The Puffer Forum

Ok, so i will be making an absolute huge leap from a 30 gallons freshwater to tank to a whooping 100 gallon freshwater next month. Its a huge 'make my fish happy' project lol I was wondering if there is any advice regards to if the filter media from my smaller tank is enough to colonise my bigget tank. This one comes with a fluval fx 5 canister filter tho which I have never has before.

Also I already have a 4 inch blue acara. 3 inch black ghost knife fish, 4 inch spotted dora, 3 inch clown loach and one 2 invh fire mouth (hence my upgrade asap as they will soon grow loads bigger lol) What can I put in with these guys if anything? Was thinking convict cichlids, severum, oscar? Would love to have a fire eel in there (yeah I know they grow big) Any suggestions would be great and help on going from small to huge tank

Clown loaches do best in 3 or more, so I'd get a couple more of those guys.

I have 3x 110 Aquaclears & an Eheim 2217 on my 125g. Just move the entire filter you have now, over to the larger tank & that should support the bioload, if all you move over into that tank are the fish you have. Are you moving the substrate/decor, too?

My clown loach is an odd one as i have tried putting some fellow clowns with him in the past the same size as him but he vertially bullied them to death. I think he think my acara is a clown loach as he shadows him round all the time lol I might try again with another loach and see how it goes! Any other ideas if he is still being a pain?

I will move over the filter and some of the sand plus decor then if it will help

Can you move ALL the substrate? You can add gravel to the sand if you don't want all sand in there.
I think a fire eel will be fine in that tank but don't expect ANYTHING to stay planted in there!

Trade them all in and get 50 dps!!!

^ honestly I couldn't agrue with that. LOL. Dps are one of the most hilarious and cute puffers I've ever owned. Though if I had 100g, I might be tempted to get a bigger species =P. Anyways good lucking stocking, get us photos when you have it worked out!!

Iv had DP's before and they are cute and interesting however, I want fish that are big enough to see from across the room while im watching tv lol Also I have a few fish already that i dont wanna get rid of. I am sure they would nip my bgk Klaus quite a lot! Lol

I loved my fire eel i had a while ago so might try and get one of those eventually Thanks for the input, gonna try and take photos of the whole process

Most FW puffers are best without other fish in the tank IME. Most puffers do not play well with other fish. Feeding issues are quite common.

I have been watching this threat and want to know if you made a decision and when this is going down?! Best of luck regardless. Can you also post some pics!

Are any of you nuts like me and write down every good fish/tank idea you come up with. I literally have a binder in my coffee table. My only 2 cents, and I don't have a lot of personal experience with larger fish, would be get an oscar if you want personality, and a king of the tank. I just feel if you want the fire eel there will be too much going on in that tank and it won't reach it potential in growth. If you get a chance, look up Mr. Eel in youtube. The guy has a 30"+ fire eel that is as thick as a brick...very impressive.

Similarly, large Cichlids and eels do not play well w/others either. Most hobbyists do seem to get stuck at the level of so-called "community" tanks, which for me are more properly labeled as stress tanks.

FWIW, YMMV

Wow, not updated in a while. I decided on a friendlish South American set up but with clown loach small school. Main stock is 1 firemouth 1 Nicuragua cichlid 1 Blue acra 4 Clown loach and 1 Black ghost knife fish. Will need to post pics very soon... Found the tank is a 125 gallon not 100 lol Yay more room!

I love my 125g with clown loaches, silly catfish & assorted SA cichlids. Oh yeah, can't forget my fahaka!