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What did you get done today?
mountaintoppufferkeeper replied to Cory's topic in Photos, Videos & Journals
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mountaintoppufferkeeper started following Med Trio Question , Help ID this ..... First Panda Loach Fry ? , Mystery hitchhiker fry ID. Surprise puffer? and 3 others
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Thats awesome @RossS. Great photos.
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Mystery hitchhiker fry ID. Surprise puffer?
mountaintoppufferkeeper replied to MrGibson's topic in General Discussion
Found it ...eventually :). Pretty cool whatever it becomes. -
Mystery hitchhiker fry ID. Surprise puffer?
mountaintoppufferkeeper replied to MrGibson's topic in General Discussion
Cool. Congrats. Its tough to see in stills. I do a video on the phone and make it a gif for the short videos here. Spotted congo for comparison And pao palustris basically tiny foodbellys with eyes from very early on I had a mystery flag fish fry before that made it through a sump overflow rack and multiple predators until discovered around that size. It probably went through the pump at least once as egg and new fry. Tracking that down now will update with that gif once found -
What did you get done today?
mountaintoppufferkeeper replied to Cory's topic in Photos, Videos & Journals
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Help with Spotted Congo feeding
mountaintoppufferkeeper replied to Kenaqua's topic in General Discussion
Thanks @Colu. @Kenaqua In that situation I put the snails in bloodworm "juice" for a few minutes then feed my puffer the snails with a little bloodworms until I get my puffer to recognize the bloodworms as food and eat them. In my setups I use vitachem and a drop of garlic guard in a container and soak all the foods I feed my puffers before they go into the tank. Even the snails and earthworms get that before they go into the puffer tank. My opinion is the puffers associate the "scent" to food and are more willing to accept other food if it has the same scent/taste from the vitamin and garlic. I would expect the bloodworm trick would also work to get one of my puffers to accept bloodworms as food. Mine get snails and worms primarily but i have also fed bloodworms, frozen krill, frozen mysis shrimp, and the tilapia in this gif. . -
Fun thread @Cinnebuns If I have a one bucket list is to keep spawn raise and document it all for my current species. I have written for amazonas the one time I would like to continue that and get into other hobby magazines eventually. Earning my master breeder award is secondary to that......but when I think of it I view each project as its own and im always learning something or discovering a new bucket list item to add 🙂 : ******** Bucket 1 ******** Spawned not yet viable eggs for raising Target puffer [Pao leiurus] "Not Abe's puffer":) [Pao ?] Unk Sp. ID Bucket goals: raise 2+ generations and write about them. Compare their processes to my mekong river puffers [P. cf palustris] ******** Bucket 2 ******** Spawned raised but improving my skills Spotted congo puffers [T.schoutedeni] Bucket goals: raise 100 fry to 1/2" // improve my paramecium and copepod ranching skills up here ******** Bucket 3 ******** Conditioning and learning their behaviors Bucket goals: spawn and raise raise 2 generations and write about them as compared to the other puffers here. Abe's puffer [Pao abei] Cross River Puffer [Tetraodon pustulatus] ******** Bucket 4 ******** Conditioning and learning their behaviors Bucket Goals:spawn and report on the differences and similarities between my C.regani fry a few years ago Dwarf Pike [Crenicichla notophthalmus] ******** Bucket 5 ******** Conditioning and learning their behaviors Bucket Goals: Spawn and raise them. Document the process and report on the process African Dwarf Freshwater Pipefish [Enneacampus ansorgii] ******** Bucket 6 ******* Everything else Find and work with Duboisi puffers Figure out good reliable puffer foods for me that allows each species to wear down their teeth as needed and keep up general health Determine for myself which puffer species do well as a colony and which do well as a divided tank. Find new challenging species to enjoy
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Amazon Puffer Fish Journal
mountaintoppufferkeeper replied to NOLANANO's topic in Photos, Videos & Journals
I have no idea on that switching between the meds personally. Ich x works for me when needed I havent ever tried paraguard. I just follow the bottle instructions and it seems to be very effective. -
Amazon Puffer Fish Journal
mountaintoppufferkeeper replied to NOLANANO's topic in Photos, Videos & Journals
@NOLANANO the grit has lots of probiotic organisms and a little vegetable oil. It is my understanding that is more to aid poultry in digestion of foods. I have never tried grit. I would guess that could negatively impact water quality with the microbes and oil it contains and would not acomplish the beak wear on the puffers. I have only done the flake form of oyster shell. That will say 100% oyster shell on ingredients normally. I think the flake mixes well in the repashy here i prefer it to the other non flake versions which are basically just chunks . -
Amazon Puffer Fish Journal
mountaintoppufferkeeper replied to NOLANANO's topic in Photos, Videos & Journals
They look great ! Bummer on the loss. Sometimes one is lost it in an otherwise healthy group up of puffers us here in the first months. That is normall without any clear cause in the rare occurance of it happening. I have not kept amazons but some of my individual puffers vary in food preference and will not eat as much or any of one food shape or color as the other members of the colony. Great thread Im learning quite a bit about amazons from you -
Chapter 2 begins .... I either have 2 males or a male and a female but we got a shot ....currently 🙂
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This is the process i currently use and has worked on puffers in "less than ideal" condition on arrival
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Thanks @Guppysnail. I do the coop med trio to personally and always have fritz accr if i need to dose for ammonia chlorine or chloramines. I have personally done Paracleanse (praziquantel), expel p (levamisole HCI) , pannacur c which [requires some math and a scale to dose] (fenbendazole)
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Lol ... he is a good guess. i was described as a redbearded sasquatch at work today true story