have to get this answer have an awesome deal, my local fish store is literaly giveing away some puffer fish the ordered too many no one really wants to buy them and i have a 20 gallon tank with really nothing in it save maybe some tetras, but i dont have it set up to be brackish can the puffer(or puffers if i decide to get more than one) live in a freshwater tank while i am converting it to brackish? The types of puffers they are giveing away are green spotted and figure eight i need an answer asap before they all get taken.
need an answer ASAP!!
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Figure eights (F8) are freshwater! They get about six inches. Only one fish per tank, but one F8 in a twenty gallon would be just right. No salt for figure eights. GSP eventually need full salt, so think hard about that one. I'd nab an F8 and let him take care of your tetras for you. And you'll want to start a snail culture now if you don't already have one. They're totally easy, but necessary to control tooth growth on a puffer.
Edit: I take it back, it seems they usually get around three inches.
Edit: I take it back, it seems they usually get around three inches.
Figure 8's
http://www.**************.com/forum/ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Brackish/T_Biocellatus/
GSP's
http://www.**************.com/forum/ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Brackish/T_Nigroviridis/
They can most likely live in your freshwater tank for a little bit. Odds are the wholesaler/retailer has them in freshwater. When you get them home and in your tank, make it brackish very slowly so they don't get shock from the quick water chemistry change.
I would go with a Figure 8, GSP's get a little big for your set up and need high end brackish to full salt.
http://www.**************.com/forum/ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Brackish/T_Biocellatus/
GSP's
http://www.**************.com/forum/ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Brackish/T_Nigroviridis/
They can most likely live in your freshwater tank for a little bit. Odds are the wholesaler/retailer has them in freshwater. When you get them home and in your tank, make it brackish very slowly so they don't get shock from the quick water chemistry change.
I would go with a Figure 8, GSP's get a little big for your set up and need high end brackish to full salt.
What kind of water are they in now?...
If they are in fresh now, then bring it/them home and then start changing your tank to proper brackish conditions...
If they are in brackish now it may suit you better to convert your tank now then add the fish to the type of water they are used to, and will want to be in long term...
I'm under the impression that F8s can survive in freshwater for a while... but cannot thrive in freshwater...
If they are in fresh now, then bring it/them home and then start changing your tank to proper brackish conditions...
If they are in brackish now it may suit you better to convert your tank now then add the fish to the type of water they are used to, and will want to be in long term...
I'm under the impression that F8s can survive in freshwater for a while... but cannot thrive in freshwater...
I've read plenty of testimonies by long-time puffer keepers concerning F8s thriving in full freshwater for long periods of time. There are several full-freshwater puffers. Dwarf puffers come to mind. I don't know this site, but here's a sample of potentially full-freshwater species- http://www.**************.com/forum/ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Freshwater/
knifegill;3136494; said:
I'm far from a Puffer expert... but according to the site you referenced, F8's are brackish... http://www.**************.com/forum/ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Brackish/
...and the only two species available to the OP in this particular situation are Green Spotted & Figure 8s... both on the brackish list...
Yes, that's why I doubted the reliability of that site. It was just the first one I found with a good spatter of freshwater species. I'm not an expert either, but I have kept the dwarf puffer, which is a true freshwater puff. Again, more research by the OP should be done, but I personally wouldn't hesitate on the F8, fresh or brackish in the end.
