The Puffer Forum

Well I have been away for a week and come back and notice how much my three (alleged) SAPs have grown...and how they now look distinctly like Dwarf puffers!!

Having been through the info on this site and others they are definitely dwarfs...so now I am considering what to do with them! I really don't want to get rid of them but three tiny DPs seems almost a waste of a 190l (~ 50g) tank and I don't have room for another!! The reason I looked out for SAPs over DPs was that there was a bit more to them size wise.

Having said that I have, obviously, fallen completely in love with the little guys and would be loath to get rid of them...however they are not the species I set my heart on!

No bad feelings about the LFS though, they had little to no markings when I got them and I know they requested the correct latin name from the supplier so it is the supplier at fault, the LFS have never confessed to being puffer experts and ordered them in for me.

You could always add a few more dwarf to your tank and have a little school of em. There was a recent post about a large number of dwarfs in a 90g tank i believe. Something to consider if you can't find a good home for them, or decide they are too cute to pass on.

I have heard of saps and dp's to gether but I dont know if anyone has had long term sucess with this type of setup.

You could get a 10 or 15 and move the DPs to there, then get SAP. I'd recomment the 15, because after being in such a large tank I don't know that the 3 would get along in a ten, though that is large enough for them water quality wise.