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Tetraodon schoutedeni (Spotted Congo Puffer)
Eclipse replied to Eclipse's topic in Photos, Videos & Journals
I have not heard they get sick often. Puffers do need to be treated for parasites as most are wild caught. And that's usually all you need to do. That price sounds about right though. -
What is everyone's favorite hang on back filters?
Eclipse replied to Steven Fletcher's topic in General Discussion
Aqua Clear. Extremely customizable and no stupid cartridges. -
My lfs hasn't gotten any in recently either. They're doing great business-wise though. Prices haven't gone up either.
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That could be it. My rams are usually the largest fish in their tanks with the exception of my puffer in my community tank. But my puffer prefers being a lazy bum and only chases other puffers away from her food. My ram can literally snatch her worm right out of her mouth and run off with it.
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Lighting is actually one of the most important things for getting the red to pop in plants. A 55 may be too deep for your plants to get the intense light it needs. It might sound crazy, but you might have to double up on lights. Low nitrates is also important sometimes. Keeping it below 20ppm is what i usually do. I don't use CO² either.
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Not sure this is an achievement considering I did absolutely nothing, but my pea puffers are constantly spawning. I've even thrown some into my shrimp tank to control the snail population for a bit. And a month after I removed the adults, what do I find? Pea puffer fry! They're now the size of my pinky nail. I don't even feed them. They eat whatever they find in the tank. They also camouflage so well, it's difficult to find them in all the plants so even if i wanted to catch them all to transfer to the big tank, I'll have to wait until they're the size of young adults.
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Hillstream loach update and Thank you
Eclipse replied to Geri Lu's topic in Introductions & Greetings
Welcome to the hobby! Hillstream loaches are wonderful little fish and one of my favorites. I have six of them myself and they're absolute dorks. Remember to give them some protein as well. They love chowing down on frozen foods like bloodworms or brine shrimp too. -
I also agree with this. I mean, there is always a general layout to create depth (large things go in the back, small things in front for example), but knowing the livestock means you can cater your aquascape to them. For the small tanks, I do think trying out something like an Ikebana style would be interesting and unique. You're limited with what you can stock in those tanks and this style of aquascaping caters to almost all the types of fish or inverts that can go in them.
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I have the opposite experience with my rams and they will eat absolutely everything I give them. They're also one of the first fish to swim to the top for food. Sometimes I'm afraid they'll explode with how much they stuff themselves.. I have them in almost all my tanks and they're the first to swim to the glass for food. Flakes, frozen food, repashy, live worms, pellets, even blanched zucchini will have bites taken out of it. They're fearless and the one I keep with my puffers will even run off with whole earthworms, stealing them from my puffer, even though she can't eat it. Edit: Reading the other responses, I feel like my rams are very broken or just weirdos. No sane fish would challenge puffers for food after all.
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I am for lids unless you don't have potential jumpers or escape artists, but you can never guarantee you won't have a startled fish jump. Even shrimp only tanks may have a few escapees. Not only does it prevent fish suicide, you can reduce evaporation as well as retain heat. You can also prevent water deposits from fogging up your lights. I got all my aqueon glass lids from Amazon.
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Very young pea puffer. Currently about the size of a pinky nail.
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Nope. The adults living in my community tank also has neocaridina shrimp (my culls) living in it. The one time a pea accidentally grabbed onto one (during feeding time), he immediately let go and backed off. Not to say pea puffers are shrimp safe. Mine simply do not consider them food.
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Oh, I see. Yeah, some groups can be a bit toxic so I understand.
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That's great to know, thank you!
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Thanks!
