The Puffer Forum

The pleco died after a couple of days swimming around blind. It was a horrible sight to behold, reminded me of those skeleton fish that swim around the underwater castles of super mario brothers games way back. 3 YEARS they lived together! Three YEARS! Poor pleco

My 3 + year old figure 8 puffer is sporting a big smiley face on his back. Despite his bright outlook, this near 4" F8 just ate the eyeballs out of his 3 year tankmate pleco. My what a polarized fish I have!

Dan P
Cleveland, OH USA

Hello Folks, my first post, thanks for all the info. I come here to warn anyone who might mix a plecostomus hard bodied cat fish with a figure 8 puffer. I have a brackish 120 G tank that house 3 figure 8 puffers from 2-3 inches. The oldest I have kept for 3 years, all along he had a brother pleco in...