Small tank will need new residents

how big do the gobies get? saw them recently too, but i know nothing about them
 
The bumble bee gobies don't get any bigger than an inch, and they need frozen or live food too.

The great thing about dwarf puffers is that they love eating snails. I go to lfs and they give me a bunch of those little common snails most people see as a problem, and Missy (my puffer) loves them. They need to grind the hard shells so their beak (their mouth) won't get overgrown.

P.S. You will probably read that bumble bee gobies are fin nippers and are extremely hard to take care of since they will only eat live food...and that they are brackish. My bumble bee gobies are peaceful and never bother anyone...they LOVE frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp...and mine are in freshwater, and are happy and healthy. Some lfs will have them in brackish, so I would suggest keeping them in the type of water (fresh or brackish) that they lfs has them in.

You might also read that dwarf puffers need salt, but they are truly freshwater fish.
 
okay, dixaisy930, you talked me into it. :p i've decided to take the smaller tank i had been cycling for a dwarf gourami and set it up for two dwarf puffers (there will be enough room to set up two territories in it). i'll just have to put the gourami in the larger tank i was thinking of putting rasboras and tetras in (that way i might even be able to have two dwarf gouramis, will have to see.....). thanks for the advice everyone, now i need to do some additional research on puffers and scout out a lfs with a good supply of the needed live foods. :D :D :D
 
YAH! :D I know you'll love them! They are really entertaining, and they have real personalities too. I love watching them hunt snails (I know that sounds awful :sick: ) but she's convinced she's real terrifying. :grr: :D
 
I have a bunch of questions about the snails that are fed to the dwarf puffers.

Are the snails you feed the typical garden variety or aquatic snails? Are they live snails or empty shells? Do you quarantine the snails at all before feeding them or just rinse them off?
 
Mine get aquatic snails. The lfs will just give me the tiny ones they don't want in their tanks. I just drop live ones in there...I think they like to have something to hunt.
 
WOOO HHOOO another one converted to puffers :p You'll love em. For snails I just go to the lfs and ask for some, they just give them away. I feed mine daily on frozen blood worm at the moment and they go absolutely mad for it now, they're actually following me in the tank whenever I walk past :p May try the frozen shrimp this weekend see how they fair on it.

I've got a feeling if you like fish with lots of character you'll love them, just make sure that you've got several hiding places as they can get fussy :p
 

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