The Puffer Forum

Hey guys need more recommendation on puff species please. I have a lovely cube tank that feel would be great to have some sort of puffer in it (not SAP, DP or irrubesco). What would my choices be again peeps?
I think I would be after a fairly active puffer though we did see small arrowheads today and they were fairly all over the place and pretty pretty cute! The tank we have I need to remeasure but it is at least a 100 litre.

So choices I have so far could be:
Arrowhead Suvatti
Figure 8 (if go brackish)
Abei (how active are these)
Fangs

Too small I am guessing for congo, wrong shape for SAPs and DPs already have.

Locally at least in one shop available I have seen suvatti and F8's though should be mentioned the F8s were in full marine..if going for these, to drop acclimate them down to lower brackish water?

EDIT: I am really swayed towards the F8s as they were lovely but seemed a little faded from being in full marine, though perhaps it was just my imagination..would best acclimatisation be siohon from the established tank into their bucket and knot tied to allow I think I read one drip per second, leave over the hours until the bucket gets filled.

Going on 100 litre, it might be a tad too small for a Suvatti. If its a bit bigger then it could work.
Out of all the other options the F8 would be the most active.

Abeis tend to have bursts of activity but if you heavily plant it then you may see him at feeding time only. However if its ina room with lots of activity you might see him more, mine was fairly active. I would say theyre more active than a Fangs.

Full marine F8, slow drip down, you could probably take them all the way down to fresh and then raise your tank to between 1.005-1.008 Should be fine at that salinity and if you got them all the way down to fresh you could rob media from an established tank and then raise at your own pace.

Cant believe they have the f8's in full marine. What is wrong with people?!

You could get away with the arrowhead but it would be tight. You have a 26 US gallon tank and the recommendation is 30 gallons minimum. Once they settle in they get sedentary and only really come out at night. Minus the volume for sand, cover, etc you are looking at only about 25 gallons.

Ah thanks for that everyone. I am leaning towards F8s if I can get drip acclimation right. I wouldnt want the suvatti to be to tight as that isnt fair on the poor thing. I am thinking 2 F8s though might be guessing one is better? Thank you for all the help x

I just got 2 f8's a week or so ago. They are in a tank that is technically too small (it's only temporary!) and they get along fine. There so cute and fun to watch. And they've been pretty easy to feed so far!