View Full Version : 10 gallon tank puffers?
isaac newton
03-31-2003, 8:43 PM
Is a 10 gallon tank sutible to raise these?? I am planning to put in 4 with live plants.
cdawson
03-31-2003, 10:27 PM
for any puffers the answer is no. if you wanted to raise a single green spotted puffer it's possible for about 7 months then you need a considerably larger tank (around 40 gallons).
If you are talking about dwarf puffers, then a planted ten is perfectly suitable for a male and 2-3 females.
Fot any other puffer, a 10 is insufficient.
isaac newton
04-01-2003, 9:41 PM
How big do green spotted puffers get??? I see them at my LPS and they are quite small and 10 are being keeped in a 8 gallon aquarium in mint condition>?
Green spotted puffers get to 6" and cannot be kept well in a tank nearly so small as a ten. They are messy eaters and do best with high brackish to marine water. A 30-long or 40-long would be good for a singleton.
OrionGirl
04-02-2003, 8:53 AM
Keep in mind that the LFS will seldom have adults--they bring in juveniles for sale. The largest I have seen in an LFS was about 4 inches, while I have seen several specimens int he 6 inch range in home aquariums.
isaac newton
04-02-2003, 6:14 PM
hmmmm ok... Is there any species i can care for in a 30 gallon tank.. (EXCULDING THE DWARF PUFFER.. SEEN EM IN PETSMART. TO SMALL). Concluding from the size they get to be.. Im aiming toward 4 figure 8's (with planted tank)... In conclusion to you statements, it seems the green spotted puffer is a bit to big and agressive.
cdawson
04-02-2003, 9:50 PM
do you not understand? you can't have more than one puffer in that tank size if it's anything other than a dwarf puffer.
isaac newton
04-02-2003, 10:16 PM
oops wrong reply to wrong post.. that post was ment for my 30gallon setup...
MonoSebaelover
04-02-2003, 10:40 PM
I still wouldn't put 4 of ANY kind of puffer in a 30. Puffers are EXTREMELY territorial, and we as brackish people should be lucky that we can even keep two puffers together because with marine there is a slim chance that you could keep more than one puffer in the same tank. I would not keep more than 2 puffers in a 30 gallon period.