Dwarf Puffers

Posted by Sarah on January 14, 2008

We got three dwarf puffers and two ghost shrimp last Tuesday.

They seem to be pretty happy in their 14 gallon aquarium so far, although we still haven’t seen the puffers eat too much.

The people at the store where we bought them only gave us 3 snails for them, and they were too big for the puffers to eat.

At least one of those snails is still crawling around in the tank, and we’ve gotten a few more much smaller snails, so hopefully the puffers are finding and eating them.

We’re also feeding them frozen bloodworms, and we’ve seen two of them take a few bites.

We’ve also seen them picking at the gravel and at the filter in the tank, so I’m sure they are finding something to eat.

So far we haven’t seen any sunken bellies, or signs that they are too hungry, and I’ve heard that they can go a week or so without eating when you first get them, so I’m a little worried, but not overly worried yet.

These guys are really small – it’s one thing to see that they only get to be an inch or an inch and a half on paper – it’s another thing completely to see one of them curled up on the leaf of a fake plant in their aquarium.

They’re so tiny, and so cute.

So far we haven’t had any squabbling, although one dwarf puffer who does appear to be a male has been seen chasing the other two away from him.

He only chases them a couple of inches though, and I haven’t seen them nip at each other.