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Wendal
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Amazon puffers

Post by Wendal »

Thinking of setting up my old 260 liter tank to put some amazon puffers in
But don't know much about them
I do know they are not very aggressive
But how many should I put in together
And can they have tank mates
If so what can I put in
Have looked on net and it's no help as every page days something diffent
Thanks
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Re: Amazon puffers

Post by Pufferpunk »

Most important thing you need to know about them is they need 99% of their food to be snails or you will have to do dentistry work on them every 4 months. That means getting a fish tranquilizer, knocking them out & clipping their teeth. They also prefer to live in groups, so this means doing dentistry for all of them.

What are your plans to upgrade your GSPs? I think you should work on that, before getting more fish.
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Wendal
Puffer Fry
Posts: 23
Joined: Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:16 pm
Gender: Male
My Puffers: 5x gsp puffers
One 6inch
One 4inch
Three 1inch
Location (country): England
Location: Southampton

Re: Amazon puffers

Post by Wendal »

I have a 750 liters tank coming for my gsp
They will always come first
The amazon are just on the thinking stage
Will be awhile before I get them
Just doing some research
I would never get a new fish til I know how to care for them
I'm still thinking about keeping my 6in gsp in that 260 liter tank
Also how do I upload photos
Want you all to see my gsp and set up
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Pufferpunk
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Posts: 32976
Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
Location: Greenville, SC
Contact:

Re: Amazon puffers

Post by Pufferpunk »

Store them at http://www.photobucket.com & link them to here.
Happy to see you doing research. :)
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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