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	Puffers and Flounders
JYJason Hobbyist Posts: 117 Kudos: 90 Votes: 1 Registered: 01-Aug-2005	I have a new 30 Gallon Tank (approximately 2'3'3') that I'm about to set up. I know I want a couple figure eight puffers and I want to know if I can mix them with freshwater flounders. Both the puffers and the flounder were raised in freshwater, but I plan to slowly increase the salt level of the tank as they grow up. Will this combination of oddballs mix well together?
Posted 16-Jun-2009 17:59
Gourami Mega Fish Posts: 1205 Kudos: 477 Votes: 1 Registered: 23-Apr-2002	I don;'t know if those fish will mix well together i have never ket them. But with the dimensions u gave us that would make your tank around 134 gallons.
Posted 16-Jun-2009 21:58
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JYJason Hobbyist Posts: 117 Kudos: 90 Votes: 1 Registered: 01-Aug-2005	haha I just googled the conversion for cubic feet to gallons... oops
Posted 16-Jun-2009 23:03
JYJason Hobbyist Posts: 117 Kudos: 90 Votes: 1 Registered: 01-Aug-2005	its 1'2'2'
Posted 16-Jun-2009 23:04
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	I don't see why this combination wouldn't work, as puffers seem to leave gobies alone enough. I've never heard of it tried before, so there is of course the other possibility that the puffers will start some trouble. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 17-Jun-2009 03:23
JYJason Hobbyist Posts: 117 Kudos: 90 Votes: 1 Registered: 01-Aug-2005	ok... if I can ever get my sand to settle down I'll try it and let you all know!
Posted 17-Jun-2009 05:41
JYJason Hobbyist Posts: 117 Kudos: 90 Votes: 1 Registered: 01-Aug-2005	After doing some more thinking I've decided not to risk it with the flounder. I think the puffers may be a little aggressive at the bottom of the tank and may mistake the flounder eyes for snails. However, I would still like a bottom dweller in the tank. Are knight gobys compatible with the figure eights??? From everything I've read they should be.
Posted 21-Jun-2009 21:51
Big E Fish Addict Posts: 606 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Feb-2001	I kept a knight goby with my figure 8 puffer...no problems. Cool fish, but mine hid a lot more than I would have liked it to. Now the figure 8 was the most popular fish I ever had. He had a tooth plate issue, and didn't pull through (he lost a tooth plate and starved). Have lots of pond snails on hand, crickets, and even cut up crab (shell on), shrimp, and muscles from the grocers will be taken greedily. Eric
Posted 08-Jul-2009 04:43


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