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[ShadowedSin]

I'm fairly new at this, but I'm also curently ina spot where I have a lot of time. And I learn fast.

I'm looking at setting up a species only 10 gal oddball tank possibly within the next month or so. Wanna, take time to cycle and carefully aquascape it. I've been looking at Dwarf Puffers or perhaps something like a Birchir. Though the DP's seem like the one's which I could possibly stick right by my computer to compliment my 45 community tank.

The only problem I really have with the Dp's is I honestly don't want to buy things for it to eat that are alive.

Plus I have constrained money. Though from what I read and see here, this would be a great project to do for the summer.

 

[BigTom]

My DPs happily eat frozen bloodworm and other frozen 'live' foods, although you can't guarantee that yours will. Buy them form somewhere that has them trained on frozen foods and you won't have to worry about live foods, although they do relish them.

 

[ShadowedSin]

My LFS is about 20 miles from where I live and it's a great place. I'm pretty sure they don't ignore the specialties of the fish they sell. I love them because they have different systems for selling.

Um is a 10 gal big enough for 3 DPs? I can easily use some fake and real plants to heavily plant it. I'm on a fairly rocky island.

 

[BigTom]

You can probably get away with 3 in a 10 gal (1m 2f) as long as you've got very good filtration and you're very regular with water changes. 3-5g per DP is the generally cited minimum, so you'd be pretty much maxing that out.

 

[ShadowedSin]

Alright, as for lighting. I have an old light inherited from my dad, it's a Glowcex, I believe and it's a cap light. Will it work wel enough to support the necessary plants for the puffer?

As to the feeding, the puffers seem hard to leave alone if I have to have someone else to feed them. What is another unique fish that might work?

Are African Butterfly's okay in small groups in a ten gallon?