puffergeek

I was wondering what fish I could keep with a nile puffer. I'm getting a 75 gallon tank and I would like to put a spiny eel or mabye a few prehistoric dragon gobies in with a nile puffer. I know that nile puffers will eat anything small enough to fit into their mouths and that they can be aggresive towards other fish. But because a eel doesn't look like a fish to the puffer, would the puffer just leave the eel alone?

mommybaby295

i thought puffers were toxic and should be species only?

Nick Goody

Hi Puffergeek, Welcome to Fishlore! I'm afraid I don't know anything about Puffers, but we have a lot of members on here who keep them or are familiar with them. I'm sure someone will be along soon who can help!

Lucy

Hi puffergeek welcome to FishLore
I don't know anything about Nile Puffers but a quick search indicates they are aggressive, grow very large and are best kept alone in a huge tank.
Tetraodon lineatus
Nile Puffer

aquarist48

Hello PufferGeek and Welcome to Fish Lore!
Ken

pinkfloydpuffer

Hi, welcome to Fishlore.
I would not ever keep anything with a Nile puffer. They are extremely aggressive, and will try to kill anything that moves. But they make such wonderful pets

aquarist48

Great advice from Pink. Hello Pink! I was hoping you'd respond here.
Ken

puffergeek

OK, thanks. I guess I will just get the puffer and wait to get the eel some other time :-(