The Puffer Forum

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After witnessing my larger DP pick on the smaller, uber-timid one, I moved the little guy in with my 20 or so female guppies.

So far, she (I think she's a she) is just hanging out in the plants and keeping to herself. I'll monitor her to make sure she's not chomping on my gups.

well yeah, but FWIW ... I've had these guppies for years (all of them born in my tank!) and I got the DPs three weeks ago. So, I'd rather the DPs harass each other if the alternative is that one of them starts chomping on my gups! How could you possibly trim a DP's beak anyway? Mine are like less th...

Yes, this is my concern ... In the long run, I plan on adding other kinds of fish to my 65 gal. planted tank. I also plan on purchasing a 3-5 gal. nano for my office, at which point I would definitely transfer one of the dwarf puffers to that tank and would keep him solo except for an otto perhaps. ...

Hello! Some people have suggested to me that it might be possible to keep DPs (of the calm variety) in a guppy tank. I think I know the answer to this, but I thought I'd put it to the experts over here. The situation: I have 2 DPs in my 65 gal. planted tank, along with 2 sailfin mollies. One of my D...