would a Monotrete Palembangensis be ok in a comunity tank

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would a Monotrete Palembangensis be ok in a comunity tank

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Hey guys

would a Monotrete Palembangensis be ok in a 55g comunity tank with fish like guppies, danios, tetras etc?

Thx :)
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Lots of good food for that puffer to eat in there, if you don't mind losing all your fish.
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Excellent variety of food u have in there! Sounds like a buffet!!
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Yup sounds like a recipe for disaster. No puffer can really be trusted with anything. Maybe you would get lucky but unlikely matey
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Monotrete Palembangensis = piscivore
piscivore = fish eater
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+1 to most of the above comments. If there is a rule of thumb about puffers, it is that they are predators which are fully willing to be piscivores. If it is alive and meaty, it looks/smells/tastes like food to most puffers.

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yea puffers in a community is kinda like dog fighting i guess to some, inhumane if you know they cant live with fish however i do like to experiment myself to find what my puffers personality is like and not just from what other people tell me. was thinking about geting a second 100g tank and maybe doing dogface puffer with a lionfish i see alot of saltwater lionfish with puffers on youtube videos, anyone know if theres a reason they are tolerable together? or is it just luck of the draw?
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Please ask this question in the proper forum.
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