Puffers! And tank mates? Suggestions?

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Springtyme

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Okay so I absolutely miss my puffers... I'm going to try to convince my roomie to set up the 30 gallon tank and put some puffers in it (i dont know if they'll go for it or not) but I'm just curious what you guys would suggest for tank mates. I had 2 puffers in a tank and they ate EVERYTHING else I had in there with them (which include a ghost knife fish, 3 flouder like things). I really hated having a tank with ONLY 2 puffers in it, was kinda depressing but nothing lived. :feedback:
 
Ah, guess I should have stated that... I dont really have the time or patience right now for a saltwater tank, so Brackish it is!!
 
get 4-6 dwarf freshwater puffers. add some schools of small tetras. see how things go... i think they might all get along fine.
 
brakish water puffers (ie green spots or fig 8s) are tough to have tank mates b/c they love to nip fins and they have some serious teeth that do a good deal of damage
 
Not angelfish, did that, bad thing.
 
mkpeters6 said:
brakish water puffers (ie green spots or fig 8s) are tough to have tank mates b/c they love to nip fins and they have some serious teeth that do a good deal of damage
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Haha, no kidding huh? My green spotted puffers before ATE my ghost knife fish, all I found was his skeleton... he was about 3"-4", they were, oh, I dunno, maybe 1" if they were lucky? Those little b@stards! :p
 
how about you just stick to the puffers cuz chances are everything will be eaten you have already learned that so just get a school of puffers in a 30 gal tank you could keep like 5 spots and 5 figure 8's without being close to max for the tank... and who cares what the roommate thinks unless she is really hot and then I would understand...
 
I would not reccomend keeping more than 1 or 2 'Brackish' Puffers in a 30g tank. The green spotted puffers grow fairly large, but most don't make it that far. T. nigroviridis, T. fluviatilis, and T. biocellatus are often commonly available, but they will grow large (3-6") and become aggressive.

The green spotted puffers should really have a min. tank size of 50g, for 1 or 2.

F8s should be fine in a 30g, but I wouldnt go any smaller.

I would go with 2 figure 8s, and a butis butis. Possibly a knight goby, too.

There is alot of ignorance about Pufferfish, and alot of bad information out there. If you are serious about your puffers, I would go to **************.org and ask people that are very well versed in puffer husbandry. Most information you will recieve regarding puffers on other forums, will be incorrect.

Hope that helps!

Miles
 
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