Allie

That's good to know. Ok, Mr apple snail will be moved to another 10g. I start sifting thru the sand to remove as many MTS as possible. I will put them in another tank, and crush them when I feed them to him.

pinkfloydpuffer

Mr Puff wouldn't be very happy if he couldn't eat anymore!
I can't wait to see your little puffy puff!

Allie

We've got a huge pack of blood worm here so I think he'll be well fed.
Me too. Gotta start thinking non betta names. I am going to go research more about my new guy.

pinkfloydpuffer

This site's a great one: http://www.dwarfpuffers.com/

Allie

I am looking at that one right now.
Looks like the best one I have found yet.
I was just looking at the sexing part and trying to compare to the pix in the ad.

pinkfloydpuffer

lol
Looks like you're doing a good job researching.

Allie

I tend to over research and talk about the latest fish I love. My family is going to be rolling their eyes again. lol
From the pix, looks like I may be getting a little girl. I will wait to name "her" to see if she is really a she.

pinkfloydpuffer

I'm the same way. I read everything I could find on puffers for weeks before I got mine
A great thing about dwarves is that you can actually sex them! For all I know, Garth could be a girl, lol. I always wait to name the fish until I get to know them a little. I'm sure your puffy will give you ideas of what to name it after a little while

Allie

I told my BF I wanted puffer(s) and he said he'd get his lfr manager friend to order them in. We can get them cheaper than what that guy want for the one puffer.
SO instead of 1 I'll be getting 5 dwarf puffers. Our friend's have a green spotted puffer they had him for a month now. Just old us yesterday about it.
Everyone is getting puffer mania.

pinkfloydpuffer

woohoo!

5 puffers?!? Where are ya gonna put them?

Allie

The dwarf ones can go together, so they will be in a 20g.

pinkfloydpuffer

A 20 g will be a bit tight, so make sure you plant it heavily and have tons of hiding places. They won't fight nearly as much if they can't see each other

Allie

I do have a 33g too I can switch it up if need be. We've got lots of plants here. I could just get 4 dwarf puffers for the 20g.

pinkfloydpuffer

Some people say that dwarfs can have maybe 3 gals per puff, but personally I'd never go below 5 gals each. They are very territorial, and that can cause problems if your tank isn't set up right.
As you know, my puffers are my babies, so I give them all the best I can afford.

Lucy

Whoa, you don't read a few posts and ya go from one to 5 puffers? Geez!

I can't wait to see them.

Allie

LOL, well I'd prefer a species tank of them.
The bf said that $20 was too much for one when he can get them thru his friend for cheaper, like 5-7 dollars.
I was/am having trouble getting over to to meet the guy. He won't hold him for me, he says he has lots of emails from others. Weirdo made it sound like he would hold it.

pinkfloydpuffer

Well, if he's asking $20 for one little dwarf... 5-7 is more what I'd say they should go for. My gsps were only about 7 each.
That guy must be crazy or somethin, lol!

Allie

Or unaware considering he put in with a betta.

pinkfloydpuffer

Oh yeah! And I thought people putting tetras with bettas was a little weird... LOL

Allie

I had my first betta in with 5 glowlight tetra, in a gallon tank, no heater and they did fine together for that month. Until I researched Betta, and got Nigel his own tank, 5g and the tetra went in my 20g (waaay overstocked community)

pinkfloydpuffer

Well, I had Floyd in a 1/2 gallon bowl... so yeah...

Floyd was a beast though. He probably would have eaten any fish that was put with him. Even a divider didn't stop him from getting a piece of Donovan, lol.

Allie

lol
Some Betta do much better alone. Nigel RIP was the only Betta I have ever had who got along with others. He also lasted a whole year, which is something I have yet to see with other Betta. He went thru a lot of things in that year due to my being new to fish.

pinkfloydpuffer

omg, I know. My Floyd was abused, lived in filth and got popeye, and he has lived over a year and a half now. I hope he's still doing well. And then two bettas I get and put in wonderful homes die within 2-3 weeks.

Allie

That is exactly what happened with the two I got after Nigel...Seth was gone within the month and Levis a week. I didn't get any other boys until my Jasper last fall...and you know what happened to all my boys after that.

Allie

I am hijacking my OWN thread LOL.

pinkfloydpuffer

LOL!
I do that all the time...

Well, hopefully it'll be the same for both of us, and the bad betta luck won't apply to the puffers. So far mine have been perfect

Allie

*knocking wood* I have had luck with most fish I have kept except Betta. Most of our fish we have, we've had for two years roughly.

pinkfloydpuffer

Same here, except I've only been keeping fish for about 5 months.

Allie

2.5 years for us, can't imagine not having a tank in my home now. I watch them more than I was TV.

pinkfloydpuffer

At our house we call my tanks "fish channel"