Dwarf Puffers
- Thread starter acidburn470
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I think the puffers and frogs would be a bad match. Like the others said I belive the fish would pick the frogs to death. Although it would most likely be a slow process. I used to have a couple of these guys and I had two in a community 55gallon. The were never a problem and were not fast enof to catch anything. Most of the time they just hovered around. I did have a smaller cichlid in there at one time, can't remember what kind. It tried to eat one about three times, got it in it's mouth and the little guy must have had some sort of talk-sens or spikes cause he sure didn't like it! 
acidburn 470,
If you get Dwarf Puffers they should have at least 3g to themselves. I have two Dwarf Puffers in a 5g Minibow moderately planted setup along with 2 guppies, 1 oto, and a ghost shrimp. They get along alright except for a few tug of wars over the live black worms. Puffers are very territorial not so much when they are young and if there are a lot of plants so there is no line of sight. They are very intelligent and fun to watch hunting on the bottom of the tank. They won't eat pellets or flakes and they are not skittish. For more information on them go to www.dwarfpuffers.com there you will find lots of great info and helpful aqauarists willing to set you up properly.
If you get Dwarf Puffers they should have at least 3g to themselves. I have two Dwarf Puffers in a 5g Minibow moderately planted setup along with 2 guppies, 1 oto, and a ghost shrimp. They get along alright except for a few tug of wars over the live black worms. Puffers are very territorial not so much when they are young and if there are a lot of plants so there is no line of sight. They are very intelligent and fun to watch hunting on the bottom of the tank. They won't eat pellets or flakes and they are not skittish. For more information on them go to www.dwarfpuffers.com there you will find lots of great info and helpful aqauarists willing to set you up properly.
yah I owned dwarf puffers before, I thought oh there small they cant be that mean. They are little bizatches. =( Extremely mean little fish. mergh Dont keep anything with them but themselves. Yah make sure they have space.
space is sooo not an issue for you man, i just found a 30 gal in my basement, im gonna try and pay my roommate off so i can have the 40, the 55, the 20 and the 30 in the dorm room. Ill prolly have to give him like 50 bucks or something, but its so worth it 
id suggest not making the same mistake as shoko did with her puffers, Id have to agree with the 1 in the tank, maybe with a neon or 2 and a few plants would make for an interesting tank, but leave the froggies alone
id suggest not making the same mistake as shoko did with her puffers, Id have to agree with the 1 in the tank, maybe with a neon or 2 and a few plants would make for an interesting tank, but leave the froggies aloneDP are only supposed to reach 1.5 inches right, but has anyone's DP ever gotten bigger? I know a good pet store that usually take surprisingly good care of their fish. and the fish specialist is very knowledgeable... but recently I have seen puffers labeled as dwarfs that were at least 3 inch long. They also had a tank of puffers labeled as T. nigiris two of them had patterns much more similar to that of cyclone puffers, and with no spots! Can the coloration of these fish vary a lot or the pet store is just trying to con its costumers? 
