nativelover Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 hi i have just brought a new tank and have an algae eater will he be fine with freshwater dwarf puffers? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscnz Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 I had otto cats with mine the algea eaters can spook the puffers as they move too quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativelover Posted September 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 cool thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 what ever you do, dont put a japanese in with it............................................. :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 what ever you do, dont put a japanese in with it............................................. :evil: What's a Japanese? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Fugu I believe. Joke about how the Japanese eat puffer fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuppence7 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 yikes i wouldnt put anything in with a puffer i heard they are nasty and shread all other fishes to pieces - re: above joke funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 small danios? fast moving small schooling fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 small danios? fast moving small schooling fish. Oohhh.. Probably not such a good idea. I've had a fig. 8 puffer before and he was VICIOUS. He used to bite the tails OFF my bichirs so he had to go lol. Their tails did grow back after a little while, poor guys. So yeah, don't put any fish with a puffer unless it's too big to eat/ has a tail which cannot be bitten off/ can move really quickly. I think schooling fish are a bad idea because all the puffer needs to do is swim into the school with an open mouth - he's bound to get something! Ideally, puffers should be kept alone, methinks.. (I know, it's not as cool..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 They will be fine, i kept everything from small ancistrus to tetras and guppy's and never lost a fish. Not to mention the small volume tank and the group of puffers i had, you may not have the same experience but from keeping them i found they whee far to slow to do any real damage and the only aggression witnessed was between males (never resulted in injury) and during feeding as with all fish a simple hierarchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Oohhh.. Probably not such a good idea. I've had a fig. 8 puffer before and he was VICIOUS. He used to bite the tails OFF my bichirs so he had to go lol. Their tails did grow back after a little while, poor guys. So yeah, don't put any fish with a puffer unless it's too big to eat/ has a tail which cannot be bitten off/ can move really quickly. I think schooling fish are a bad idea because all the puffer needs to do is swim into the school with an open mouth - he's bound to get something! Ideally, puffers should be kept alone, methinks.. (I know, it's not as cool..) bichirs are very different to danios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 bichirs are very different to danios. I think the reference was in regard to there outgoing confidence, anything that doesn't move will be bitten regardless of size, the dwarf's seemed extremely inquisitive. But yes there is a big difference between the size of a figure 8 and a dwarf and could imagine a figure 8 eating a danio but not a dwarf. I never found fast moving fish to be of an issue unless the tank was under fed where the faster fish got all the food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 I think the reference was in regard to there outgoing confidence, anything that doesn't move will be bitten regardless of size, the dwarf's seemed extremely inquisitive. Haha, thanks rabbit, that was what I meant. I was pretty surprised that the puffer was brave enough to take on the bichirs.. Probably the equivalent of a ten year old punching David tua lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Oh, something else that came to mind.. I hope you've already heard that you can't use a net to transport puffers, it's better to use a container so that the puffer is not taken out of the water. I've read of cases when puffers were transported with nets, got stressed and gulped air. If the air is not expelled the puffer eventually dies. Just in case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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