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will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:44 am
by sample789
i wanted to get a green file fish and a valentini puffer but i fear they would fight since puffers fight conspecifics but i looked on the internet and i couldnt seem to find anything saying if they would or not.
Re: will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:45 am
by Pufferpunk
What will the adult size of the filefish be? I kept a Tassled file with a baby burrfish.
Re: will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:52 am
by Woodbutcher
I have one now about 3 1/2", they get to 12". keep mine with a dogface puffer. Wouldn't recomend any fish more agressive than the dogface. The tassled filefish "Fuzzy" seems to be growing fast.
See this;
http://www.petsolutions.com/Tassle-File ... 01674.aspx
Re: will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:23 pm
by sample789
from what i can find on the internet the bristletail filefish which i think is actually the one at the store only get to be 4 inches
Re: will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:36 pm
by Pufferpunk
Probably should work. How big is your tank?
Re: will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:57 pm
by sample789
its a thirty gallon FOWLR tank i no its minimum tank size for a valentini but my science teacher has been keeping one in a thirty gallon for awhile and it is happy
Re: will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:23 am
by Pufferpunk
Yeah but probably not enough room for both those fish.
Re: will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:27 am
by sample789
yeah i think i would rather have a puffer anyway i just wanted to see if it would work before i bought them does anyone no of a puffer smaller then a valentini for marine or one that doesnt require alot of space
Re: will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:41 pm
by Pufferpunk
The Val should do quite well in a 30g.
Re: will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:54 pm
by sample789
thanks very much i upgraded my smaller saltwater tank so i could get a puffer so ill just get him instead of the file
Re: will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:36 am
by side19
i think the tyleri puffer stays smaller, or at least the ones i've seen in my LFS were always alot smaller than the valentinis they had. very cute little puffers, i've seen them under leopard puffer as well.
Re: will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:35 pm
by marksrush
Supposedly there is a type of filefish that actually shoals in with valentinis. From what I gather, this particular filefish resembles valentinis and uses them for protection, since most other fish recognize that valentinis are toxic.
Re: will a puffer and a file fish fight
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:19 pm
by Jivenjune
marksrush wrote:Supposedly there is a type of filefish that actually shoals in with valentinis. From what I gather, this particular filefish resembles valentinis and uses them for protection, since most other fish recognize that valentinis are toxic.
Yeah, I was reading up on that fish.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... catid=1724
The way they can be separated is by the fin on the top of the filefish, apparently. Interesting fish.