Dwarf Pufferfish
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I had 5 puffs about a half in long absoultly destroy an albino Oscar and a Ornate Bikar that were at least twice their size.So I don't think its really a good idea to mix those guys.
I have two Dwarf puffers with a hill stream loach and a horse face loach. The puffers never show any interest in the loaches. Snails however never seem to last long though.
DPs mix well with otocinclus. 1 puffer per 3-5g. No on cories or plecos. There are many FW species of puffers--way more than BW species.
You don't actually have an irridescent shark do you?
You don't actually have an irridescent shark do you?
http://dwarfpuffers.com/
this is a great site for D.P.'s they ARE SOOO cute! and Otos are also and they should do GREAT!!
this is a great site for D.P.'s they ARE SOOO cute! and Otos are also and they should do GREAT!!
Just my $.02...
I've come across a LOT of contradictory info about the dwarf puffers, that they're brackish, no freshwater, or best kept singly, etc. My experience says they're freshwater, and they in fact prefer to school.
I've got five of them, and they were FAR too nasty too keep with my smaller, peaceful community tank. Fin nipping on the cories and badis, but no deaths or killing. They were moved temporarily into a small grow-out tank with baby bichirs (sens), where they lived for about a month. No fin nipping, everybody got along great.
They've since been moved to a 55, along with the bichirs and some other misc fish, and they couldn't be happier or healthier. They tend to travel the tank in a pack, sometimes a straight line of them (very follow-the-leader), and don't separate for long. They're amazing little monsters, VERY inquisitive, fearless, but agile enough to stay out of harms way. No one seems to want to mess with them, and they don't seem to care to bother any of the bigger (significantly bigger) fish in the tank.
I've come across a LOT of contradictory info about the dwarf puffers, that they're brackish, no freshwater, or best kept singly, etc. My experience says they're freshwater, and they in fact prefer to school.
I've got five of them, and they were FAR too nasty too keep with my smaller, peaceful community tank. Fin nipping on the cories and badis, but no deaths or killing. They were moved temporarily into a small grow-out tank with baby bichirs (sens), where they lived for about a month. No fin nipping, everybody got along great.
They've since been moved to a 55, along with the bichirs and some other misc fish, and they couldn't be happier or healthier. They tend to travel the tank in a pack, sometimes a straight line of them (very follow-the-leader), and don't separate for long. They're amazing little monsters, VERY inquisitive, fearless, but agile enough to stay out of harms way. No one seems to want to mess with them, and they don't seem to care to bother any of the bigger (significantly bigger) fish in the tank.
