Hello! I am hoping to get one figure eight puffer and keep him in a biocube 14, planted and scaped for his interest. Is this a viable set up if I faithfully clean daily and do a fifty % water change weekly?
Thanks for all help!
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Unfortunately it's too small. Do you have a larger and longer tank? F8s are energetic fish and need the swimming length. Puffers are also messy and sensitive so they need a lot of water too.
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Darn. I had heard that this was possible as long as I kept to one only and only a figure 8. Hmmmm . . .
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sevenyearnight
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He'll be a much happier little guy with more room to swim around and less concentration of waste.
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Is there any puffer that is appropriate for that size? Wow, the local fish stores both said the 14 gallon would be plenty for one Figure 8. Bummer.
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dwarf puffer?
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Well they do want to sell you a fish 
You could do three dwarf puffers in that tank as long as it's heavily planted/decorated.
You could do three dwarf puffers in that tank as long as it's heavily planted/decorated.
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That would be a wonderful tank for 3 DPs: library/puffers-in-focus/dwarfpuffercare/
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I love the looks of dwarf puffers! Will give it a go! Thanks so much!
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Dp's are awesome!!! So fun to watch! I keep 5 in a 55 gallon with 3 oto's and 3 kuhli loaches. The Kuhli's are cool to watch too! The Oto's are little work horses and keep the tank so clean.