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10-07-2003, 01:28 AM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Oct 2003
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|  New Brackish Tank This is my first post here!!! So yea, I just cycled my first brackish tank (10 gal), and have two questions. I want to get a puffer or maybe 2 (its a small tank). Im wondering what puffers are better for smaller tank, figure 8's or green spotted? I will eventually upgrade to a bigger tank, but who knows when. My other question is, is there any type of bottom feeder/algea eater that does well in brackish tanks? thanks alot.. |
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10-07-2003, 09:37 AM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Aag Town
Posts: 154
| u can keep a figure 8 or green spotted puffer in 10 gallon for the 1st year so till it reaches 2 in or 3 inches b/c they grow pretty slow than after that you'll need a bigger tank b/c they'll start growing fast as for alge eater not sure which does well in brackish maybe someone else have better knowledge on that field can reply
__________________ 28 gal bowl front the red eyed puffers all died.....had a nasty ammonia spike when left for vacation the 2 loaches survive..... 20 gallon 1 green spotted puffer 10 gallon 3 dwarf puffer 1 oto and couple of snails 10 gallon quarantine tank |
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10-07-2003, 10:59 AM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta
Posts: 331
| I think as far as algae eaters go there's not much to choose from. Mostly you just get Brown (rusty coloured) algae in Brackish tanks, which if I remember correctly, no fish really like to eat. But it generally comes off with a sponge on a stick or some other cleaning tool, so just wipe down the glass when you do your water changes.
__________________ 5gal : Planted and cycling. 10gal : 2 Harlequin Rasbora's, 3 White Cloud Minnows, 1 Common Pleco, 2 Fathead Minnows, assorted plants 34gal : 6 Black Skirt Tetra's, 4 Tiger Barbs(3 Albino), 4 Red-tailed Green Cory's, 3 Silver Mollies, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 1 Bumblebee Catfish, 1 Crayfish, assorted plants 77gal : Brackish tank, 3 Colombian Sharks, 5 Knight Gobies, 2 Archerfish |
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10-07-2003, 02:05 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Greenville, Texas
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| I'm planning on putting one green spotted puffer in my ten. He'll be the only fish, so he should be good in there 'till schools out and I go home. You can keep a couple dwarfs in a 10 since the only get ~1".
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10-07-2003, 10:00 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Oct 2003
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| Yea, I wanted to get one that gets a little bigger, thats why im not gettin a dwarf. I have a 20 gallon freshwater tank that Im gonna upgrade to a 45ish sometime within the next year or so, so Ill be moving the puffers to there... How would two figure 8s do in a 10 for a year or so, than moved into a 20? thanks again! |
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10-07-2003, 10:15 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Florida
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| i would only keep one puffer, i have 2 puffers in a 20gal that i had to divide cause they beat up on each other, puffers are very agressive, id get one puffer
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10-09-2003, 04:55 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rhode island
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| ya a 20G is good for 2 puffer im moving my puffer in today into a 10G by it self
__________________ beaver....... 5G-plants etc 10G-2 guppies,snails,1 pleco,ze clams 20G-brackish 3 Dwarf Puffer's 60G-blue jack dempsey (all alone for now!) |
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10-10-2003, 12:15 AM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Aag Town
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| figure 8 play nicer than green spotted but i wouldn't get even 1 in a 10 gal imo...they'll out grow that tank very fast considering both gets to be like 6 inches each....but if your planning on getting a bigger tank in a yr or so than 1 puffer would be okay...as regards to which puffer personally i like better is the green spotted but loses its coloration as its gets older while figure 8 still retains theirs....remember there is some fresh water puffers that can be kept in a that small of a tank..dwarf puffers which is only 1 inch max or the true red eyed puffers which is 2 inches max
__________________ 28 gal bowl front the red eyed puffers all died.....had a nasty ammonia spike when left for vacation the 2 loaches survive..... 20 gallon 1 green spotted puffer 10 gallon 3 dwarf puffer 1 oto and couple of snails 10 gallon quarantine tank |
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