Dwarf Puffer Information-Tank Size

Kirk · Member Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 79 Location: Canada

Has anyone owned one? I believe they can live in realitively small tanks
(It would be living in a 29 gallon tank). Are these fish fun? I am wondering if they still inflate like their saltwater cousins. These fish arent brackish right (most freshwater puffers are but these arent). Do they have a long lifespan? I know, I know to many questions, sorry.

grnlemonade · Super Senior Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027

well, one thing (and probably one of the only things) i know about puffers is that it isnt very healthy and good for them when they puff out

M_wm · Senior Member Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 613

Yah thats true puffing out stresses them out usually, but sometimes they do it to apperently "practise" Dwarf puffers are agressive and 1 per 5 gallons in the rule with them. They are a species only fish to, dont keep them with anything other then dwarf puffers
Here is a fakha puffer owned by the minion from TFF. It puffed one morning when they turned the lights on and lucky they had a camera near by

3_second_memory · Member Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 351 Location: England

at work we keep african dwarf puffers in with tetra's. they are only about a cm long at most. God knows why they are there.

they're £15 each, so theyve been there a while.

Kirk · Member Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 79 Location: Canada

Yeah they are pretty cool looking fish. That picture is awesome! I would like to get a dwarf puffer and put it alone in a ten gallon tank. Do you guys think this would be a healthy eniviroment for it?

venom · Member Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 36

one in a 10g may not be the best idea. they only get to be 1" when full grown and can VERY easly get s**k up right inot the filter. If you have something like a sponge filter it would be ok and you could get around 5 dwarfs in a 10g

Kirk · Member Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 79 Location: Canada

Nice! Thanks!

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3437

As long as you have a strainer on your filter intake, a 1" fish isn't likely to get s**k in. I've had african cichlid fry as small as 1/4" in my 20 gallon with 2 HOB filters, neither of which has a pre-filter, and I've never had a fry get s**k up.

-Chelle

M_wm · Senior Member Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 613

venom · Member Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 36

2? no. you could get 2 in a 5g. i would know a lil better. i have been on a dwarf pufferfish site for a while now and i think i know what im talking about.

i would know a thing or two b/c right now i own 2 fahaka puffers.

grnlemonade · Super Senior Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027

do you venom? how big are the fahakas right now and what size tank? i have always loved the way those fish looked....how easy to care for are they?

venom · Member Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 36

they are very very aggressive first off. my fahakas are 8". one in a 75g and the other in a different 75g. when they are full grown they will need their own 125g tank. so ill need two but i already have everything i need.

Kirk · Member Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 79 Location: Canada

What is this fish your talking about?

grnlemonade · Super Senior Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027

what, a fahaka puffer?

M_wm · Senior Member Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 613

Try to in a 5g it might work, but dont be surprised if one dies

venom · Member Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 36

they are very very aggressive first off. my fahakas are 8". one in a 75g and the other in a different 75g. when they are full grown they will need their own 125g tank. so ill need two but i already have everything i need.

this is about the fahaka puffer. i was answering grns question.

You could get around 5 dwarfs in a 10g with a lot of hiding places. If you have the hiding places they won't die from each other.

jason · Member Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 32

every time I get one they get covered in a white fuzzy stuff and in like in 5 hours they are dead