Tank Mates For Two Ocellaris Clownfish And One Saddle Valentini Puffer

[Waka]

Im getting a 70 litre tank the gish shop people said this would be fien for like a year if you can show me a cheap 90 litre that i can buy in the uk with a good value stand then that would help me so much

thanks all !!

 

[ben1987]

Probably nothing else in that sozed tank. Dont want to overstock it. 70L isnt much.

 

[Waka]

what about 90litres? I was told that a puffer would be good in that kind of tank as long as there are interesting things inside it.

 

[ben1987]

i always thought those pufferes needed a 3' tank or 120L minimum...


it would depend on a lot of things like what other equipment you were using and stuff. You dont want to overstock and you also have to thing of aggression. Clowns are quite terratorial

 

[Waka]

Well I would buy them all as babies so I guess size is ok for a few months , I heard that fish grow to the size of the tank is thie true?

 

[ben1987]

Nope. not true at all.
There is also bio-load of the fish to take into consideration

 

[Lynden]

I'd say that your current stocking idea would probably be plenty, if not a little much. Stock the tank with shrimps, corals, etcetera if it looks empty; they don't take up as much "space".

The puffer may, however, eat non-cleaner shrimps and a few other crustaceans.

 

[Waka]

yeah puffers eat small cleaners/ things like shrimps