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Re: puffers nipping each other?
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:56 pm
by mairdan13
JRC3 wrote:If those are the dimensions then you could probably put in 2 of them.
18"H x 30"L x 20"W = 47G
*edit*
Are we talking about the main tank or the other tank for the nippy F8?
nippy F8, the tank doesn't seem that big,
my main F7 tank i have is 108x71x55cm and holds 175 litres
Re: puffers nipping each other?
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:12 pm
by RTR
IME, F-8s are just as nippy as any other puffer, and post-puberty may be just as intolerant of conspecifics in "their" tank. Most of the hunter-predators school only as immature fish or in massive water voulumes. Some individuals will live peaceably together, but a long way from all.
FWiW: My first long-lived puffers were F-8 separated out from small groups of F-8s that I tried to keep together, but it did not work out. As singletons, they last a long time.