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Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:42 pm
by maineGuy72
i have a stars and stripes puffer who is about 4-5 inches. he lives with a spotted jaw, pair of clowns, pair of yellow wrasse, blonde naso tang, lawnmower blenny and a 8in snowflake eel. everyone is happy and hasnt been any issues.
i am trying to find out if i can put a 3 inch decorator crab in there, a sand sifting cucumber or maybe a horseshoe crab.
any help/advise would be welcomed
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:49 pm
by maineGuy72
sorry posted it in wrong area.
could one of the mods move it to the correct one?
thanks
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:26 pm
by Pufferpunk
I think any crab is as risk. See the vid of Elvis eating a crab. Cuke should be fine though.
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:30 pm
by maineGuy72
where would i find the video of elvis?
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:31 pm
by Christemo
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:11 pm
by edmlfc1
No crab will stand a chance if your stars & stripes is anything like Elvis. He loves crab.
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:57 pm
by yunachin
How big is the tank that you have? Do you have pictures?
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:42 pm
by maineGuy72
75g tank and no pictures yet of that tank. i will soon though
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:06 pm
by maineGuy72
what other puffers can go with a stars and stripes puffer?
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:54 pm
by edmlfc1
Not to sound rude but you would need to upgrade to a much larger tank before you could add anymore fish.
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:37 am
by trekenk
Yes edmlfc1 is right and you will also have to upgrade your tank to 180gl. which is the minimal for a Star and Strips by themselves without any other fish in the tank. They are great fish but do grow and need the room.
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:13 am
by yunachin
That Naso needs 100+ gallons by itself.
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:37 pm
by JayR
As said any crab with the fish inquestion its currect size would be a great risk and i would put very god odds against it becoming lunch perosnally.
My last would not have been trusted (it was over a foot in lengh and very hungry) but my new tiny one which is golf ball sized has been tried with large Hermits (Whitespots so very large and aggressive) aswell as a few Blue Knuckles and so far over the last few months he hasnt toucjed them. I think you have a have a better chance if they live in harmony in a big aquarium from young but other things such as how well fed the fish is will also come into play of course.
Re tank size and more Puffers, as said already this Puffer will 'idealy' need a bigger home in the near furture. They are rapid growers. I had one grow for a 2/3 inch juvenile to over a foot long (not to mention his weight) in not many years at all.
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:39 am
by maineGuy72
Re: Stars and Stripe Puffer Advise
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:50 pm
by puffertt77
I cannot watch the video, it doesn't work
