dwarf puffer tankmates

I found this in www.dwarfpuffers.com:

"Dwarf Puffers are definitely not community fish and are best kept in a small species setup. Some people do keep them in larger community tanks with success, but it is not recommended. Dwarves are vicious little critters and will nip the fins off just about any other fish. They are capable of killing tank mates much larger than themselves with their relentless picking and nipping. Also, their small size can cause them to be eaten by larger fish. If you're going to keep dwarves, plan to provide them with their very own tank. " LINK

Hope the owner of the site wont be mad at me. I foun a lot of info there.

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I have 2 dwarf puffers in my community tank. Its true they are not the best community fish, however fast moving fish like the ones you mentioned will be fine with dwarf puffers.....just be careful what you put inthere but white clouds, danos, most tetras, rasboras all should be ok with DPs

Danios might work, you'll need to keep aclose eye on the tank to make sure they don't get picked on too much. I wouldn't recomend it, but you could try. How about another Dp of the opposite sex?

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Back to the original topic.. I think the best tankmate for a dwarf puffer is another dwarf puffer.

Some people keep otos with dwarf puffers. It's not something I'd try myself since otos are delicate fish and I wouldn't want to subject them to puffs. In my 20g I keep 6 dwarf puffers and a few ghost shrimp. The shrimp was originally supposed to be food but they get along fine. If the single dwarf puffer is the only fish in your tank you could add another two. Aim for 1 male and 2 females.

Most DPs ignore Otos, many also ignore shrimp, but not all. Other than those there are not a lot of choices. Fish which are fast enough to always evade the DPs also are fast enough to deprive the DPs of food, so still not a good choice. Most puffers are and should be species-tank fish IMHO and IME.