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Adding a Figure 8 to a A. Silus tank
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 12:49 am
by drives2002bmw
I have a 55 gallon tank with two A. silus in it. Got lots of plants and rocks to hide and swim around.(I do weekly water changes 25%) I saw tiny little baby figure 8's at the LFS .25-.5 inches long and wanted to see if this tank would support a little figure 8 as well? I know figure 8's want a slight brackish water condition and was wondering if adding one Figure 8 would be ok? Could he survive in the freshwater? Could I move up the salinity to 1.005 or so and would the A. Silus survive/flourish?
Or am i just a sucker to cute puffers and I need to hold off on this fish until I get another tank?
Re: Adding a Figure 8 to a A. Silus tank
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:33 am
by Corvus
The latter.
Re: Adding a Figure 8 to a A. Silus tank
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:35 am
by Pufferpunk
Ditto
Re: Adding a Figure 8 to a A. Silus tank
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:39 am
by By_a_coo
You'll have to get another tank because F8 puffers need water parameters completly different. Yes, they survive in freshwater but we don't want them to survive, we want them HEALTHY!
I've never had an A. Silus, but I think they suppose to be only freshwater puffers.
Re: Adding a Figure 8 to a A. Silus tank
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:48 am
by Pufferpunk
Not only that but it is always a very bad idea to mix puffer species. The silus will most likely kill the F8.
Re: Adding a Figure 8 to a A. Silus tank
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:55 am
by drives2002bmw
ok thats what i thought, I wanted to check with this forum before I did anything I regret!!!
Thanks for the responses, I"ll have to wait to get some figure 8's.
Are figure 8's easier to keep then GSP's? I had a GSP a while back and he was very fragile with living.
Re: Adding a Figure 8 to a A. Silus tank
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:22 am
by Pufferpunk
I find most puffers to be quite tough, if you pick a healthy specimin, add to a cycled tank, feed properly & do regular, 50% weekly water changes
Re: Adding a Figure 8 to a A. Silus tank
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 12:36 pm
by LilGreenPuffer
drives2002bmw wrote:ok thats what i thought, I wanted to check with this forum before I did anything I regret!!!
Thanks for the responses, I"ll have to wait to get some figure 8's.
Are figure 8's easier to keep then GSP's? I had a GSP a while back and he was very fragile with living.
The PufferPedia will generally have these answers, too.
In terms of tank size, a GSP is a bit more difficult, simply because water changes are bigger, and they require more salt, and salt is $$$. (Many owners go to marine eventually, so that's more salt and equipment.) Also, newbies are a bit more likely to find themselves in a sticky situation with GSPs because of minimum gallon requirements and because they're more aggressive to tankmates, at least usually. But, other than that, no major difference.