dwarf puffers and FW flounder?

[viciousconvict]

what do you all think of dwarf puffers and fw flounders, maybe with a couple bumblebee gobies in a 15 gallon long.

[Oddball]

Check out dwarfpuffers.com. They have tons of info on set-up, maintenance, feeding, sexing, and breeding this species. There's also alot of info on tankmates that have worked (and not worked) for others.

[davo]

was debating that kinda thing myself, but puffers and rays dont work due to the puffer thinking the eyes to be snails when they bury, and i guess this will be the case if you try this

[guppy]

Expect to lose the bumblebees, ether the puffers or flounder will eat them

[magic]

the gobies and flounder are brackish fish...

[johno27]

Yeah the flounders are very finicky little fish. But that would be a cool tank if you could get it to work. Will the dwarf puffers tolerate brackish water I have never kept them?

[davo]

i think there is at least one sp. of freshwater flounder. does anyone know if the flounder and puffers would work, cause would like to keep them with my sole if poss. if you try it let me know hoe it goes

[viciousconvict]

thanks guys. Guppy, I won't keep the bumblebees, of course. I have no wish to buy such expensive feeders. I may set up a nano w/ bumblebees, as part of my master plan to replace every piece of furniture in my house with an animal.

[johno27]

I like that plan now I just have to convince my wife :ROFL:

After I talked her into our Italian greyhound I think I am out of bargaining chips for a long while :(

[dysfunctionaljd]

I would think the DPs would be feeders for the flounder as well. Even though they nip fins and are fiesty little fish, they are still really tiny. I have had mine for almost a year now and i doubt they are even an inch long yet. How big does the flounder get, i have heard antthing from 4-8 inches for different ones.

[fatsolomon]

thanks guys. Guppy, I won't keep the bumblebees, of course. I have no wish to buy such expensive feeders. I may set up a nano w/ bumblebees, as part of my master plan to replace every piece of furniture in my house with an animal.

im almost there...thinking of getting rid of a couch for a spot for my 90, theres nowhere else to put it:screwy:

[michael]

Puffers are cute but very vicious animals

[PufferXtreme]

Puffers would nip at the flounder. They're just eevil little devils!

[viciousconvict]

the guy at my LFS, who I trust, told me that the flounders finish up around 3"

[Miles]

the guy at my LFS, who I trust, told me that the flounders finish up around 3"


Depends really on what type of flounder you have.. There is a variety of species, from all different continents, some brackish, some fresh, some 3" some up to 10".. There is even an asian loach that is flat and rounded, that is sold as a "FW" Flounder..

Your guy at the LFS is probably just feeding you generalized information that he picked up at one time or another, but likely has no idea what actual species the flounder is or how big it will actually get. I'm not saying he's giving bad information, but my guess is that unless he knows exactly what species he is talking about, he is just passing on some 'generic' FW Flounder information he picked up from an outdated book or something..

Either way, Puffers and Flounders wouldn't work!