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 Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:25 pm
Oh wow they're so cute! XD
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:44 pm
 new piccy of the puffs! i only have 4 now...they are all in the shot
some were always smaller from the beginning and they were bullied out of the food even though the fish doing the intimidating already had a worm hanging out of its mouth half-way and i would add extra food and they still wouldnt eat. i also had a really bad bout of HIGH heat the one day it was like 80 here which probably killed the weaker ones
not getting anymore anytime soon though
1 male 3 females
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:33 pm
Hi! I have Dwarf Puffers too =3 They really are characters. I have 3 in a 5.5 gal. I also have one lonely oto in there with them, I need to find a good source of otos and get a few more. That's def. my favorite tank, I love watching the puffers =D I don't know if they're males or females yet because they're nowhere near full grown.
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:37 pm
wow how small are they @_@ they usually dont sell em too tiny XD usually big enough that you can sex em
mine werent a full inch when i first got them and i was able to sex them once they stood still >_O quick little buggers and mean! the male will pull food right out of an others mouth sometimes
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:46 pm
Well, they were about half an inch when I got them, now they're probably about an inch or so but I'm waiting for the 6 month mark to know for certain their sexes. Two of them are a lot bigger than the other one, I'm just waiting for the telltale stripe to know for certain if I have a male. If it doesn't show, then I'll assume they're all females and wait for my lfs to get them in again so I can get more. I'm taking over the rest of the house with tanks and I want a DP tank for the kitchen >=)
Btw, yours are so cute! =3
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:37 am
oh you dont have to wait for the stripe...mine never got that
the males have sort of shiny wrinkles behind the eyes and the females dont :3
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:40 am
how do you sex them? and do theey breed in captivity?
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:06 am
in this image
you see the little lines behind the eyes? the golden looking line? that means that one is a male
this image i found on google also has a good shot of a male
females do not have those "wrinkles"
and yes they do breed in captivity :3 you just need a clump of java moss for them to lay their eggs in
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:34 am
thats so neat. when i got mine from petco a few years ago (they didnt last long) i was told they dont breed in captivity, but then again petco doesnt know anything about animals
but god they are so cute! i wish i had the space to set up another tank just for puffers
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:51 am
There's always room for one more tank. Especially a puffer tank =3
Thanks for the info, I'll look for wrinkles today at feeding time.
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:08 pm
lolwell i would agree with you but ive got tanks all over my room for reptiles, even on the floor lol unless my dad lets me move anybody out of my room or someone dies no more tanks for me. though i will be rearanging my room so there may be room for another tank then ninja
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:30 pm
Hmm, you could build a stand that goes to the ceiling that would hold most of the reptile tanks since those will be lighter than fish tanks and easier to build a stand for =3
Then you have more room!
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:48 pm
Shanna66 thats so neat. when i got mine from petco a few years ago (they didnt last long) i was told they dont breed in captivity, but then again petco doesnt know anything about animals but god they are so cute! i wish i had the space to set up another tank just for puffers
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:03 pm
Happy Skittles Lizzy Shanna66 thats so neat. when i got mine from petco a few years ago (they didnt last long) i was told they dont breed in captivity, but then again petco doesnt know anything about animals but god they are so cute! i wish i had the space to set up another tank just for puffers they just told me to stick them in a tank with conditioned water. i didnt know what tank cycling was until a few months ago. its my fault for listening to them and i do feel bad about it and i miss them
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 2:14 pm
I haven't been able to notice any wrinkles on my 3, but my smallest one has the stripe, so I know he's a male. The other two are big and fat, no stripe, no wrinkles so I'm hoping for two females. That would make a perfect breeding trio. -crosses fingers- I really want more of them but the place I got them from sold out.
Horror Inc.
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