Which puffer would you recommend?

[Arch]

Hi all - I'v been reading through the forum and decided it would be easier to ask you myself these few questions!
I have two tanks - a 180 litre which i have 6 discus in and also a 70 ltr which i had community fish in but have recently cleared it as i want to keep puffer/s. I would rather not have dwarf puffers - i would like something slightly bigger. The tank is sand based and is ready to go! Can you please give me some ideas on what i could go for? Ideally I would like 2 puffers.

Thanks for listening!

 

[LittlePuff]

The next size of puffer would be the Fig 8. They are brackish. They will need 10 US gallons each. For more info check out The Puffer Forum.


Kim

 

[diVer]

You could get South Americans which get to be about 3 inches long. Take a look at the pinned thread on puffer species at the top. That has a lot of information in it.

 

[LadyMinion]

I agree that South Americans are good suggestion. A little bigger than dwarfs and an extremely lively species always wanting to know what's going on outside the tank.

If you're looking for more unusual species, here's a few to look up.

Leopard puffer
Crested puffer
Red-tailed, Redeye puffer
Common/Emerald puffer
Brown puffer

 

[Arch]

Thanks for help guys - i shall let you know how i get on!!! I'll prob go for south american maybe get a pair

 

[TorPeteO]

I have no idea why you wouldn't want Dwarf Puffers, though...they're so much fun. I highly recommend them, but if you insist on something else, I guess go with some of the other recommendations.

One thing about South American Puffers, though, is that you have to manually trim their teeth once in a while (if I'm not mistaken). Just a warning, because I know I wouldn't want to find that out after buying one, or (even worse) after its teeth are overgrown.

Good luck!

 

[Zombies]

I have a 20 gallon tank, and my situation was just like yours. I wanted a pair of the larger puffers however I could only find GSP's around here no figure 8's or SA's. I love the GSP's and will gladely upgrade them to a larger tank when they are bigger. Let us know what you end up with.