ok so my dad loves my dwarf puffers and my F8 puffers. He has a SW tank with a bunch of fish in there. Are there any community salt water puffers or less aggressive puffers for SW tanks? Can someone steer me in the right direction to start lookin at some sw puffers
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My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
Smaller SW puffers aren't usually too bad about tankmates, a toby puffer of some kind, like a valentini, would probably be fine.
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
SW puffers are generally much more tolerant of tank mates then FW or BW puffers. Do you know what size tank your dad has and what kind of fish are in it?
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
I have a toby and he is very shy and mellow
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
he has 2 in the wall tanks....one tank i know has crabs and shrimp...i think that is a 55 gallon which the puffer wouldnt go in....the other one is a 100 gallon and it has a clown fish and a trigger fish and a i think 2 more fish.
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
wow, his tanks sound cool!
what corals does he keep? The bigger puffers tend to be coral munchers.. and i bet he wouldn't like his prize corals given over to puffer food!
what corals does he keep? The bigger puffers tend to be coral munchers.. and i bet he wouldn't like his prize corals given over to puffer food!
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
ok he has a trigger fish, a hawk fish, and parrot fish. would a valenti puffer be a good puffer for him to get?
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
With those fish, I'm sure he's not keeping any corals then! I'd tell him to look at our Pufferpedia & check out the tobies/sharp-nosed puffers for his 55g.
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
he has no live corals in there.
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
Yeah, that was my guess...
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
how would the porcipine puffer do in that tank? i saw one today and they were awesome
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
Porcs require 100g minimum, so any tank mates would have to be small or else the bioload would be too high.
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
YA he has a 100 gallon. and the LFS suggested the porcupine and the stars and stripes for his tank with those fish. what do you think?
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
No, starss and stripes get far too big and aggressive to be kept in a tank that size, even by itself.
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Re: My Dad Just Got Into Puffers....
i think im just gonna get him a valentini puffer