Let's see those puffers!

[discus_2013]

Cory keeps his with guppies, I used to house my Congo with Central Americans and bichir, but it depends on the fish, I had my Congo for 4 years and housed it with all kinds of cichlids with no issues, the bigger puffers I don’t know enough about yet.

 

[fishguy1978]

Cory keeps his with guppies, I used to house my Congo with Central Americans and bichir, but it depends on the fish, I had my Congo for 4 years and housed it with all kinds of cichlids with no issues, the bigger puffers I don’t know enough about yet.

But who worries about guppies?

 

[lloyd378]

I couldn’t keep anything with my dragon puffers... even themselves. Haha I had a fully stocked tank then added two dragon puffers.... first the platys went then the sword tails, and finally the Buenos Aires tetras

I ended up getting rid of them when they started biting each other. I don’t mind dedicating a tank to my favorite fish, but I’d need a more active puffer to even want to try that again

 

[FishBeast]

Are all of the larger freshwater puffers solitary tank residents? Now that I have a 220(72x24x30) my 9yr old is pushing me to do a puffer. I don’t want a large tank dedicated to just one fish.

You can keep an adult Fahaka in the 220 with tetras, livebearers and other small 1-2 inch fast fish that are not worth its time or energy chasing around. They also have to be fast enough not to be accidentally chomped during feeding.

 

[DMD123]

Been thinking about the huge amount of real estate I give my fairly inactive puffers... Each fish has a 65B all to itself! While these guys make a huge mess eating at times, they in no way need all this space. I could do 40B's and they would be fine. But that means more tanks which Im not sure I can get by the wife.

Anyway just a written update that both my puffs are doing well and are happy.

 

[FishBeast]

Been thinking about the huge amount of real estate I give my fairly inactive puffers... Each fish has a 65B all to itself! While these guys make a huge mess eating at times, they in no way need all this space. I could do 40B's and they would be fine. But that means more tanks which Im not sure I can get by the wife.

Anyway just a written update that both my puffs are doing well and are happy.

That is a really cool tank size! Your puffs are loving the life for sure. Plus less frequent water changes

 

[DMD123]

That is a really cool tank size! Your puffs are loving the life for sure. Plus less frequent water changes

True very easy maintenance. The 65B has a Aquaclear 110 to boot. A lot of filter for one tiny fish! On the one tank I also have an Eheim 2217 canister. I think one of these days Im going to pull it off the tank and sell it to get something else I can use.
New puff pic

 

[DMD123]

Been a while and I noticed a ton of pics dont show anymore because of what I was using no longer exists. So I am adding some updated pics, and I tried to fix some of the missing pics.