To anyone who has any info on fresh water puffers is welcome to say whatever they know here. This is a post to help me as well as anyone else who may be interested in puffers. What I would like to know is if any fresh water puffers are compatible with any other puffer and if this is permenent. I am going twords the figure eight of the dwarf puffer.
Any other info is greatly appreciated.
Darkruby
Fresh water puffer info needed, any advice is welcome.
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Poetic_Irony2267 - Posts: 297
- Joined: Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:42 pm
First 99% of puffers are brackish and salt water puffers, of the dwarf species the majority of them are brackish water puffers, the only one that i know of that is 100% fresh water is the "pea puffer" they only get about the size of two or three peas put together, they are a semi aggressive to aggressive species, and they can be compatible with other community fish as long as the other community fish are larger than they are, they need a diet consisting of mostly protein based foods, and snails. they absolutely love snails, and will leave a grave yard or rather a path of empty shells in their wake. i have several in my 125 gal planted tank. they keep the hitchhikers from taking over when i put new plants in the tank. cory cats and larger tetras are a good match, do not put them with cichlids or anything that will get big enough and aggressive enough to make a snack of them. also from what i have read, the figure 8 puffers are brackish fish and need that sort of set up in order to survive and maintain a happy existence.
i hope this helps
Brandon
i hope this helps
Brandon
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rsbadger15 - Posts: 15
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i have two pea puffers in my tank, im in love with them, theyre the best fish ive ever had :)
100% fresh water, so far they get on fine with my 3 clown loach & 1 plec, but they are nipping at my black moore which i am soon giving to my girlfriend anyway, ive had him since before i set up tropical and just didnt want to get rid of him but hes not really suppose to be in my tropcal tank lol.
anyway, i had figure 8 puffers years ago...i didnt like them and they were hard work!
the pea puffers are much better :)
100% fresh water, so far they get on fine with my 3 clown loach & 1 plec, but they are nipping at my black moore which i am soon giving to my girlfriend anyway, ive had him since before i set up tropical and just didnt want to get rid of him but hes not really suppose to be in my tropcal tank lol.
anyway, i had figure 8 puffers years ago...i didnt like them and they were hard work!
the pea puffers are much better :)