Puffer question

customguy79 · 01/23/2015, 01:13 PM

I have a 6 inch yellow belly dog face and a 300g tank. I was curious since most say they are more peaceful than most predators what would the chance be of adding a same size blue spotted (guineafowl) at the same time to my 300 without incident?

moriarty · 01/24/2015, 05:05 PM

It would come down to the individual fish, but Arothron meleagris is one of the least likely species to play nice with other puffers, especially when they are of similar shape. What makes attempting to mix them especially problematic, is that they have the ability/dentition to do some serious damage to one another before you could intervene. I'm sure there are some examples out there of these two being kept together successfully, but they would be the exception. It's still a gamble, but IMO, you would have much better odds keeping an Arothron puffer with a Diodon spp, versus 2 Arothron, given a nice roomy tank like yours

customguy79 · 01/26/2015, 09:32 AM

ok thanks for the help ill stick with a single one

dom418 · 01/26/2015, 07:21 PM

Yeah I would not risk it.

01/23/2015, 01:13 PM	#1
customguy79 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Phoenix Posts: 67	Puffer question I have a 6 inch yellow belly dog face and a 300g tank. I was curious since most say they are more peaceful than most predators what would the chance be of adding a same size blue spotted (guineafowl) at the same time to my 300 without incident? __________________ You can only build it once so do it right the first time. 120g DT full reef sps,lps, inverts, etc blah blah blah. Currently planning predator tank Current Tank Info: 120g full blown sps lps reef

01/26/2015, 09:32 AM	#3
customguy79 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Phoenix Posts: 67	ok thanks for the help ill stick with a single one __________________ You can only build it once so do it right the first time. 120g DT full reef sps,lps, inverts, etc blah blah blah. Currently planning predator tank Current Tank Info: 120g full blown sps lps reef

01/24/2015, 05:05 PM	#2
moriarty Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 521	It would come down to the individual fish, but Arothron meleagris is one of the least likely species to play nice with other puffers, especially when they are of similar shape. What makes attempting to mix them especially problematic, is that they have the ability/dentition to do some serious damage to one another before you could intervene. I'm sure there are some examples out there of these two being kept together successfully, but they would be the exception. It's still a gamble, but IMO, you would have much better odds keeping an Arothron puffer with a Diodon spp, versus 2 Arothron, given a nice roomy tank like yours

01/26/2015, 07:21 PM	#4
dom418 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Algonquin, IL Posts: 257	Yeah I would not risk it.