the name pretty much says it all. I never really deal with puffers...although I think they're awsome...so could I stick one in the 55? if you wanna know what else would be in there look at my sig.
Any FW puffers that arent too aggressive?
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Dwarf puffers are not too expensive. However, they don't do well in a community set up. Most people keep them in species only tanks. The most common and really as far as I know, safest tankmates with a Dwarf Puffer are shrimp and oto cats. For this reason, many people keep them in smaller tanks. Simply put, dwarf puffers are just too aggressive and doubly cursed by being too small to house with tankmates who could end up potentially killed or potentially kill the dwarf puffers.
Well.....speaking from my own experiences here and I know RTR will totally disagree with me. I have found Dwarf Puffers not to be too aggresive. I have my 2 Dwarf Puffers in with my South American tank. Cardinal Tetras, Glass Catfish, German Rams, Ottos, Shrimp, Rummynose Tetras and Red Minor Tetras. I have had them in there for about 5 months now and the only issues I had were with my Corys. I have since moved them(the corys) to my 10 gallon tank....but other than that no compatibility issues whats so ever. I even had my 2 Cichlids in there for a while(Lelupi and Masked Juile) with no issues at all. The reccomended approach is for a species specific tank to be safe I suppose, but then again you could say that about most semi-aggressive fish.
It seems that any slow moving fish with fins....Beta,Guppies, Corys are going to have a rough time with DPs, but fast moving Tetra schoals or other semi agressive fish seem to do ok. Again...im speaking from my own experiences here.
It seems that any slow moving fish with fins....Beta,Guppies, Corys are going to have a rough time with DPs, but fast moving Tetra schoals or other semi agressive fish seem to do ok. Again...im speaking from my own experiences here.
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It all depends from puffer to puffer, so you really can't smack the aggresive label on the DPs, I had super aggressive puffers that would attack my fingers when I fed them and the others that would run away from the ghost shrimps.
But I personally believe 2 columbian sharks are not suitable in that tank. It should be in like a 100 gallon tank or more with BRACKISH waters.
But I personally believe 2 columbian sharks are not suitable in that tank. It should be in like a 100 gallon tank or more with BRACKISH waters.
well oddball, maybe I'll switch them to a larger tank when I deem it necessary...they've been doing great now for a long time, and size really isnt an issue right now.
I talked to some people and looked up some info on 'redeye puffers'....people seem to think that they're not too aggressive...but I dont know. thanks for the help guys.
I talked to some people and looked up some info on 'redeye puffers'....people seem to think that they're not too aggressive...but I dont know. thanks for the help guys.