Schooling Tankmates For Sa Puffers

[Carlovel1]

Up to a point. There are some very nasty piranha species that will attack plecs, in particular those species that feed primarily on scales and fins as opposed to whole fish. And plecs also tend to attack one another; Acanthicus plecs are famously territorial catfish that will kill rivals. Plecs attacking large cichlids like oscars is not uncommon either. A couple of days ago someone wrote into us at Wet Web Media about what he thought was damage caused by one oscar attacking another. My analysis of the photos he sent us was different: it looked like classic plec damage, though admittedly the plec may well have been taking advantage of an oscar that was weakened or stressed.

So while yes, plecs are generally gentle giants that do little harm in community tank, there are some issues to consider.

Cheers, Neale

Plecs get on well with anything really, including Puffers & Piranhas!

Poor oscar!

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

I finally got to see some Colomesus asellus in the flesh today out in Titchfield, they were positively gorgeous (more so then the Borneo irrubescos and salivators at my LFS)!

What shocked me were the steep prices of all their fish, with these cute guys at £11.25 each after a "special" 25% promotional discount (no doubt needed as knowledgable fish keepers would look elsewhere).
http/www.youtube.c...h?v=bmQqUlTBxJ8
Is £11.25 a reasonable price to pay for ~3cm SL specimens?

The only place I've seen them online so far is £9.99 each with an additional £11.95 postage (for upto four store purchases at once)... http/cgi.ebay.co.u...=item41528ab2ec

Are vibrant yellow stripes a sign of a much healthier purchase specimen, or do some naturally have darker yellow bands?

 

[Carlovel1]

The cheapest ive seen these were £6.50 so £11.25 is a lot for these.
Healthy Puffs are often more active and colourful