Dwarf Puffers

[ConvictMan05]

This weekend i got 2 dwarf puffers. They are in a 10 gallon tank with a whisper power filter. A whisper sumersible heater which keeps the temp at 78-79 at all times and i have a weak powerhead blowing around the water. And a ton of plastic plants for them to hide in. I was wondering what everyone elses setup is like and what there feeding scheduel is like? I will post some pics probably this weekend.

Thanks Caleb

 

[Adanvdo Waya]

My only concern is, is the pump you have moving around the water to much? They aren't exactly a powerful swimmer.

 

[ConvictMan05]

Well its not really a powerhead its from a whisper internal filter the black circular ones that go inside the tank i tried and have been watching its just to blow the heat around but i can take it out if they dont like it.

 

[go_dawgs]

i had a whisper internal with my dwarf puffers and they were fine..... in your original post it said you were running a powerhead, are you or not?

 

[ConvictMan05]

Well its the pump of the internal filter. i tore it apart and could not put it back together and its just the little water pump thats in there do you want me to take a picture? and i will cause i have a question about the one puffer fish,

 

[go_dawgs]

so you dont have a filter, just a filter pump??? yes a pic. would help... and i will try to answer the question about the puffer too.

 

[ConvictMan05]

 

[ConvictMan05]

does the puffer in the third pic look ok? i was wondering about internal parasites.

the first is the pump and the second is Piff

 

[go_dawgs]

ok..... so you prob need a filter because they are messy eaters... what was your question about the puffer?

 

[ConvictMan05]

I have a filter and does the one puffer look like it has internal parasites??picture 3

 

[go_dawgs]

hard to tell from the pic.... is his belly sunk in???

 

[Lotus]

If you've only had him since the weekend, it's too early to tell if it's internal parasites or not. Have you seen him eat? After he's eaten, does his stomach look lumpy?

You definitely need a filter in the tank. If you have a reasonable filter, it should move the water around enough to make the tank evenly heated.

 

[tropicalfish]

For a ten gallon tank, I recommend a Hagen AquaClear 30.

 

[ConvictMan05]

i have a whisper power filter. I took the power head out cause i moved the themomerater around the tank and it read the same everywhere so i took it out and yes the puffers belly looks bumpy when its done eating.