How should I collect egg scatterer puffers

[mountaintoppufferkeeper]

The two new projects have arrived. Both are egg scatterer puffers. I am a total newbie on that style of puffer breeding.

What methods work bets to pull eggs from the egg scattering puffers ?

To prep I re-read all the forum content tagged spotted congo and schoutedeni as well as any article in scholar.google which referenced the species. @Preston John you hooked me on the species and lead me to deciding to give them a spot here testing myself on breeding them up here. 

 

Tetraodon schoutedeni 

Spotted congo puffer

 

The unexpected find:

Carinotetraodon irrubesco 

Red tail red eye puffer

I didn't really appreciate these until seeing them in person and picking up a group. 

One of the males

One of the hopefully females

[Preston John]

@mountaintoppufferkeeper I just use a pipette and suck out as may clear eggs as I want to raise. I have about  90% survival rate and feeding 500+ puffers is not easy. I use to use an airline tube and suck them all up. But my favorite way is to put course sponge filters in every corner and just remove them after they spawn. Shake the out and select how many eggs I want to hatch. You can also just put the sponge into another tank to hatch. 

[AllFishNoBrakes]

@mountaintoppufferkeeper LET’S GOOOOOO! Where did you pick them up if you don’t mind me asking? I was at a LFS in our area this week trading some fish, took a look at the puffers they had available and wondered if any of them were yours lol. 

Edited October 24, 2022 by AllFishNoBrakes

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 10/24/2022 at 3:27 AM, Preston John said:

@mountaintoppufferkeeper I just use a pipette and suck out as may clear eggs as I want to raise. I have about  90% survival rate and feeding 500+ puffers is not easy. I use to use an airline tube and suck them all up. But my favorite way is to put course sponge filters in every corner and just remove them after they spawn. Shake the out and select how many eggs I want to hatch. You can also just put the sponge into another tank to hatch. 

I did that with my pea puffers and it worked really well.

[mountaintoppufferkeeper]

On 10/23/2022 at 7:27 PM, Preston John said:

@mountaintoppufferkeeper I just use a pipette and suck out as may clear eggs as I want to raise. I have about  90% survival rate and feeding 500+ puffers is not easy. I use to use an airline tube and suck them all up. But my favorite way is to put course sponge filters in every corner and just remove them after they spawn. Shake the out and select how many eggs I want to hatch. You can also just put the sponge into another tank to hatch. 

@Preston John Thanks kindly for the info. 100 is the enjoyment cutoff for me with the Pao puffers. Normally 50 or so works best for my schedule  and food setups.  I will try the sponge filter strategy for both new species. That method sounds perfect for my tank layouts. 

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[TheSwissAquarist]

On 10/24/2022 at 12:24 PM, mountaintoppufferkeeper said:

@Preston John Thanks kindly for the info. 100 is the enjoyment cutoff for me with the Pao puffers. Normally 50 or so works best for my schedule  and food setups.  I will try the sponge filter strategy for both new species. That method sounds perfect for my tank layouts. 

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Any pictures of cute puffer babies going😉?

[mountaintoppufferkeeper]

 

@AllFishNoBrakes nice . I'm always looking at puffers whenever I see any around. @TheSwissAquarist thanks much. Glad thr peas work with the method those redeyes are going the be a challenge.  

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 10/24/2022 at 12:39 PM, mountaintoppufferkeeper said:

redeyes are going the be a challenge.  

Good luck!!🍀 

[mountaintoppufferkeeper]

@TheSwissAquarist none currently due the the fishroom moves but two palustris  pictures from the breeder box a while back

[MAC]

@mountaintoppufferkeeper glad you found some Red Eyes! I hope you unlock how to get them to spawn.