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manborg  Hobbyist Posts: 142 Kudos: 125 Votes: 16 Registered: 04-Apr-2005   | I currently have a 6 gallon eclipse tank with some swordtail fry in it as well as over 100 snails!!! The snails just keep multiplying... Anyhow, when the swords are large enough for me to give away, will that tank be big enough to throw a dwarf puffer or two in there? I am thinking that may be a nice remedy for the snail population...and I love puffers... |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51 |     |
| tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005  | r the snails small enuf to fit in their mouth??? check this out http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/dwarfpuffer.xm u can most certainly put 3-4 in the tank..just provide plants so that they dont see much of each other... |
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| manborg Hobbyist Posts: 142 Kudos: 125 Votes: 16 Registered: 04-Apr-2005 | Thanks Tankie, There are hundreds of tiny baby mystery snails and then there are some larger/older ones. If they can control the population that would make me happy... |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51 | |
djtj  Fish Master Posts: 1764 Kudos: 885 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Feb-2003 | Between 2 - 4 depending on the personality of the fish. The rule of thumb is 3 gallons per fish, but if the fish are on the docile side, you can bend the rules a bit. The only thing I'm worried about is if the puffers will over eat. If there are so many snails that the puffers are eating 24/7, then you'll run into problems. |
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