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	Congo Puffer Tankmates?
dannyboy Hobbyist Posts: 68 Kudos: 126 Votes: 18 Registered: 26-May-2004	Can congos live with anything? If so, ]:\|WHAT]:\|
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
pufferpunk Big Fish Posts: 462 Kudos: 395 Votes: 0 Registered: 21-Feb-2003	They seem to leave alone giant apple snails. That's it! Anything else will be considered pufferfood.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
dannyboy Hobbyist Posts: 68 Kudos: 126 Votes: 18 Registered: 26-May-2004	Can they live with other congos?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
pufferpunk Big Fish Posts: 462 Kudos: 395 Votes: 0 Registered: 21-Feb-2003	I wouldn't risk it.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
fishnewbie Big Fish Posts: 349 Kudos: 619 Votes: 319 Registered: 01-Apr-2004	lol some species of congo puffers are sometimes called "swimming turds" because they are so ugly. Thats probably not what you have though. You probably have the spotted looking one. nice name by the way.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
pufferpunk Big Fish Posts: 462 Kudos: 395 Votes: 0 Registered: 21-Feb-2003	What makes you say that? The brown morph Congo puffer (T muirus) doeslook like a floating turd. The spotted Congo puffer (T schoutedeni) hasn't been available in the aquarium trade in over 20 years. My T muirus is actually a beautiful red morph.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
fishnewbie Big Fish Posts: 349 Kudos: 619 Votes: 319 Registered: 01-Apr-2004	yeah whatever a searched on google and found this website and in the description it said it looks like a floating turd. man its ugly lol. http://www.pufferfish.co.uk/aquaria/species/pufferfish/types/tetrmiur.htm is that what urs looks like?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
pufferpunk Big Fish Posts: 462 Kudos: 395 Votes: 0 Registered: 21-Feb-2003	Yup, but she's a beautiful deep red. I think she's very pretty in a odd way.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
dannyboy Hobbyist Posts: 68 Kudos: 126 Votes: 18 Registered: 26-May-2004	Sorry about no replies guys. I was on a cruise. And yes fish newbie mine does look like that. Do you have a problem with him/her (I don't know what it is yet).
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
pufferpunk Big Fish Posts: 462 Kudos: 395 Votes: 0 Registered: 21-Feb-2003	Not a one. It only took about 2 weeks to get it to eat dead foods. She's grown 3x her origional 1" size. (There's really no way to tell their sex, it's just I have so many I call "he" already.) Are you having problems w/yours? [span class="edited"][Edited by pufferpunk 2004-08-07 18:32][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
dannyboy Hobbyist Posts: 68 Kudos: 126 Votes: 18 Registered: 26-May-2004	Sorry Pufferpunk, I lied. I don't actually have it yet. I'm getting the tank ready as i type so i hope to have her (I'll just call it a her) in a week. I'm just so Excited about getting her that i am imagining that i already have her.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
pufferpunk Big Fish Posts: 462 Kudos: 395 Votes: 0 Registered: 21-Feb-2003	Make sure you cycle the tank before you get the puffer. Do you know how to do that?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
dannyboy Hobbyist Posts: 68 Kudos: 126 Votes: 18 Registered: 26-May-2004	The tank is cycled.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21


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