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I've found a very small, hidden away shop in central St. John's earlier today-- they can order pretty much ANY puffer I want! It has to be freshwater for me though: My parent's won't lend me the extra money for a SW tank.

Anyways, what do you think I should order? It would be for a 25g tank. It is not planted yet and the substrate could be changed, so I am very versatile.

If you think you can at least to brackish, your options open up greatly. You could get 2 Figure 8s in your 25. Brackish just involves adding marine salt, and having a hydrometer to measure it. If you can come up with a few extra dollars, you could do that. Or, maybe, a Ceylon. If you definitely can't do the salt and hydrometer, you could have 5-7 dwarf puffers in fresh. The ratio of males to females should be 1 male to 3 females.

Ceylons require a 40g tank.

Brent wrote:I've found a very small, hidden away shop in central St. John's earlier today-- they can order pretty much ANY puffer I want! It has to be freshwater for me though: My parent's won't lend me the extra money for a SW tank.

Anyways, what do you think I should order? It would be for a 25g tank. It is not planted yet and the substrate could be changed, so I am very versatile.

I'd start with dwarf puffers then see where that takes you.

Honestly, I think freshwater is my best bet...

And, even though I've been doing so much research on DP's, it seems as though everyone starts with them: I'd like maybe an Abei, or a Lorteti, but really any puffer will suite me perfectly.

I also do not have a puffer just yet. I am still starting with my tank, so I don't want to jump in just yet. But I do want to have some in the future. Good luck, mate!
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Thanks, good luck to you to!

Something cool if your doing a FW puff. They seem very boring to me though. They all look the same if you ask me .

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Oooh!! A lorteti! You should! They're beautiful! Or any other species of red eye would be your best bet.

What about a lurker like the Congo? I think they are cool because of their behaviors.

The blank space is the shock of his decision to go FW!!! lol anyways yeah lorteri.

pufferfreak wrote:Something cool if your doing a FW puff. They seem very boring to me though. They all look the same if you ask me .

Not at all! SAPs vs. fahakas vs. Congos vs. irrubescos vs. suvattis vs. DPs - they're not at all alike!

Pufferpunk wrote:Ceylons require a 40g tank.

Ducks out of the room like I never said "Ceylon"....

LilGreenPuffer wrote:

pufferfreak wrote:Something cool if your doing a FW puff. They seem very boring to me though. They all look the same if you ask me .

Not at all! SAPs vs. fahakas vs. Congos vs. irrubescos vs. suvattis vs. DPs - they're not at all alike!

All of them are the same color except for the occasional red congo and i will give it to you that fahakas look different.