The Puffer Forum

Any experience with abei's?

I would like to convert my 30 gal into a singleton puffer tank... I am looking for a very interactive puffer (not nocturnal or shy)... does anyone have suggestions or experience with Red Eye Red Tail, Red Eye Red Belly, or Abei puffers? Any votes on your favorite? Thank you!

Cool. How are their personalities?

What about a fangs puffer - singleton?

After much debate on keeping a brackish aquarium, I decided to stick to freshwater... Although F8 look like great, smart fish, I am not sure I will provide the right environment for them... Maybe later... I guess I will start with some dwarf puffers or SAP. Any suggestions on best personality?

Right... I am removing them along with my albino pleco... they breed like crazy so just wanting for the small ones to get a bit bigger... my LFS lets my trade them in for store credit. Then i was planning on draining the tank and filling up with brackish water... let that cycle while I slow add my p...

I will be converting my freshwater cichlid tank over to brackish... any recommendations on: - keeping argonite sand bed? - using RO water vs tap water? I used tap water for cichlids - although our water is good, it is harder with all the limestone around... perfect for cichlids, but was not sure abo...

Thank you for all the information. Looks like a 30 gal planted aquarium with foam backdrop, cave, and singleton F8 it is!

Would you recommend 1 or 2 F8s in a 30? I have read that it us fine to do multiples early on but they do better alone as adults.

haha... I know... that is with I quantified it with a (hehe)... very cool and aggressive fish but not for a 30g... realistically looking at GSP, SAP, or F8...

So if i go 30 gal... is there another puffer, in your experience, that would have more personality than an F8? GSP, SAP, Fahaka (hehe)?

Hello everyone... I am new to this forum and very thankful there is a puffer forum. I bit of background, I have been keeping reef tanks and freshwater tank (cichlids) for several years... however, I want to change my freshwater setup as breeding and keeping chichlids is too easy and want something d...