Red1313

Do they do well by themselves or are they better in groups? I haven't been able to find a straight anser about that.

dking271

A lot depends on the specfic fish. They are quite content on their own, however, if you choose to place a few together do not put more than one male. The standard 1 male with 2 females in at least a 10 gallon tank seems to work for most people.

Chief_waterchanger

In our experience they tend to better solitary. While they stay small they tend to be very aggressive and are notorious fin-nippers, in our experience.

angelfish220

You could keep more than 1, just make sure the tank is MAJOR planted to keep the territories. I find it would be best for 1 though, that way you KNOW they cant kill anything.

Red1313

Ok thanks everyone.

platy ben

Definitly one, do not try any more because its likely you'll have fighting

sirdarksol

Everything I have read has said that, unless you have a large, heavily planted tank, having multiple dwarf puffers is asking for major trouble.
To give you an idea of just how difficult keeping multiples is: Even the local Petsmarts only keep one dwarf puffer (nothing else) in the dwarf puffer tank. These are places that will keep fin-nippers with guppies and angels and will cram a dozen or so young oscars into a single tank.

Chief_waterchanger

Heh.. Even the pet stores know that if your product kills your other product(s) then you lose income. That's oddly humerous, Darksol. Thanks for posting

Red1313

Hmmm... that is very good to know.