The Puffer Forum

Hello, I recently bought a relatively small porcupine puffer. He's about 4-5 inches big and is sadly living in a tiny 10 gallon tank I was planning on upgrading him to a 50 gal tank which would be completely his with no other tank mates but I was still wondering if this would be big enough. If not how long would this be suitable until he out grows it. Also I would appreciate any known problems to keeping a porc puffer in an undersized tank.

I don't own a porcupine puffer, but from what I read on this forum you should have him in a 100+gallons tank, even small it's still a messy fish so it's not right now the amount of room he's got it's more the water quality...But eventually he will be too big for a 50 gallon tank... I'd say right now he's too big for a 10gallon tank but I'll let the expert light you up more on this...

Here's a link to stunting, when you're fish is in a too small of a tank, have fun reading...

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Thanks for the help but my next question is, how long would it roughly take before my porky outgrows his 50 gal. I'm assuming his growth has already been stunt at least a lil since his previous owners had him in that 10 gal for about 6 months.

I'd like to get him a 100 gal, but since I currently don't have the funds I was wondering if he'd be fine in the 50 gal for at least a few months.

At the size he is the 50g will be tight, very tight. Whilst it will be better than the 10 g you should be shooting for his forever home immediately. A tank in the region of 150 g will suffice but bigger would be beneficial to him. He will likely already be stunted but with the correct care should still live a long life.