dodgers948

Has anyone had any success with a green spotted puffer in a community tank? In my tank, I have White Mollies, Swordtails, Pictus Catfish. Do you think the puffer would do ok with these fish? Thanks for your help!

Amanda

I wouldn't think so.
Plus they're a brackish fish, while the others are not.

dodgers948

What does brackish mean? (sorry im new to this fish thing

pinkfloydpuffer

Nope, bad idea.... I had GSPs with mollies, one ended up as lunch...
Plus GSPs can only tolerate FW for a short amount of time.

pinkfloydpuffer

Brackish is a combination of saltwater and freshwater.

Amanda

Brackish water means that there is marine salt present in the water.

dodgers948

Ok so I will probably get a 10 gallon tank and make it brackish will all puffers. Is it ok to put puffers together? And how many for 10 gallons?

Amanda

The only puffers you could have in a 10 gal. are dwarf puffs, and they are FW.
GSP puffers need at least 30 gal. a piece.

pinkfloydpuffer

Sorry to have to tell you this, but the minimum requirement for one GSP is 30 gallons... they get much too large for a 10g.

dodgers948

Wow so they aren't as easy as I thought! Haha. Would I be able to put a dwarf puffer in my original tank that I was talking about?

pinkfloydpuffer

Puffers are definitely not a 'beginner fish'
I wouldn't put them with anything besides otos, really. They're pretty mean little fin-nippers.

dodgers948

Ok thanks for a the help. I have my sister who is a very experienced fish keeper, so tell me if all of this would work. I get a 10 gallon tank, fill it with fresh water, put in 1 dwarf puffer and it should be fine?

pinkfloydpuffer

Yep You could even get 2 dwarf puffers in the 10g.

dodgers948

Awesome. What do you recommend feeding them?

pinkfloydpuffer

Lotsa pond snails, frozen bloodworms, frozen brineshrimp... they can be picky at times, but usually they'll eat at least 2 of those foods.

dodgers948

Thank you so much for your help! I will definitely give you 5 stars reputation!