Whats a good starter puffer?

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Fella;660417; said:
The south american puffer is probably a decent starter puffer. It's the first one I kept. It's very active and won't stop drawing attention to itself, making it ideal for someone who hasn't kept puffers before.
mabye not a south american thare teeth grow the fastest out of most fw puffers so if you couldnt feed them foods to keep there teeth down you might wont another puffer
 
Honestly I would suggest the A. Modestus. If you have the tank densly decorated you could do a few in there. The good thing about this species is that they stay small at around 5" but still big enough to actually enjoy, and they also are completly FW. I think their best quality is that they have that "saltwater puffer look" to them. I had one and it was one of my favorite fish. It hand fed and everything. I had to get rid of i because I moved and my fiancee was so upset cause it was her favorite fish.
 
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