Will a dwarf puffer be good with my convicts

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mrbrandizzle

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Well I'm jw if I get a dp, if it'll be ok in my 20 gallon long with my 2 convicts. I have 2 convicts, male and female, a hermit crab, a common pleco, and a cory. What do you think?
 
ya they are a breeding pair, well no eggs yet, but im sure that the dp will be able to hold its own, i mean theres enough fake plants and stuff in it, and i would put more stuff in it.
 
a hermit crab? what? hermit crabs are either SW or amphibious, and most of the common crabs sold in the store are BW and need land. return that. the pleco will out grow the tank right fast, return him too. heck, return the cory, because they need schools and are sad alone, and chances are your covicts will beat it up when they start breeding. just keep the pair of cons and that's it.
 
fishcatch22;596643; said:
a hermit crab? what? hermit crabs are either SW or amphibious, and most of the common crabs sold in the store are BW and need land. return that. the pleco will out grow the tank right fast, return him too. heck, return the cory, because they need schools and are sad alone, and chances are your covicts will beat it up when they start breeding. just keep the pair of cons and that's it.

yes yes yes yes yes, totally agree with you dude. Besides, corys are sensitive. Hermits can be brackish as well, but don't show up in the hobby ( I collected them myself) The puffer won't make it. The cons will breed and kill anything, I have seen them kill Africans because she was protecting her young. Besides, the puffer would pick at the hermit.
 
mrbrandizzle;596655; said:
well ive had the cory forever, the pleco is tiny, and the hermit does go out of the water
I stick by what I said before. that pleco will grow. there is no such thing as a tiny common pleco for long. that hermit of yours may live in the water like that for a while, but it will eventually die. no matter how long you've had it, that cory is not meant to be living a life of solitude, and like I said, the cons will beat it up. Also, the cons are all your tank can support, and once the babes come, all you'll want to.
 
mrbrandizzle;596690; said:
well theyre all staying and happy, so
dude, i'm trying to tell you something for the health of you and your fish. if you don't care about your fish, then don't listen. if you want then to live and prosper, then listen to me. don't get a DP.
 
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