FishProfiles.com Message Forums

I was looking at a couple of these guys for my 75 wich had baby ciclids in it along with some dainos and a leporinus. I already keep salt in the aquarium, a tbsp per 5 gallons, and i know that isnt considerd brackish water but is it enough salt for them? Also do you think they would fight with my other fish? And also what do they eat?

bullseye? Not familiar with that common name, but that's not unusual. Could you go to http://www.pufferlist.net and see if it looks like any of the puffers there? If it does, that can help us in giving advice to keep them. Also, depending on what it is, it may not need any salt in the water.

As for friendly, I don't really consider any puffer friendly, at least not to other fish.

Last edited by puffer_archer at 19-Apr-2005 19:57

Colomesus asellus, thats what it looks like to me

Well, I don't know if you read the info there or not, but it's good helpful info. They do not need any salt in their water, they are purely freshwater fish. They tend to be less aggressive than some of the other puffers, but they can and will still nip at fins and stuff. They also have the fastest tooth growth of any puffers available, so they need a daily diet of crunchy foods, like snails, to keep their teeth in check, and even then they often still need to have their teeth trimmed every 4-6 months.

What kind of cichlids do you have in the tank? Also, I'm not sure how the puffers would get along with the leporinus, I don't have any experience with them.

Are you sure its not one of teh target group? they got the name from the target (bullseye) on them.

I dont know are they brackish?

They are freshwater.

Kim

...and mean.