Puffer Tank

[mark7616]

Im thinking of turning my 27g community tank in to a tank for puffers. What would be my best bet for puffers in there and what about numbers also what could i house with them i have 2 bumblebee gobies that i would like to keep with them if possible but what other tank mates?

 

[guppy_man]

what puffers are you talking about, because if you are talking about dwarf puffers, they are 100% freshwater and bumblebee gobies are brakish, if you are talking about figure 8's with gobies, i dont see anything wrong with it
perhaps you should get another post on the subject off someone who knows alot more than me about puffers

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

Bumblebee gobies are indeed a brackishwater fish. I hope you realize this and have them in your tank accordingly! However, I have read reports of them being kept successfully, even breeding in freshwater. This would not be easy however and so I reccommend keeping them in lightly salted brackish water. Your best bet for a puffer tankmate in those water conditions is the figure 8 puffer, they might be too aggressive with the tiny little bumblebee's though, and eventually they will need a slightly larger tank. Dwarf Puffers are likely the best bet to live with bumblebee's because of their size, but you would need to have the bumblebee's is freshwater which would almost certainly prove difficult at best.

Maybe post a new thread with a request from nmonks about this, he has some knowlege about keeping the Bumblebee Gobie in freshwater.

Good Luck

SLC