Great content Seth. We can only wonder at their thought process and how they 'think' as they go about daily life. Looking forward to seeing your brothers aquariums again. 🍀
I couldn’t agree more haha, interesting fish but I hope to show some more of my brother’s aquariums, I’m lucky to have him close by to share the hobby with! Thanks!
YO RESPECT! I keep my fish in quarantine for 3-4 months to avoid camellanus worms OR I just treat them for camellanus worms for no reason (the dosage is too harsh for most plants).
Absolute beautiful puffers if you don’t mind me asking how much did you pay per Puffer my local fish stores sell them for 280 apiece would love to see more videos on your puffers
Too much haha, just kidding, I’d pay more. Especially for puffers I could go and see, watch them eat and how they interact and see if they are healthy or not and how big they are... My only option at this time is online. 200 for the first one and 220 each for the others but that doesn’t include shipping. Thanks for watching and take care!
So the one you gave to your brother- was that the one floating at the top in the beginning? Just wondering because I am having similar situation with my 2 but am hoping the tank upgrade and 3 rd puffer addition solves that
Yes. It was the puffer that took to floating at the surface and stopped eating. It displayed the same behavior when I put all 3 together so I moved it to my brother’s house to live without other puffers at least until it’s grown out a bit. I think as long as the fish keep eating you should be ok but I’ve seen puffers starve smaller ones out. I hope your issue resolves. Good luck and thanks!
How are they getting along with the hillstream loaches? I want to have few of them in my 33g long with a shoal of dwarf puffers. Would love to know what's your opinion on that, if that's a good idea.
Hi, my schoutedeni puffer does great with hillstream loaches. The loaches breed and seem to do well. I have kept a single pea puffer with a single hillstream loach but it is a timid puffer. It could work out just fine but it could also go badly. I can tell you that hillstreams are very difficult to catch so if it’s not working it might be difficult to move to a “plan B.” However, the only way to know is to try. :)
@@BecauseYourFish do you think my 20 long is cycled it has 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and nitrate is around 5 cycled for about a week and a half and i have spotted congo puffer in cycled with stability and api fish flakes
@@alexp7824 hard to know for sure. It sounds cycled. If I was concerned I would feed lightly, maybe once every 2 days and slowly build up from there. I noticed that these fish have high waste loads. I would get nitrite spikes at first and spend much time changing water. I recommend testing regularly for the first few months you get one just to be safe. And then back to a “normal” amount of testing once it’s settled in. Let me know if you ever need some advice. I’m no vet and no professional but happy to give my experiences out to help others! Thanks again!
@@alexp7824 you can find me on insta under the same name. When they are small and growing, I feed snails several times a day but I also feed frozen bloodworms twice a week, freeze dried krill twice a week. When full grown, I feed once a day. Snails, about 5 grams on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. Bloodworms on Tuesday, Friday. Freeze dried krill intermittently or if I am running low on snails. I treat with scuds once a month or so.
Nice looks like they are getting alone! So happy I finally got one! Pretty awesome brother 👊🏼
Yes awesome!
Awesome lookin' puffers! Glad they seem to be accepting each other.
Me too, never know with puffers. Thanks!
Beautiful puffers!
Thank you Sharron!
Great content Seth. We can only wonder at their thought process and how they 'think' as they go about daily life. Looking forward to seeing your brothers aquariums again. 🍀
I couldn’t agree more haha, interesting fish but I hope to show some more of my brother’s aquariums, I’m lucky to have him close by to share the hobby with! Thanks!
Glad everyone is settling in!
Me too, thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
Interested to see the long term results! This is one of my bucket list projects.
I hope it works out! Thanks for tuning in!
Nice one mate! 👌
:) thanks Laz!
