What fish can live with freshwater puffer 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 is the most peaceful freshwater puffer fish?

Probably the most widely traded freshwater pufferfish is the South American puffer, Colomesus asellus. Given around 18 to 25 gallons each, multiple South American puffers can be maintained together without problems, and in the wild, they are known to form large schools.

What fish can be kept with puffers?

Pea Puffers should not be housed with other larger fish that will potentially harm or eat them. Some tank mates to consider for your Pea Puffers are Neon Tetras, Kuhli Loaches, some Danios, and adult Cherry Shrimp.

Can Green spotted puffers live with African cichlids?

Green spotted puffers, aka gsp, t. nigroviridis, are brackish puffers that need full marine conditions as adults and would not be able to live in a fw environment with cichlids.

What fish can you put with cichlids?

What Kind of Fish Can You Put with Cichlids?

Cichlids	Types of Fish You can put in Tank with Cichlid
African Cichlid	Rafael Catfish, Plecos, Synodontis catfish and Larger Rainbowfish.
Dwarf Cichlids (Including South American Cichlids and Checkerboard)	Compatible with most fish species, including Tetra,

Do dwarf puffers like current?

Puffer Fish in general are relatively poor swimmers and Pea Puffers are too tiny to fight even moderate water flow. Current should be gentle to non-existent to keep them comfortable.

Can mollies live with African cichlids?

Molly and cichlids can live together. However, you need to consider that there are more than 1000 species of cichlids and display quite different personalities. Therefore, mollies are compatible with specific species of cichlids.

Can you put 2 puffer fish together?

Often, multiples of the two species can be kept together as well. As a reminder, for this to work well, the tank must be well decorated, with plenty of hiding places and lots of space. For these larger Puffers, they need at least 30 gallons per Puffer.

Do freshwater puffer fish puff up?

This guide will focus on freshwater puffer fish. They are well known for their ability to puff themselves up with water as a defense mechanism. Once they inflate, their spine protrudes from their body preventing them from being eaten.

How much is a pufferfish?

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Blue Spot Toby Pufferfish Canthigaster solandri From $59.99	Dogface Pufferfish Arothron nigropunctatus From $99.99
Spiny Box Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii From $49.99	Starry Pufferfish Arothron stellatus From $149.99

Can puffer fish live with clownfish?

would be OK probably, but most of the others would be far too big. I did have a green spotted puffer and it would fit fine, but you have to acclimate them to saltwater over a matter of months. They also can be quite aggressive, though mine was the live-and-let-live type.