Anyone Keep South Aamerican Puffers?!

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i have 2 sa puffrs in my big tank, got them the other day, after reading on here that they are the best puffers to keep in a community aquarium, the smorning ive noticed few of my red torpedo barbs have been nipped on the fins ad i take it it was the puffers, will this be a problem? i only got them after a thorough read that people kept them in a community aquaruim no bother
 
SAPs are the best puffers for community tanks in the same sort of way that an air gun is less dangerous than a machine gun. Yes, SAPs are less likely to bite their tankmates than most other puffers, but they still will bite given the chance. It may take a few days for the barbs to catch on, and to be honest, in a big enough aquarium -- 55 gallons upwards -- I'd have though redline torpedo barbs would be fine companions for SAPs. But every puffer is different, so to some extent you have to observe and act accordingly.

Cheers, Neale

i have 2 sa puffrs in my big tank, got them the other day, after reading on here that they are the best puffers to keep in a community aquarium, the smorning ive noticed few of my red torpedo barbs have been nipped on the fins ad i take it it was the puffers, will this be a problem? i only got them after a thorough read that people kept them in a community aquaruim no bother
 
what should i do if it gets worse? maybe the sa puffer are jus tstill bet nervous and settling in will keep an eye





SAPs are the best puffers for community tanks in the same sort of way that an air gun is less dangerous than a machine gun. Yes, SAPs are less likely to bite their tankmates than most other puffers, but they still will bite given the chance. It may take a few days for the barbs to catch on, and to be honest, in a big enough aquarium -- 55 gallons upwards -- I'd have though redline torpedo barbs would be fine companions for SAPs. But every puffer is different, so to some extent you have to observe and act accordingly.

Cheers, Neale

i have 2 sa puffrs in my big tank, got them the other day, after reading on here that they are the best puffers to keep in a community aquarium, the smorning ive noticed few of my red torpedo barbs have been nipped on the fins ad i take it it was the puffers, will this be a problem? i only got them after a thorough read that people kept them in a community aquaruim no bother
 

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