Future Marine Puffer Owner

[ironmics]

Well I'd just like to say hi everyone. I currently own a dwarf puffer and have done most of my research on him here. Fantastic site!

Anyway, I love nano sw tanks, I currently have a 10(up for a year) and a 5(about 6 months). Both of them are reef tanks. After I stock my 5, I plan on saving up for a 30 FOWLR tank. I'm probably going to start the tank in around September so it won't be stocked til some time around the end of the year. Yeah, I know a long ways away, but I'm bored a lot of the time and love to research stuff/read forums. I know I'm most likely going to get a valentini, but have been pondering the other tank mates. I know puffers can be very hit or miss with all tank mates, but I was just wondering what people have had the most luck with? So far I've been thinking a falco hawkfish and a sixline wrasse. However, all of those fish have pretty similar body shapes. Does this matter as much to puffers as it does for other fish?(nothing really has the same shape as a dwarf lol).

Anyway, just saying hello. I'll keep updating with my progress.

[Pufferpunk]

Minimum tank size recomendation for a valentini is 30g, so if you were to add more fish, you'd need to go larger. Hawkfish can get quite large. I've seen a Falco at about 4".

[ironmics]

Yeah I was thinking about it, and I've decided to go 55 instead or maybe even upwards of 70. However, I still want to stick with smallish fish. Big fish freak me out haha.

[Pufferpunk]

Much better idea.