The T.Pustulatus Cross River puffer project

[mountaintoppufferkeeper]

The fun has begun. I have started with 4 wild caught cross puffers they landed late last night and were added to their tank tonight. My big puffer learning curve has begun

Initial observation .... 

1. need more plants and sight breaks

2.they are active hunters

3. Have bigger appetites than expected

4. they posture and display a bit more than any other species ive kept

5. This could be a short thread .....but hopefully it goes for a long time 🙂

 

[JE47]

Looks like a lot of fun. Keep us posted on the journey.

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 9/15/2023 at 6:24 AM, mountaintoppufferkeeper said:

The fun has begun. I have started with 4 wild caught cross puffers they landed late last night and were added to their tank tonight. My big puffer learning curve has begun

Initial observation .... 

1. need more plants and sight breaks

2.they are active hunters

3. Have bigger appetites than expected

4. they posture and display a bit more than any other species ive kept

5. This could be a short thread .....but hopefully it goes for a long time 🙂

 

Coming along for the ride!! 
Have these been bred in aquarium surroundings before ? 

[mountaintoppufferkeeper]

On 9/14/2023 at 11:52 PM, TheSwissAquarist said:

Coming along for the ride!! 
Have these been bred in aquarium surroundings before ? 

As far as I have found not yet.

They were a little fired up on release but all good today and less establishing of a pecking order from the behaviors on night 1. So far so good.

I will be filling the cart with plants today for a bit of help in more plant provided sight blocks. They basically have 80% of the live plants and coop planters in the fishroom now😁

[mountaintoppufferkeeper]

Day 12

Still need more plants but have added 18 coop plants plus something like 20 from other tanks to this "pond" 

All four cross rivers have posed tonight a bit. They ate pretty well yesterday. Their demeanor is more like fsirly interactive bull sharks in my set up. They rexognize me but when not full they are a little "sassy" and when hungry and food arrives they will chase and defend their meal. 

So far the plants work well and we have figured out our spots in the colony dynamic. I even caught two sleeping next to eaxh other this early am (no photo unfortunately)