Dwarf puffer needing fish buddies ...

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PCDawg

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Im stumped as to what fish to get to go along with my dwarf puffer....

I have a 5.5 gallon tank and at the moment I have a cory, the puffer and 4 flame tetras....all the fish gets along but i found a home for my tetras and want to place something in there that wont be bugging or my puffer be bugging someone....

Brackish water is out fo the question ( no bumblebee gobies)

Any suggestion is appreciated!!

Thanks!
 
I think that you had an overstocked tank as it were, and that your dwarf and cory will be all right alone, stocking-levels wise. That aside, dwarf puffers are not community tank inhabitants, so keeping your DP on its own or with others of its species would be for the best.
 
mmm im not sure how big flame tetras get but i believe you may be maxed out there for a 5.5 gallon tank. or did you mean a 55 gallon? which is a totally diffrent story =o
 
The flames dont grow too much...about 1" to 1.5" ....that's why im moving them out and want to put some other fish in there.......

Is one angelfish good?? or dwarf gourami??
 
The angel would get way too big for a 5. A single dwarf gouramie might be okay. Or, you could just 2 more cories (depending on the species-if you have bronze or peppered, you can't add--they will get too big) and one more puffer. The cories will clean up after the puffers, and as long as there are enough plants/decorations to allow the puffers to hide from each other, they will be fine.
 
Really? I guess I thought it would work because I had a 5 setup that way, with 2 males. They have since moved into the planted 40 and I picked up a pair of females, and they all seem fine, but they were in the 5 for about a year.

Listen to RTR--he has more experience with puffers in general. I only know what has worked with my pair.
 
So a dwarf gourami is fine?? with my 2 lil cories and the puffer?

I wont mind getting another puffer...but around my area it is hard to find...i would have to probably travel a fair distance to find some....
I do have several plants.....2 live ones and 2 plastic ones...so plenty of places to hide...
 
I would just add some more corys but not the gourami. Gouramis
(except for the bigger ones) are actualy pretty vulnerabe to anything that would have a chance at picking on them.
 
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