interlude Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Hey guys, I am thinking about moving my 5g to work and picking up some dwarf puffers. What kinds of fish can I have with them? I read that otos would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CORVETTE Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 i'm not stealing your thread but i too have a green spotted puffer in my tank 55 gal and would like to know what would go with it..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Hey guys, I am thinking about moving my 5g to work and picking up some dwarf puffers. What kinds of fish can I have with them? I read that otos would be good. Sure...otos, perhaps dwarf corys....mebbe a mystery or nerite snail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 I'd go with ottos...and try some ghost shrimps. Some chase and eat the shrimps and some dont. I had mine live with amanos. BUT go with the cheaper shrimp for now. Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureNut Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 (edited) Wouldn't the puffers bother a mystery snail? I thought I couldn't keep one in my community tank that has a dwarf puffer in it. I KNOW they're way bigger, but I figured the puffer would be pestering it, if nothing else. Edited December 8, 2007 by NatureNut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 With dwarf puffers, its a hit and miss. I have seen dwarf puffers in a tank full of shrimps and snail. I also have seen a dwarf puffer pestering a baseball size snail. Not much damage but the snail hardly ever moved. Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willfishguy Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Not much damage but the snail hardly ever moved.Js Which would end up quickly starving it to death. Honestly, I have no experience with DPs, but I do think it's time to try them out. My oppinion though is that of 'no' with catfish such as otos and cories and such others. Puffers, especially hunter and stalker types tend to taste everything once and the way I've seen it is, fins and eyes are very tasty. I have an Mbu Puffer (the extreme size opposite to DPs) that will not touch the school of neon dwarf rainbows or the dwarf gourami that are in with him, but put something in it's tank that moves along the bottom or along the glass and they are a right-off in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 I have kept dwarf puffers with ottos with great success. The dwarfs never bothered my ottos but the pond snails...they just hunted them down. I also fed them small (newly "dropped") crayfish. As for the snail, it just became nocturnal...Comes out and feed at night and sleeps when the puffer is awake. Like I said...each puffer will have their own little quirks and personalities. I have seen people in waterwolves keep mbu with stingrays and arrowana and fly river turtle. Check out thepufferforum.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willfishguy Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 (edited) As for the snail, it just became nocturnal...Comes out and feed at night and sleeps when the puffer is awake. Does not jive with "but the snail hardly ever moved." I have seen people in waterwolves keep mbu with stingrays and arrowana and fly river turtle. I would never risk my animals in this way, knowing what I know from past experiences with these four types of critters. Edited December 8, 2007 by Willfishguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Snail hardly moved in the day time. Moved lots at night. Just trying to explain that each puffer has their own personality. Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureNut Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 The puffer I have is in with swordtails, emperor tetras, dwarf corycats, cardinals, a ghost shrimp and has had ottos in with it too. No problems... I've heard some are more pushy than others. There are also MTS in here that we rarely see (smart snailies) and not a pond snail to be seen... and the tank was overrun when we got the puffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigA Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Does anyone know where I could pick up one of these little beauties in Edmonton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Dwarf puffs are usually available from petsmart. However, make sure you get the biggest/fattest ones. They are usually healthiest of the bunch. Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 I used to see them at BAs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigA Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Are they under any synonyms? Are Pea puffers the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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