my pair of puffers

[zackj8]

hi i recently got a pair of puffer id? red eye red tail (Carinotetraodon irrubesco) i believe
why does the male keep tryin to kill the female any help plz?
i have them kept in a 540l with a few of american cichlids the male is eating fine but the female is just hiding away because of the male trying to kill her and they were ment to be a pair? are they?
male
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female
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sorry for bad pics

[Red Devil]

i think you need better pics.. love those puffers..

[crenipterus svenagalus]

Yep. Red eye red tail they are! Nice fish. I am growing out a male in a 5g right now.

[crenipterus svenagalus]

What kind of American cichlids are you keeping with these?!?

[Pufferpunk]

Some puffers just don't get along. I'd seperate them or else one or both will wind up dead.

[zackj8]

just so you know i have now separated the puffers from eachother and the cichlids
i think i'am going to go with bichirs and american cichlids now
thanks.