Dwarf Puffer - Page 2

Super Noob · February 7th, 2010, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by fshfanatic

$12.99? Holy Crap. I get mine at Pets Inc. for $3.99

ouch. I don't think I even saw a fish in there for that price. Looks I need to get a few more to lower the average price. $4 sounds really low. AZ Gardens, infamous for charging very little for fish, and raping you on shipping has them listed around $5. PI is selling Albino BN Plecos @ 1" for $20, and it seems most of the fish have tripled in price over the past two years I was absent from the hobby. I got my CPD's for $4 each @ AT, and PI said they charge $5-7. It all works out in the end.

fshfanatic · February 7th, 2010, 01:54 PM

It seems Pets Inc raises their prices almost on a weekly basis. Sometimes I can hardly justify going in there, but most of the employees are friends so I go in. I have never seen BB Puffers for sale there at more that $4 a pop.

Super Noob · February 7th, 2010, 10:44 PM

I will go in this week and put my name on "the list". I don't think I have ever been called when an out of stock fish arrives but at leat I tried. I am tempted to cash in some long lost AZGardens credit but not sure if they will honor it, or if I am crazy enough to give them another chance. I'll see if they have any coming in though. Thanks for the heads up. All my PI contacts are gone. Drew was my freshwater man, and Roy was the guy for the plants. I feel like a new customer walking into a place I have shopped at for over 9 years.

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Originally Posted by fshfanatic

It seems Pets Inc raises their prices almost on a weekly basis. Sometimes I can hardly justify going in there, but most of the employees are friends so I go in. I have never seen BB Puffers for sale there at more that $4 a pop.

xJaypex · February 7th, 2010, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DiezelEinstein

are these the puffers i got from you? If so they must have calmed down. All they eat is bloodworms and cruise the tank all day..

they are slow....so my other fish ouldnt have an issue anyway. havnt noticed any shrimp losses and the 2in puffers is smaller than most of the shrimp or same size.

yes those are the same ones hah, glad to hear. this was when i first got them too

mistern2005 · February 8th, 2010, 09:21 AM

I have a pair of these in my 34 gallon tank with my zebra plecos and the puffers are extremely docile. I think they are some of the coolest fish I've ever owed. They are shy, but very inquisitive. I'm pull RCS out of that tank left and right (when the breding is good) and have never had a problem with them eating RCS, my rummy noses, or the zebras. However they are VICIOUS towards any snail of any size.

I've heard stories about these guys that range from "completely" tame towards other inhabitiants to "ruthless". I think it must vary from fish-to-fish.

LuisVillalobos · February 8th, 2010, 10:07 AM

Wow these seem like really nice fish

And your puffers look amazing Dan.

Would it be pushing it too much to get a pair for a 10 Gallon
or would i be fine?

Super Noob · February 8th, 2010, 08:54 PM

This site says most chose tanks between 5 and 20 gallons. http://www.dwarfpuffers.com/ Lots of other good info about the little guys.

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Originally Posted by LuisVillalobos

Wow these seem like really nice fish

And your puffers look amazing Dan.

Would it be pushing it too much to get a pair for a 10 Gallon
or would i be fine?

LuisVillalobos · February 8th, 2010, 10:59 PM

thanks, just checked out that site and read it head to toes.

Now i AM going to get a couple of them

aah

Fleur · February 19th, 2010, 09:33 AM

I just "rescued" one of these (to the tune of $.99) for my classroom tank. I have a five gallon biocube. I'm currently moving my gigantic trapdoor snail to another tank -- 'cause I want to maintain a population of young snails for treats, and he eats 'em as soon as he sees them.

My guy is super cool, but he's the only tank inhabitant.

The snail is moving to a 5 gallon Eclipse corner tank for now. I'm thinking of adding some shrimp to that too, but the lighting sucks and I've never had any really successful plant growth in that tank (at least, not for long).

My students really get a kick out of the puffer fish, though.

They're neat little dudes.

LuisVillalobos · February 19th, 2010, 09:55 AM

Were did you get your puffer from?

Fleur · February 26th, 2010, 08:54 AM

He came from Pets Inc. He was brought in by another customer and was in a guppy tank. I had been looking for one for my classroom tank, but I hadn't been able to get one before that day. By the time I went in, all the DBs were sold. I asked someone, and shockingly, the random DP was in there. Apparently the guppies were showing signs of ick, so the guy suggested I might want to wait. I decided if I waited, it was going to be another month, so I risked it and got him anyway. No signs of illness. He's hunted the snails down to nearly none. I had to move my big snail to a new tank, and DP won't eat the mysis shrimp, but other than that, all's well.

I'm thinking of trying blood worms, but it's tough to get to the pet store and back to work.

fshfanatic · February 26th, 2010, 09:58 AM

I feed my DP's Mysis shrimp. They eat them but they like BWs a lot more.

Fleur · February 26th, 2010, 10:55 AM

I'm thinking I might get him eating the blood worms. When he's used to eating what I add to the tank, I'll add the mysis shrimp... maybe feed both at the same time.

Super Noob · February 28th, 2010, 12:17 PM

Got 3 more DPs at Pets Inc. today! $4.99 ea.

fshfanatic · February 28th, 2010, 01:59 PM

Wow, nice score. But I see the price went up again.