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Hey guys I put a hold on what appears to be a Ceylon puffer, lable Figure 8. I asked the store owner and they said they are kept it in a freshwater tank since day 1 when it arrived. My question is: How do I properly accimilate the Ceylon puffer that was kept in freshwater to my full brackish tank? Also how long should I accimilate it to make sure it will survive in my brackish tnak since it came from pure freshwater?

Congrats on finding a Ceylon! What SG is your BW tank at? What inhabitants are in there now? How big is the puffer & how big is that tank?

Pufferpunk wrote:Congrats on finding a Ceylon! What SG is your BW tank at? What inhabitants are in there now? How big is the puffer & how big is that tank?

Thanks, My SG is about 1.006 in my 50gallon bowfront as of yesterday. I currently have two F8s in the 50gal with a few mollies and BB gobies. My F8s are 1.5-2", the Ceylon at the store is 1.5".

It should easily drip-acclimate for about 2 hours.

But ceylons and F8s are not compatible and can't be in the same tank together...

Flutter wrote:But ceylons and F8s are not compatible and can't be in the same tank together...

lol, yes I know. I was listing what I had in my 50gallon bowfront, my Ceylon will have a 30gallon to it's self when I bring it home. I was asking how would accimilate the Ceylon properly into the 30gallon brackish tank since the store is just keeping it in fresh water right now.

Alright guys, so I visited my LFS to check up on my juvenile Ceylon. While I was there I was checking out the other puffers they had in stock which included: F8s, GSPs, Congo puffers, Dwarf pea puffers, 6" mbu, six 4" juvenile fahakas, a few fugu puffers and a six" dog face. I was asking about tank sizes for F8s and the owner told me I'll need atleast a 80gallon for the two F8s I have. I was confused and asked why seeing in how thw F8s only grow up to 3" but the store owner actually said The F8s being sold at the store are the larger verity which grow up to 6". I was wondering if what he said was true. What do you guys think? Are there F8s that grow to 6"?

No I think this LFS guy is confusing F8s and Ceylon puffers, they do look quite similar, but ceylon's get bigger and require more space.