The Puffer Forum

THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!! it will only work 1 in a million

and only for a few days, months, maybe years.

Is that an albino chinese sucker fish?

chinese algae eater. not chinese and does not eat algae lol. he shares his tank with 2 of these and 11 tiny rasporas currently. he has no interest in these yet!!!!!! except when this one kissed him lol boy that was one hell of a chase

becareful with that algae eater, they are known to be come very aggressive as they get older and will attack and killer larger fish.

But thats awesome that he lets them live in the tank with him. Mine let a molly live with him for a few weeks, then i skipped a feeding lol

he follows the little guy( i say little about 6.5 inch) around and sits next to him. maybe luring into false sense of security lol. they been together for about a year. the algae eater went for him once but the chase that followed taught him lol that was about 6 mths ago lol

I really like those pictures, he looks so content laying with his friend!
Sigh... My gsp has a dumb little lyretail molly for his bestie. I really just put him in temporarily to eat some of the hair algae and see if Balki would be ok with any tankmate. But after a little bit of time, I removed the molly (Orangjello) and put him in another tank. At first, Balki didn't notice, then when he did, boy was he upset. He zipped around looking for him, and then when he couldn't find him he paced violently in each corner. I put Oragjello back in, and he swam over, made sure he was ok, and then resumed his normal activities.
So, I am stuck with this dumb looking little fish.
It's super cute when predators make friends with would-be prey.

lol, wish mine would. They just eat everything

My Fahaka developed a taste for mollies, this is a bad idea.....

Yes it's very risky I just don't want to separate them as puffers are moody. If it ends in death then... Well what can I do lol

I have a convict in with my 11in fahaka and they have been together for a couple of years now.
They chase eachother around, sleep side by side, and even steal food from one another when its feeding time.

I understand that it may only be a matter of time until Pockey turns on the little guy, but its nice to watch them for now.

He may or me may not. Time will tell... My 12 year old 12" fahaka lives with a bunch of tank mates. Some as old as himself. Others didn't last a day.

Wow filbert is knocking on a little, lol. Did he stop growing at 12"? Just curious

I think he seems to be still growing but very slowly.

I asked the same question twice doh! Lol. Mine got to around the 12" mark within a year, his growth has slowed but getting bigger lol