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August 25th, 2008, 07:43 PM
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DF puffer, blowing sand
he literally blows the sand around, i think he is looking for snails, but thats just a guess. anyone else seen this behavior? am i correct in thinking hes just hunting?
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August 25th, 2008, 07:49 PM
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Re: DF puffer, blowing sand
that would be my guess
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August 25th, 2008, 11:28 PM
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Re: DF puffer, blowing sand
Your correct Sicklids.He's hunting for snails and crabs.Its normal for them to do that.
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August 26th, 2008, 03:59 PM
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Re: DF puffer, blowing sand
well im going to add some nassarius snails (probably spelled that wrong) soon to the sand bed, probably gonna be useless with the puffer, but maybe i can add enough so that he can eat some and some will make it in order to stir my sand bed a bit...... we'll see!
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August 26th, 2008, 07:21 PM
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Re: DF puffer, blowing sand
I think the efforts will be futile unless your running a dsb.
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August 26th, 2008, 08:19 PM
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Re: DF puffer, blowing sand
what about bristleworms? do they stir the sand bed? i know they populate fast so maybe they could reproduce fast enough to get a head start on the puffer.
what do you guys think? good sand stirrer for a tank with a DF puffer?
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August 26th, 2008, 11:32 PM
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Re: DF puffer, blowing sand
Bristle worms dont do much for stirring the sand.The tend to borrow through it instead.And the puffer probably wont eat the bristle worms.
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August 27th, 2008, 04:27 PM
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Re: DF puffer, blowing sand
alright, i think i got it now
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August 27th, 2008, 06:28 PM
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Re: DF puffer, blowing sand
Yeah they won't stir it super well but they definitely do sift it a little bit. They are great to have, just not the best for that task. They are kinda like multi taskers because they also eat detritus and are good scavengers that way
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