I would like to have a FW puffer, but would they work in a FW tank with South American cichlids? Anyone know?
Are puffers brackish only?
- Thread starter Ptolemy
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A SA puffer (south american puffer) will do fine in an south american cichlid tank. Actually that would look very nice. some geophagus, a school of pictus cats and 3-4 SA puffers. However they do require regular trimming of their beaks, manually. Which is a really tedious task when you've had the puffers for a couple years.
your options are limited when you're going FW semi-community (cichlids) for puffers because most of the "FW" puffers readily available on the market are actually brackish. Such as the Green spotted puffer , the figure 8 puffer, the ceylon puffer, the topaz puffer. There are many species of FW puffer but not many are fit for a community tank as they are either very aggressive or are simply monsters that'd eat pretty much anything that moves in the tank.
your options are limited when you're going FW semi-community (cichlids) for puffers because most of the "FW" puffers readily available on the market are actually brackish. Such as the Green spotted puffer , the figure 8 puffer, the ceylon puffer, the topaz puffer. There are many species of FW puffer but not many are fit for a community tank as they are either very aggressive or are simply monsters that'd eat pretty much anything that moves in the tank.