New dwarf puffer tank
- Thread starter Pshmock
- Start date
I don't see that working out for too long. The flounder and gobies are brackish while the puffers are fresh. Also the puffers will probably kill the others before long. Good luck though
I actually thought the same thing at first. I've met alot of people who have kept the 3 fish together successfully.
"Successfully" for how long? DPs are quite aggressive. The flounder & BBGs are sedentary fish = easy targets for teeth.
Do you know the sex of those puffers? 2 males will fight to the death.
How was this tank cycled? Puffers need a complex environment. You need a TON more decor.
Do you know the sex of those puffers? 2 males will fight to the death.
How was this tank cycled? Puffers need a complex environment. You need a TON more decor.
From personal experience, i can tell you theres a very good chance the so called fw flonder will not last in fw for too long... Since as pufferpunk mentioned, they are actually a brackish water fish same as the bumble bee goby
Yeah good choice, I've had DPs for a while and there's no way they would let those other fish live in there for too long. Not to mention they're in the completely wrong environment (needing brackish except for the DPs). I'd suggest getting a lot more decorations also. They're very curious fish and love to explore. More decorations will also break up the line of site between the puffers which will cut down on the aggression between the two (especially if you have two males)
I housed DP's with several different species of fish with no issues at all. Including Halfbeaks, guppies, and a few others. Sometimes it will work out, you never know till you try...just be prepared that it might not.
Yeah most of the time it does depend on the particular fish. For me it has been the complete opposite. Only fish I was able to keep along with DP's is some Ottos (for some reason it seems like DP's do not mind Ottos in the majority of the cases I've heard). Even if the DP's put up with the other fish there's still the fact that the correct conditions are not being met for them. BBG's are great little fish too, I've always wanted to get some of them for my brackish setup but do not want to chance my F8 eating them since he's been in that tank as a singleton for so long now.
I have a single male who kills everything I have ever housed with him, including other DPs.
My F8s all all but one of the 8 BBGs I added with them.
My F8s all all but one of the 8 BBGs I added with them.