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What's the water like? As long as he's feeding well I wouldn't worry.
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Ammonia = 0ppm
Nitrite = 0ppm
Nitrate = 5ppm
He and the others are eating like pigs, I even have to take there food away so they don't explode.
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After my 3 puffers grew to adult size (6") in the 55g they were housed in, I had to find new homes for them. I feel that 1 would have been happy in there. At least 30-40g each for these beauties.
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That is a GREAT article for caring for them. Very indepth but to the point, thanks! Did you write that? I even printed that out.
How long did it take your puffers to reach 6"? I read they grow pretty slow. They are going into a 75 gallon, is that enough space for 3 puffers?
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yes that isnt uncommon at all ,I trained mine to come up to the glass when i tapped .Very cutethese might get kinda vicious towards each other when they get a little older (they seem to do this when they reach over 2- 2 1/2 inches.You need to feed them something hard to wear there teeth down once in a while(snails , freeze dried krill),I feel
its important to introduce these as food early while they are small (mine never did take to snails).They absolutely love frozen bloodworms and krill though.If you plan on keeping these into their adulthood your going to need a good sized tank absolute minimum I would say a 55 gallon.Decorate their tank with broken line of sight
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Well I feel better now, thank you! It's really cute when they do that but I still don't like it, LOL. It looks like something is wrong but you eased my mind that it's not uncommon. I have all the foods known to man. I have snails, Im just starting to breed them again. I feed lots of shrimp, crickets, earthworms, live and frozen worms, ect. Believe it or not they even eat dried foods which amazed me. I've had puffers before and they never ate like these guys, they chow down like no tomorrow.