The Puffer Forum

The inhabitants: 1 Figure 8 puffer and 3 bumblebee gobies

The tank: 15 gallons, albeit with lots of "interesting stuff" for Cofi (puffer) to explore

Is this too small, honestly? I am considering upgrading but it'd be quite a cost....but if it would be essential for the puffer I'd do it. However, if the size is ok and I just have to keep him mentally stimulated, I can do that (he loooves laser tag with my laser pointer! heh heh). Any thoughts?

Personally, I think it should be OK for the puffer. The BBGs will probably be lunch one day.

Pufferpunk wrote:Personally, I think it should be OK for the puffer. The BBGs will probably be lunch one day.

After reading about other peoples experience keeping BBGs with F8s, I won't be surprised if my gobies all go missing someday. One thing that I find odd is that my puffers will go crazy over ghost shrimp that are larger than my gobies, but seem to totally ignore the gobies. My gobies are also pretty aggressive at feeding time. They will often nip at the puffers. If I were a puffer, I wouldn't stand for something lower on the food chain trying to nip at me.

I've had my bbg's in with my f8 puffy for a while now and they get along fine. She was very inquisitive at first about them but they are fast and she has lost interest. No problems so far, even at dinnertime =D

My F8 lives no problems with 5 BBGs!! He/She also lives with 7 shrimp and has not even taken a nip at them; which is causing a problem as they were meant as food and they just seem to steel it!!! Its a real battle to get the F8 to eat a snail as the shrimp grab it first and leg it!

I have 2 F8s in a 29g tank--heavily decorated. There were a dozen BBGs in there at one point. 1 lone survivor...