New guy with some questions

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TehPostman
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New guy with some questions

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hey everyone, glad a forum like this is a thing, so i have a 20 long tank, i have been slowly setting up, i am stuck between 2 choices for what fish to put in it, one i was considering was red eye puffers, so i was wondering because i have seen a few different things and i just want to get more voices, is a 20 long big enough for a pair of red eye puffers and what tank mates can i run with them, does anyone know any good breeders or sources for them?
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Which species of red eye puffers?
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im not sure yet i was considering the red eye red tail one, but if you have some ideas of which one would be best for this sort of set up, ide like to hear
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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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so it seems what it says is to either keep a single one or 1 male to 4 females which then needs about 40 gallons to hold, so given the information written on this page is it safe to say you cant just keep pair?
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burrfish
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I think more is better to prevent 1-on-1 aggression.
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Re: New guy with some questions

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ah i see, well thank you for the answers =)
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