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- Can you put 2 puffer fish together?
- Can you keep leopard puffers together?
- Can two Fahaka puffers live together?
- Can Green spotted puffers live together?
- Can you keep 2 figure 8 puffers together?
- Can you keep puffer fish with other fish?
- What fish can go with leopard puffer?
- Can Figure 8 puffers live with other fish?
- Can a Fahaka Puffer have tank mates?
- Are Fahaka Puffer aggressive?
- How long does it take for a Fahaka Puffer to grow?
- How long does it take for a green spotted puffer to reach full size?
- Why is my green spotted puffer turning black?
Can you put 2 puffer fish together?
As a territorial family, Puffers require space to call their own. Introducing more than one Puffer into a tank, especially a tank that is too small, is asking for problems. If two Puffers cannot establish clear territories, they will often fight. ... So, as solitary fish that need space, Puffers do not need tankmates.
Can you keep leopard puffers together?
Shrimp, snails, and crabs are all regarded as a food source and will be eaten by the puffer, so, unfortunately, don't make suitable tankmates. You can keep Leopard puffers in a community setting with others of the same species or with large, non-aggressive fish.
Can two Fahaka puffers live together?
There's no way they can guarantee a male and female Fahaka. There's no visual sexual differences between them and even then if you got a male and female it wouldn't make one bit of difference, they could still tear each other apart. A 15 gallon tank for 3-4 months is very tiny as well.
Can Green spotted puffers live together?
The green spotted puffer is a highly aggressive fish that may attack and kill any other fish or critter in the tank. Many puffer keepers feel they should not be kept with any other fish species or even other puffers. It is usually wise to keep a GSP alone in a single-specimen tank.
Can you keep 2 figure 8 puffers together?
Most will get along with conspecifics and other smaller brackish tankmates, such as gobies and small species of mollies (I've seen figure 8 puffers bullied by sailfin mollies). If keeping multiple figure 8 puffers together, it would be best to start them out together as juveniles and let them grow up together.
Can you keep puffer fish with other fish?
Some species, like Dwarf, Redeye and Golden Puffers, can be kept together or with other fast-moving fish like danios. Others, such as Mekong, Nile and Mbu Puffers, must be kept solitary. For the most part, freshwater puffers should be considered species tank fish.
What fish can go with leopard puffer?
Some other possible tank mates could be mollies, scats, monos, archerfish, and bumblebee gobies. However, it is not uncommon for a puffer to get along with one of these tank mates for many months and then as soon as a sign of weakness shows or space becomes crowded, the puffer will eat the other fish.
Can Figure 8 puffers live with other fish?
Ideally, figure 8 puffers should be kept alone or in a large aquarium with only a few other fish that thrive in the same partial-salinity habitat. Owners who have kept them in brackish water find that bumblebee gobies, knight gobies, and mollies are suitable companions.
Can a Fahaka Puffer have tank mates?
Fahaka Puffer fish are seriously aggressive towards one another as well as their tank mates. Breeding them is very rare and has only occurred in captivity where several Puffers were raied together to adulthood in extremely large tanks.
Are Fahaka Puffer aggressive?
Fahaka Puffer fish can be incredibly aggressive and intolerant of other fish in the aquarium. It may go after and attack any fish that it sees. In many cases, they will not even tolerate members of their own species.
How long does it take for a Fahaka Puffer to grow?
The growth rate of Fahaka
You should expect your Fahaka to grow at least 2.5 cm (1 inch) every four weeks for the first 10 months of it's life, with the remainder of it's growth being achieved in the following 12 months.
How long does it take for a green spotted puffer to reach full size?
Re: How long do GSPs take to mature? To get to and above 6" (full size ~6 1/2 "), at least 2+ - 3 years, maybe longer. But to reach maturity, only about a year and half, maybe less.
Why is my green spotted puffer turning black?
Sometimes puffers will change colors depending on their mood or if they are sleeping.. However it can also be an indication that your puffer is ill, stressed, or living in poor tank conditions. It can also be a combination of these problems.
