could ever want on these awesome little fishies!

HTH

Ramshorn snails are too hard for dwarf puffers. Stick to the pond snails. You can easily set up a breeding tank. I use 2 and 5gal. It can have a bare bottom, get a small internal filter or an airstone. They will reproduce quite quickly if the temp is >78, you overfeed them (any leftovers) and do regular water changes.


Kim

excellent, thanks a lot guys, i hadnt found it, im off there now


EDIT: Oh oh im going to try and make a bio-type have to start planning that now!

Last edited by chrism at 27-Jan-2005 04:14