isiah1820
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Can they be kept. In fresh?
isiah1820 said:Can they be kept. In fresh?
Can they be kept. In fresh?
Terrance said:Not recommended. Their lives shorten by many years in freshwater.
i now want a figure 8 puffer,great profile
hit or miss in that setup. how lucky do you feel?
Not a good combo. Treat the fiddler as a $2.99 snack for when the f8 figure out its food is a tank mate.
Not a good combo. Treat the fiddler as a $2.99 snack for when the f8 figure out its food is a tank mate.
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very great bond with only being in my house for a couple of hours and health and care tips would be nice first time with a f8
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F8s need to eat snails. Their teeth constantly grow and the need snails to wear them down. If they don't their teeth can grow enough to lock their mouth shut. If that happens the only way to save them is knock them out with some kind of medicine and manually cut their teeth. Pond snails and ramshorn snails are the best. I feed mine snails that are small enough to fit in their mouths so they can crush them. Do not feed him Malaysian Trumpet Snails. Their shell is too hard and can crack their teeth. I also feed my puffers blood worms and brine shrimp so that their bellies are just barely rounded.
15 gallon in minimum I would place them in. They need to have brackish water. If you don't know what that is, it is slightly salty water. You will use marine salt not aquarium salt. I keep my specific gravity around 1.003-1.005 SG. Specific gravity is measurement of salt in the water. You will need a refractor yet or a hydrometer to measure SG.
You will need a separate tank or container to keep/breed the snails because they do not tolerate salt.
I don't know if I am forgetting anything but if you have any questions let me know.
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