Mini Puffers ? Help

[meee]

OK mini puffers are they a yes or no ? and do they acshoally buff up rate them out of ten as a community fish thank's

 

[LiamGoodaire]

OK mini puffers are they a yes or no ? and do they acshoally buff up rate them out of ten as a community fish thank's

No expert so don't take this for granted, but I'm certain their not suitable for community tanks. This OS what I've heard however I've decided on a musk turtle setup instead!

 

[nmonks]

Repeat after me:

Dwarf puffers are not community fish. Nor is any other kind of pufferfish. Pufferfish need a tank of their own.

Cheers, Neale

OK mini puffers are they a yes or no ? and do they acshoally buff up rate them out of ten as a community fish thank's

 

[meee]

i heard if u get like 1 male and 3 females it will take there eyes off other fish

 

[nmonks]

You heard wrong.

Cheers, Neale

i heard if u get like 1 male and 3 females it will take there eyes off other fish

 

[zeke the black ghost knife]

have you even been researching about fish? i always research. you should to.

 

[Atrixblue.-MFR-.]

i side with neil on this one. every puffer is different and is at the OWNERS RISK to what a puffer is homed with. mini puffers (dwarf puffers) etc
should have their own home (same species tank), regardless of sex of the puffer the 1 male- 3 females rule does not apply at all. you'll be pushing it hard with three DP's in the same tank, they will fight and squabble over anything they class as either territory,food or boardom keeping them happy occupied and well fed is key with these. so your tank must be an obstacle course with load of distractions and hidey holes. i found their not too keen on bright tank lights, they prefur a dim light if you have bright tank lights i find they just go and hide and you dont get to see them. they are predatory fish and allthough only small can do damage to any fish they are fast swimmers and strong swimmers so if your thinking i'll put them in with faster fish youll be entirely wrong, these fish are agile can change a swim direction in a blink of an eye and cut off a fish and bite when it does suspect it and ive yet to see a fish outswim one, my neightbour has on in with tetra's and i'm affraid that the tetra population is slowly deminishing as the puffer is cutting them off and eating them. after my puffer pika, is back to health i will be taking over care from next door, and housing with my other three DP's.

 

[talisker]

Neale is correct the only thing you can keep with puffers is another puffer no other fish will be safe ,i've kept quite a few and they are vicious little devils.
i did have some sailfin mollies in my brackish tanks with a large green spotted puffer ,they lived together for about 4 months then one day the puffer bit one of the mollies clean in half ,you just can't trust puffers, species tank only.

 

[Nightstalker3188]

Hey there...

Im thinking of getting a wee tank and some mini puffers... how hardy are they in a tropical setup?

 

[Shovelman]

Hey there...

Im thinking of getting a wee tank and some mini puffers... how hardy are they in a tropical setup?

Start a thread of your own.


In general Species ONLY tank in my opinion. What species of puffer are you looking into actually? A couple of them stay fairly small, but it seems your referring to the Indian dwarf puffer....scientific name is escaping my atm and im working on a drawing...lol ill look it up later..

 

[Nightstalker3188]

Hey there...

Im thinking of getting a wee tank and some mini puffers... how hardy are they in a tropical setup?

Start a thread of your own.


In general Species ONLY tank in my opinion. What species of puffer are you looking into actually? A couple of them stay fairly small, but it seems your referring to the Indian dwarf puffer....scientific name is escaping my atm and im working on a drawing...lol ill look it up later..

not going down that path now... sticking with a tropical setup with shrimp,tetras and guppies possibly 2 dwarf frogs...
sorry to have piggy backed on this thread... ;-)

regards
Rob

 

[f111shy]

heyya i currently have three dwarf puffers in a community tank and no agression is shown between them or to any other fish i think they are great fish with good characteristics and all of them have their own personality i guess i was lucky getting placid fish. and if you keep them in a species tank and keep a number of five or more they will become more of a group than rivals seeking territorys. as i was told at my lfs by a very knowlegdable bloke.

 

[betta fish]

They tend not to bother with bottom dwellers such as bristlenoses and khulis, well mine don't anyway, but I wouldn't trust them with other types of fish, the key is a well planted tank with mosses and bogwood, dim lighting, floating plants, max 1 per 5 gallons, 1 male to 2 females is a good ratio for a 60l tank, though I had two males to one female as the fish were sent to me so I couldn't choose they were also juvis, the males were constantly scuffling with one another once they reached adult hood and I lost one a month or so ago but they are coming up to two years now.