I posted this on the other thread as well...
I guess I can add to this...
I also purchased 4 dwarf puffers about 2 months ago, they are SO small that all four are HAPPY and doing awesome in a 10 Gal HEX!
I have a piece of drift wood with a HUGE JAVE FERN and on the other end of the drift wood a HUGE wad of Java Moss...so far they seem to like their home
MOST puffers are hard to sex, unless you cut them up...it is a gamble BUT in the case of the DWARF puffer, once they are sexually mature you can see a solid line of brown running under their bellies (males)...they should get DARKER with time...unfortunately most LFS sell them too young to sex...so in this case...it ish a gamble as well...
I give mine snails from my 90 and 55, they LOVE snails! This is also part of their NATURAL DIET and this MUST be maintained to provide proper DEVELOPMENT of their tooth.... They will eat anything that fits in their mouths and "moves". Bloodworms are "live" by creating a small current with a bubble wand, they seem to follow them for a while and eat them. They are OK with black worms and will eat until full. I let my black worms get into the gravel so they can "multiply", when ready to feed, toss a SMALL amount of "aquarium safe" salt in the tank and the worms will come out. They seem to eat until full and tossing a wad of worms in the tank WILL not cause them to eat all of them...
I have a ton of pics that I will be uploading in the coming weeks...
I must add that they seem WELL AWARE of their surroundings and will "ineract" with anyone on the other side of the glass...also it is a TRIP on how they eat snails...'
1. They "HUNT" for them 24/7!! -at least it seems that way-
2. Once the snail has been located they "look at it"
3. Look at it some more...move left
4. Look at it some more...move right
5. See the snail head coming out..get closer...
6. Look at it some more...move back
7. STRIKE
8. Pick snail up in mouth
9. SUCK snail out of shell
10. Discard snail shell
11. Enjoy snail....
This seems to all happen in 2 to 6 seconds...they seem to KNOW what WILL and WILL NOT fit in their mouths, so snails twice the size of their eyes (MHO) are not looked at...
I think they are a GREAT FISH to have around...granted you can supply them with a good source of snails...and other live foods. I read that they like Ghost/Glass shrimps but they seem to kill them more than eating them...in my personal experience..
Hope this helps...
AND TO ADD TO THAT...
I also run a power filter rated for a 10 Gallon, these fish seem to produce little waste (I guess they make up for it in "empty" shells!!). I have been doing bi-weekly water changes (weekly on my other tanks) without problems. Ammonia at 0PPM, also keep in mind that most of their food is SNAILS and are not fed other foods but once a week.
