Dwarf Green Spotted Puffers

hello,

I was wondering, I have 3 dwarf puffers in a 2.5 gallon, it seems that 2 of
the three have paired off and kinda left the other. The third puffer is
skinny. What I was wondering is should I buy a fourth puffer so that the
third and the fourth pair off (maybe) or should not disrupt the first pair
in case they may breed. Any answers appreciated

thanks
Shawn

Take the third skinny one back to the LFS. 2.5 gallons is not alot of water.
The less fish you have in that bowl the better. Add some hornwort or other
floating plant, this should help a bit with water quality.
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"Amyotte" wrote in message
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hello,

I was wondering, I have 3 dwarf puffers in a 2.5 gallon, it seems that 2
of
the three have paired off and kinda left the other. The third puffer is
skinny. What I was wondering is should I buy a fourth puffer so that the
third and the fourth pair off (maybe) or should not disrupt the first pair
in case they may breed. Any answers appreciated

thanks
Shawn

thanks for the help,

so dwarf puffers are not like cichlids, where you need to have a larger
ratio of females to males?

thanks
Shawn

"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message
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Take the third skinny one back to the LFS. 2.5 gallons is not alot of
water.
The less fish you have in that bowl the better. Add some hornwort or other
floating plant, this should help a bit with water quality.
--
**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**


"Amyotte" wrote in message
...
hello,

I was wondering, I have 3 dwarf puffers in a 2.5 gallon, it seems that 2
of
the three have paired off and kinda left the other. The third puffer is
skinny. What I was wondering is should I buy a fourth puffer so that the
third and the fourth pair off (maybe) or should not disrupt the first
pair
in case they may breed. Any answers appreciated

thanks
Shawn

Amyotte wrote:
thanks for the help,

so dwarf puffers are not like cichlids, where you need to have a
larger ratio of females to males?

thanks
Shawn

There is a piece on breeding them on this site.

http://www.rr.iij4u.or.jp/~kohda/en/en-dwarfpuffer.htm



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"Sandy" wrote in message ...
There is a piece on breeding them on this site.

http://www.rr.iij4u.or.jp/~kohda/en/en-dwarfpuffer.htm



Will the fry eat frozen baby brine shrimp?

Matt

Honestly I don't know. I think puffers are nice but I've never kept one. I'm
sure the ratios male/female applies to alot of species but I'm not too clued
up on the extreme details. Maybe someone with puffer experience will chime
in.
--
**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**


"Amyotte" wrote in message
...
thanks for the help,

so dwarf puffers are not like cichlids, where you need to have a larger
ratio of females to males?

thanks
Shawn

"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message
...
Take the third skinny one back to the LFS. 2.5 gallons is not alot of
water.
The less fish you have in that bowl the better. Add some hornwort or
other
floating plant, this should help a bit with water quality.
--
**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**


"Amyotte" wrote in message
...
hello,

I was wondering, I have 3 dwarf puffers in a 2.5 gallon, it seems that
2
of
the three have paired off and kinda left the other. The third puffer
is
skinny. What I was wondering is should I buy a fourth puffer so that
the
third and the fourth pair off (maybe) or should not disrupt the first
pair
in case they may breed. Any answers appreciated

thanks
Shawn

"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message
...

Honestly I don't know. I think puffers are nice but I've never kept
one. I'm
sure the ratios male/female applies to alot of species but I'm not too
clued
up on the extreme details. Maybe someone with puffer experience will
chime
in.
--
**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**

I've been thinking of setting up a species-only puffer tank. Is there a
freshwater puffer? I've heard that there are, but the research is mixed.

Why is this being posted in r.a.f.cichlids? I'm crossposting to
r.a.f.misc, so any replies should probably drop the r.a.f.c.
crossposting.

TIA
NetMax

"NetMax" wrote:

I've been thinking of setting up a species-only puffer tank. Is there a
freshwater puffer? I've heard that there are, but the research is mixed.

Well, I've had a Malabar, or dwarf puffer, in a pure freshwater tank
for almost exactly a year now, and he's doing just fine. It initially
had four puffers, three of which died rather abruptly six months after
I put them in, but this last one appears to be happy and healthy. And
hungry. He'll only eat frozen bloodworms.


I'm trying to figure out what would be a good tankmate for the little
fellow, since a single, tiny fish seems like a waste of the three
gallon tank.

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www.ericschreiber.com

I have 6 Dwarf Puffers, 6 Bumble Bee Gobies and 2 Dwarf African Frogs in
a 20 Gallon Long.

The Bubble Bee Gobies adapted to freshwater during my attempt to induce
breeding. I added the Puffers and Frogs after it became apparent the
Bubble Bees weren't going to cooperate. (I thought for sure the Barry
White records would do the trick) ...BUT...

.. Anyway ..

This link has the best info on the Dwarf Puffers I have found. The
Gentleman is Japanese and his English truly makes his most valuable
information a joy to read.

http://www.rr.iij4u.or.jp/~kohda/en-index.htm