New Amazon puffers 40g

[PufferFreak123]

I just got 5 new amazon puffers that are now in my 20g quarantine tank.
I have a forty that has been running for over a year with different fish that I have gotten rid of.
It is a heavily planted tank with tons of flow and the fish I have in there now are 3 flower shrimp, 7 otto cats, and 1 bristlenose pleco.
Would I be able to keep these fish with the puffers or are there any other fish I can keep with them?

Thanks

[J-P]

These puffers are pretty skittish as it is. I would just leave it as is and enjoy No guarantee that the shrimp aren't going to be lunch one day though

[Pufferpunk]

If you plan on adding all 5 fish into that tank, I's put Tetra's Safestart into the filter, to help support the extra added bioload.

Was the QT cycled?

[PufferFreak123]

THe QT has been running for a few months with some fish already in it and they have been fine

What would the best clean up crew be for the SAP's be in the forty?

[Pufferpunk]

You removed those fish prior to QTing the puffers?

SAPs are generally nicer than most other puffers. If you have multiple tanks, you can experiment with different "maids" & see what works.

[Flutter]

I had short term success with cories and a female BN pleco. They'd harasses the pleco but she would turn on them and fight back. After a week they left her alone. I know that many people have not had success with cories so if you try them you need to be able to remove them very quickly.

[PufferFreak123]

The quarantine tank had a few mollies and guppies in it that were only in there to keep it cycled.
I have removed the mollies and there are still 4 perfectly healthy guppies living with the puffers is this ok?

[Flutter]

I'd remove the guppies. Long term they don't stand a chance.

[Pufferpunk]

Bioload of the "cycling fish" must match the bioload of the new inhabitants.

[RTR]

Huge +1 to PP's last post!

That concept is basic,but too often missed.

[Pufferpunk]

Way too many folks seem to overlook this important fact.

[RTR]

I can't resist throwing in another comment - folks have a hard time believing that a 4" fish is at least 4 x the mass and bioload of a 2" fish. It is not easy to try to think in mass rather than length and puffers are high mass and higher bioload fish due to their messy eating habits.