Avocado Puffer tankmates?

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Not the best choice either. SAPs prefer to be in groups of at least 3 & need regular dentistry even more often then the modestus:
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Puffers really don't belong in community tanks.
 
NO puffer you can buy should be in a community tank. Almost all of them are little terrors that should be kept alone. If you really want a puffer get a 10 gallon tank and put a pea puffer in there, Then you can have all the other fish you want in your other tank.
 
Id really reccomend skipping this puffer. I bought one at the LFS they had it labelled as a dwarf puffer. bought him for a 10 gallon planted tank. He was super agressive, and wasnt very fun to keep. If you do get him do plenty of research on them. I was looking for a dwarf/pea puffer and treated him like one because thats what I thought he was when I bought him. He didnt live very long and wasnt very cool.

Blood parrots are amazing. I love my 3 they are very personable and learn to recognize the people that feed them. Theyll hide from people they dont recognize. I will say mine have dug up plants several times. and one of them likes to spit feeders, sand, or pellets into my HOB filter IDK where he got that behavior from but Ive caught him doing it a few times actually about 5 minutes ago.

Something else to consider for a planted tank would be 3-5 large kissing gouramis. Mine are about 5-6" each, love the cover from plants, dont mess with any plants. and again very cool when they recognize you.

Angels are fun in a planted aquarium.
 
Kissers grow to a foot!
 
Kissers grow to a foot!
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Yes they do.

Puffers despite their flaws are still wonderful fish. They simply need their own tank. It may work for months on end but eventually the puffer WILL kill everything.
 
Not all puffers... but you're always chancing it.
 
Even puffers that are "suitable" for tank mates can snap and kill them.
 
I have 2 avocado puffers with 2 mbus and an arowana. They are just fine. In the beginning, the avocados would nip at the tetras in the tank but they all get along now.
 
I have 2 avocado puffers with 2 mbus and an arowana. They are just fine. In the beginning, the avocados would nip at the tetras in the tank but they all get along now.
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It won't last forever.
 
Especially in a 60g!
 
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