I've always liked pufferfish, and I really fancy getting a small (5 gallon or so), tank, and keeping it on my desk in my home-office.
I'd ideally like a really well planted tank, and I'd like sand rather than gravel, with one dwarf puffer. Is this possible? Would any other puffer species be ok in that tank? or maybe a 10?
My other question, is will the puffer be ok for a week every few months while I'm away on business? There's not really anyone I could ask to look in on it.
A planted 5g should be nice for a single DP.
I left my figure 8's for 10 days a few weeks ago and they were fine when I got back, not even all that emaciated. If it's healthy, a week away from your DP should be alright.
When I leave my DPs for a while, I just drop a few mystery snails in there for them to munch on while I am gone. They only take little bites. Then when I get back I put the snails back in one of my freshwater tanks to recoup.
I can't do that, I like apple snails, they have cute little faces and more personality than most schooling fish I've kept.
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Nearly all active hunters love lots of plants to search for vittles, DPs especially.
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