zebra pleco with an amazon puffer fish?

kiril · Post by **kiril** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:55 pm

do you think that would be a good combination? i really want zebra plecos and some puffer fish, but i dont know if they would be good together in the same tank

Post by **Barbie** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:21 pm

It would be a bad idea. Puffers tend to exist on fins and occasionally eyeballs when kept with other fish. That's an awfully expensive experiment

. They have those sharp teeth for a reason. It's really hard to make them understand they should only eat the cheap stuff!

Barbie

husky_jim · Post by **husky_jim** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:38 am

I also agree with Barbie on this.Even the fact that Amazon Puffers (Collomesus Asellus) are infact one of the most peacefull puffer spiece they are also fin nippers setting zebreas in danger.
Mind also the care that a puffer needs, and i mean a continius supply of snails in order to trim their sharp tooth naturaly because if it grows big it needs then trimming by hand which is a difficult procedure to do.Else the puffer stops eating from the huge tooth then starve and soon die....

Mindy · Post by **Mindy** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:03 am

Don't do it. Puffers, great fish though they are, really should only be kept in a species tank.