Indian Dwarf Puffer?

[groovitudedude]

I went to one of my LFSs the other day to see if they had a puffer for my little bro's tank. He has a community tank, and I thought that a DP would do well in there. From my experiences, they are not very aggressive. So, I saw this tank with puffers that looked exactly like DPs, except they were labeled "Indian Dwarf Puffers". I asked the guy and he said that they were brackish puffers and of course needed marine salt and all that good stuff. Do Indian Dwarf Puffers really exist?

[Pufferpunk]

Just normal FW dwarf puffers. No salt! Also, NOT community fish. DPs have been known to take fin "rides" of fish 20x their size. Big-time nippers.

[groovitudedude]

Are they really that agressive? I didn't know that, sorry. 20X1 inch= 20 inches. That's twice as big as my biggest fish.

[yunachin]

One of the guys that work up at the store told me that he was cleaning a tank and there were some in there and when he wasn't looking they ganged up on him and bit the bejeezuz out of him. He said it felt like a bee sting it hurt so bad.

[groovitudedude]

Wow. I guess I didn't really realize how mean those little suckers actually are. How many do you think I could put in a FULLY CYCLED (this time) 10 Gallon? Any stocking ideas?

[Nick]

3 dwarf puffers, 3 oto catfish and assorted shrimp is a well tested combination. The odd DP kills even shrimp, but it's not all that common.

[Pufferpunk]

I didn't mean a 20" long fish, silly! A fish 20x their size would be like an adult silver $ (actually the fish I was talking about).

[groovitudedude]

I put my gouramis in there for a couple hours, and they did fine. I got a dwarf puffer, 3 Zebra Danios, and one red Tetra that I stole from my bro's tank.

[yunachin]

Sweet! I am getting some dwarfs tomorrow!

[groovitudedude]

Good luck. My mom made me a bet that he wouldn't live 72 hours after I got him. Since she lost, she's getting me some more fish from my LFS for the 10G. It's only like 1/3 stocked so far.

[yunachin]

Yeah I wanted 2 and I got 6 instead. I am going to have my hands full!!
I am going to get more plants for them tomorrow.

[groovitudedude]

Well, it's not like you have no idea how to keep fish How's the Fahaka?

[yunachin]

He is amazing. He is getting a bit bigger and has taken to being fed by hand. Now he follows me when I enter the room. I love him so.
How is the tank with all the miscellaneous fish?

[groovitudedude]

It's not doing too bad. My Bronze Puffer passed, and so did two clown loaches. However, I STILL say that Water Changes couldn't have saved them. The WC's gave 'em the ich in the first place. Anyway, I got two more clown loaches, two more loaches to replace the other two, and a 9" Fire Eel.

[yunachin]

I am sorry to hear that. Seems there are a lot of difficulties with puffer health lately. I am moving the other 2 GSP's into full marine in the next 2 weeks. It's time for them. AND I need the tank they are in for clownfish fry.