What kind of common puffers can live in a 60 gallon for its life? I know puffers are brackish and need to be kept solo. What kind of puffer should I get, something Not too common like figure 8s or green spotted puffers. Something active would be nice, Ive had an arrowhead only move to eat and a green spotted puffer never stopped moving.
Puffer for a 60 gallon
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there are many puffers you could house in a 60.. a few of my favorite are the figure 8, suvattis, and mbu puffers
id go with the suvatii after seeing that feeding video labled "puffer feeding" in the video lounge
id go with the suvatii after seeing that feeding video labled "puffer feeding" in the video lounge
I just found this site. Maybe it can help you. I didn't know there were so many freshwater puffers.
http://www.pufferlist.com/
http://www.pufferlist.com/
fishnthings said:there are many puffers you could house in a 60.. a few of my favorite are the figure 8, suvattis, and mbu puffers
id go with the suvatii after seeing that feeding video labled "puffer feeding" in the video lounge
I don't think you can keep an MBU puffer for life in a 60 gallon as they get to be about 2ft long.
Maybe peruvian puffers, c. asellus. But really, for personality you need to go big. An Mbu will need a tank much bigger than 60g. Get a Nile puffer (fahaka) and get a bigger tank as it grows. You won't regret keeping one!
If you don't want to go to a bigger tank down the road. A good size puffer for a 60 could be Tetraodon palembangensis. You can keep 3 or 4 in a 60 with really efficient filtration. Always maintain 25% more caves/visual breaks than the number of these puffers to keep aggression down. Most fights are staring conteats with the loser being the 1st to turn away. These puffers grow to 8-9"
Palembangs are coool.. The ability to mix them makes me want to stretch the limits and try a 'puffer community' with 1 or 2 palembangs and some of the smaller active species like S. Americans and/or Dwarfs (redeye)..
Ive kept a number of puffers over the years as well.. and if your looking for the 'complete' package puffer that is active, personable, and dosn't need a 300g+ tank when it's an adult, I'd go Fahaka.. Just plan on upgrading to a 120g wide in 6-12mo..
Ive kept a number of puffers over the years as well.. and if your looking for the 'complete' package puffer that is active, personable, and dosn't need a 300g+ tank when it's an adult, I'd go Fahaka.. Just plan on upgrading to a 120g wide in 6-12mo..
Miles, I think the palembangs would eat the SA and redeye puffers. But some people have kept them with Pignose puffers, T. Suvatti. I've also had no problems with plecs and palembangs in together.
Try an A.Modestus , cool freshwater puffer, about 4" ,very aggresive, nice shiny GREEN color too!