you're definitely not alone on this one. I know of many who kept them by themselves. I do know of people who have succeeded with larger groups long term although it should depend on the individual. One thing is certain though, under 6 puffers seems to be a recipe for disaster
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30+ gallons, go for it. A few people on here have kept groups. Years ago I tried putting 3 in a 5.5 so…
Yea, for all puffers under 6 doesn't seem to work out long term. I've heard of germans reporting that even congo spotted will kill each other if there were under 6.
Schoutodini groups should work well, but they don’t seem to care too much. Obviously bigger is better.
Only one that I would say needs groups is the Amazon puffer. They are super neurotic, and will be way to stressed alone. 3+ is recommended, 6+ is ideal. They are super peaceful and show almost no aggression between themselves.
Only one that I would say needs groups is the Amazon puffer. They are super neurotic, and will be way to stressed alone. 3+ is recommended, 6+ is ideal. They are super peaceful and show almost no aggression between themselves.
A 4 foot sturgeon from a public aquarium escaped (yes, escaped) in heavy rainfall, and ended up in a car wash puddle over 1 mile away.
The term used to describe fish being able to change sex is called plastic or plasticity
I got a ton of these!
-Because of their super-long barbels, pictus catfish have the 'personal space' needs of fish twice their length. So they should be kept in tanks at least 12x their length and 3x their width as opposed to the usual 6x the length and 1.5x the width (for the spotted pictus, that's a minimum of 473 liters).
-Contrary to popular belief, pictus catfish are not schooling fish, at least not for the majority of their lives. They hate each other once they begin putting on some size.
-Also contrary to popular belief, the temperature requirements of weather loaches do not exclude them from tropical tanks unless those tanks have fish who do not have 23-25 degrees in their temperature requirements.
-Clown loaches live several times as long as cats and dogs.
-Speaking of lifespan, size has no real correlation with it as far as aquarium fish are concerned (as already hinted to with 10-18 year old non tetras and dwarf puffers). For example, kuhli loaches and red tail catfish both live 15 years on average.
-Because of their super-long barbels, pictus catfish have the 'personal space' needs of fish twice their length. So they should be kept in tanks at least 12x their length and 3x their width as opposed to the usual 6x the length and 1.5x the width (for the spotted pictus, that's a minimum of 473 liters).
-Contrary to popular belief, pictus catfish are not schooling fish, at least not for the majority of their lives. They hate each other once they begin putting on some size.
-Also contrary to popular belief, the temperature requirements of weather loaches do not exclude them from tropical tanks unless those tanks have fish who do not have 23-25 degrees in their temperature requirements.
-Clown loaches live several times as long as cats and dogs.
-Speaking of lifespan, size has no real correlation with it as far as aquarium fish are concerned (as already hinted to with 10-18 year old non tetras and dwarf puffers). For example, kuhli loaches and red tail catfish both live 15 years on average.
More facts, inspired by today's trip to Big Al's:
-The family relations of a fish do not have any correlation to how peaceful or aggressive it is. For example, while goldfish might get bullied by African cichlids, red tail/rainbow sharks would be the ones bullying the African cichlids.
-Perhaps unfortunately, an awful lot of tankbusters (think pangasius, red tail catfish, tiger shovelnose catfish, walking catfish, tambaqui, etc) enter the trade as aquaculture byproducts (or in other words, they and the frozen fillets of the adults in your local supermarket come from the same fish farms) instead of rigorous expeditions to the Mekong or Amazon for some expensive wild-caught exotic fish that fishkeepers worldwide will pay top dollar for.
This means that not only are they not going away anytime soon, they completely lack the prohibitive price that protects other 'not-for-small-tanks' fish?
-Breeding Siamese fighting fish is not a particularly good idea (or at least, it won't be until more people research fish before buying). Chances are, the vast majority of the fry will end up in situations like this one.
-Yoyo loaches and Burmese loaches have trackable juvenile-adult pattern shifts that add considerably to the joy of keeping them.
-The family relations of a fish do not have any correlation to how peaceful or aggressive it is. For example, while goldfish might get bullied by African cichlids, red tail/rainbow sharks would be the ones bullying the African cichlids.
-Perhaps unfortunately, an awful lot of tankbusters (think pangasius, red tail catfish, tiger shovelnose catfish, walking catfish, tambaqui, etc) enter the trade as aquaculture byproducts (or in other words, they and the frozen fillets of the adults in your local supermarket come from the same fish farms) instead of rigorous expeditions to the Mekong or Amazon for some expensive wild-caught exotic fish that fishkeepers worldwide will pay top dollar for.
This means that not only are they not going away anytime soon, they completely lack the prohibitive price that protects other 'not-for-small-tanks' fish?
-Breeding Siamese fighting fish is not a particularly good idea (or at least, it won't be until more people research fish before buying). Chances are, the vast majority of the fry will end up in situations like this one.
-Yoyo loaches and Burmese loaches have trackable juvenile-adult pattern shifts that add considerably to the joy of keeping them.
The corydoras genus should actually be 9 genera and the 9 genera cannot crossbreed for example, corydoras aeneas or the bronze corydoras of ln7 cannot crossbreed with corydoras panda or the panda corydoras of ln9.
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Corydoradinae Lineages on Corydoras.Zone
"Corys" today consists of Aspidoras, Brochis, Corydoras, and Scleromystax. This article discuss the Corydoradinae Lineages and proposed taxonomy changes.
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Rainbow sharks are mean…but I’d still bet on the mbuna in a fight. Pound for pound one of the most dangerous aquarium fish. Even my kribs (peaceful) beat the shark.
And beyond bettas ending up in crap conditions, they are hard to breed because they are just so mean to each other.
Didn’t know about the loaches! That’s cool!