Having owned these before, let me say, you have FAT, HEALTHY schoutedeni. Even mine didn’t get that size and I took good care of him. Well done man
I appreciate it. Thanks for stopping by
Aquarium hummingbird 👍
:) Thanks
YO RESPECT! I keep my fish in quarantine for 3-4 months to avoid camellanus worms OR I just treat them for camellanus worms for no reason (the dosage is too harsh for most plants).
Everyone looks great
Thanks Fishiemon64, take care!
What plant is the one that looks like vines all on the bottom of the tank? it’s super nice.
It’s Hydrocotyle tripartita “hydrocotyle Japan” Thanks for stopping by!
Absolute beautiful puffers if you don’t mind me asking how much did you pay per Puffer my local fish stores sell them for 280 apiece would love to see more videos on your puffers
Too much haha, just kidding, I’d pay more. Especially for puffers I could go and see, watch them eat and how they interact and see if they are healthy or not and how big they are... My only option at this time is online. 200 for the first one and 220 each for the others but that doesn’t include shipping. Thanks for watching and take care!
My pet store sells them for $150
This is so cool!
I appreciate it!
So the one you gave to your brother- was that the one floating at the top in the beginning? Just wondering because I am having similar situation with my 2 but am hoping the tank upgrade and 3 rd puffer addition solves that
Yes. It was the puffer that took to floating at the surface and stopped eating. It displayed the same behavior when I put all 3 together so I moved it to my brother’s house to live without other puffers at least until it’s grown out a bit. I think as long as the fish keep eating you should be ok but I’ve seen puffers starve smaller ones out. I hope your issue resolves. Good luck and thanks!
Awesome
Thanks A J!
Do you have them in fresh water or brackish?
I keep them in freshwater. Thanks for stopping by
What did u feed?
Mainly snails, ramshorn. Thanks
Can I ask what you’re using as substrate?
It’s a mix of fluval stratum and course black sand. The stratum is placed in the back and the sand poured over. Thanks
@@BecauseYourFish Nice. Is it the black diamond sand? Thanks for the reply.
@@taye2427 it’s the black sand from petco, imagitarium black aquarium sand or something like that.
@@BecauseYourFish thanks man. I truly appreciate the response. Lots of people don’t bother responding to questions.
How are they getting along with the hillstream loaches? I want to have few of them in my 33g long with a shoal of dwarf puffers. Would love to know what's your opinion on that, if that's a good idea.
Hi, my schoutedeni puffer does great with hillstream loaches. The loaches breed and seem to do well. I have kept a single pea puffer with a single hillstream loach but it is a timid puffer. It could work out just fine but it could also go badly. I can tell you that hillstreams are very difficult to catch so if it’s not working it might be difficult to move to a “plan B.” However, the only way to know is to try. :)
@@BecauseYourFish haha thanks for the tip!!
what’s are the parameters
75 degrees F, 7.5 Ph. 350 Gh, 180kh, nitrate, nitrite and ammonia are usually negligible… give or take
@@BecauseYourFish do you think my 20 long is cycled it has 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and nitrate is around 5 cycled for about a week and a half and i have spotted congo puffer in cycled with stability and api fish flakes
@@alexp7824 hard to know for sure. It sounds cycled. If I was concerned I would feed lightly, maybe once every 2 days and slowly build up from there. I noticed that these fish have high waste loads. I would get nitrite spikes at first and spend much time changing water. I recommend testing regularly for the first few months you get one just to be safe. And then back to a “normal” amount of testing once it’s settled in. Let me know if you ever need some advice. I’m no vet and no professional but happy to give my experiences out to help others! Thanks again!
@@BecauseYourFish can you let me know your feeding schedule and is there anywhere we can message quicker ? like a social media ?
@@alexp7824 you can find me on insta under the same name. When they are small and growing, I feed snails several times a day but I also feed frozen bloodworms twice a week, freeze dried krill twice a week. When full grown, I feed once a day. Snails, about 5 grams on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. Bloodworms on Tuesday, Friday. Freeze dried krill intermittently or if I am running low on snails. I treat with scuds once a month or so.