RDFISHGUY Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 (edited) My wife always takes care of my fish when I'm out of town so I've decided to give her a tank of her own. She likes puffers of all things so I googled puffers and came up with these guys : Colomesus asellus. I'm going to put them in either a 33 or 55 gal. All depends on what you can keep with them. Most of the info I've found says these guys have to be kept as a species only or in groups in a 55 gal. Are there any other fish you can keep with these guys. I'd like to know if and what I could keep with these guys. Does anyone know where you can get them? Thanks Edited November 13, 2006 by RDFISHGUY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBrain Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 (edited) I took a quick look and found this info. Hope its accurate http://www.fishprofiles.com/profiles/list....mpatibility=293 Edited November 13, 2006 by Canadbis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Thanks, it says they can be with inconspicuously finned, large tetras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Yup...they are one of the friendlier puffers but i would not trust a puff with fish you like. They can be kept with conspecifics. However, the biggest "cons" with this species is the fact that their teeth grows very fast and needs daily snails feeding (according to the 'experts' at pufferforum). Midgetwaiter suggested giving mealworms or something hard that they can grind their teeth against. Pufferpack feeds his puffers bloodworms on a slate so when they go for the worms, they get some of the slate as well and help keeps beak/teeth down. Check out thepufferforum.com and check the "pufferpedia" for more info. Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Thanks Jonah, now to find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Riverfront usually have them for about 18.99 but buy them half price on second sat or print off a coupon. start breeding your snails or just go to Petland and take Kim's nuissance snails. Lanaea also breeds apple snails but they might be to big. The "newly hatched" snails may do though. I also buy shell on shrimps, mussels, clams, etc. as alternatives but if it does not work, i can help you with manually clipping them. Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 That's great Jonah ! I'd kinda like to see a good tooth trimmin'. LOL. I'll try to avoid that scenario though. How can you tell if they're too long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 They looked buck tooth and cannot open their mouth or eat. Check out this one http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8 Jonah P.S. I gues it's 2for1 at riverfront on the 11th! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 I've contacted Christian to see if he can find any because I'm going to Calgary next Sunday. Hopefully he can source some out for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 I've contacted Christian to see if he can find any because I'm going to Calgary next Sunday. Hopefully he can source some out for me. Just so happens that Riverfront has a batch right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pufferpack Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I still have 3 of them in a 35 gal, with 5 Skunk Botias, they have gotten along with no issues for a couple years now. I have found that the addition of a flat piece of rough stone to use as a feeding rock (I dump the food onto the rock and they wear their teeth down picking at their food) will reduce or even eliminate the need for home dentristry. Before I added the rock I was trimming teeth every 5-6 months, but since I stumbled onto the feeding rock I have not had to trim for 2 1/2 years so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 What are you feeding them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I think he feeds the usual puffer fair such as blood worms etc. Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I'm picking up 3 on Sunday ,as well as some botia kubotai to house with them in my 50 Gal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pufferpack Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 As Fatpuffer mentioned, I feed them frozen bloodworms and Mysis shrimp, with the occasional feed of pond snails once a month or so as a treat . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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