I am cycling my 75 gallon right now. It has a 20 gallon sump turning over around 5 times per hour or so (will increase as I improve my design). My girlfriend really wants a puffer but it will be me taking care of the fish. My question is what would be the best puffer or puffers for this tank. I am ok with fresh or brackish and will convert to full marine if I really have to. But I want a really fun fish. Something with all the personality everyone always talks about. Being able to keep a couple tankmates would be nice too but not necessary.
Best puffer??????
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INBEFORE fahaka/mbu fanboy war in your thread. Upgrade your tank size and go with either of those 2 species, you'll love the personality of both.
green spots, figure 8's, pea puffers-all would love that size tank and you could have a decent school of them to boot.
I would guess they may be called that as well yes, im not super familiar with them but people love them
You would need a lot of dwarf puffers to make that tank look active and a crap load of plants for hiding spaces...
Personally, in a 75G tank, i would consider going with 3 South American Puffers (Colomesus Asellus) since they actually prefer being in groups, and are quite possibly the friendliest of all freshwater puffer species... you'll still need to add some plants and stuff to the tank though, and there is that one issue of possibly needing to trim their teeth...
Otherwise, if you want to go with something more aggressive, you could maybe look into some of the red eye species of puffer, although in that case, you may find you can only keep one or two in quite a heavily planted tank depending on the species you go with...
Personally, in a 75G tank, i would consider going with 3 South American Puffers (Colomesus Asellus) since they actually prefer being in groups, and are quite possibly the friendliest of all freshwater puffer species... you'll still need to add some plants and stuff to the tank though, and there is that one issue of possibly needing to trim their teeth...
Otherwise, if you want to go with something more aggressive, you could maybe look into some of the red eye species of puffer, although in that case, you may find you can only keep one or two in quite a heavily planted tank depending on the species you go with...