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What type of freshwater or brackish water puffer can you put in a 10 gallon aquarium if the only type of fish in the aquarium is the puffer?
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∙ 13y ago
Good choices would be a pea puffer, spotted puffer, or a figure 8 puffer
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Do puffer fish live in salt water?
Yes, Saltwater Puffer fish can grow very large and can easily be identified. There are many types of puffers and their habitats are very diverse as well as their availibility to you local petstores.
What is the smallest saltwater puffer fish for an aquarium?
Most people consider a puffer to only be one of the Arothrons, or a porcupine puffer which all get big and need at least a 125g aquarium, however Most Toby puffers can live comfortably in a 50g aquarium.
What types of pufferfish are salltwater?
The short answer is all of them. The one you see for sale in aquarium store should be in brackish water, which is a mixture of ocean and fresh water. More like marsh water. If you see them in "Pet$mart" remind them that that puffer fish need to be in brackish water and not the same water that all the other fish are swimming in at the store. As far as I know, there is no variety of classic puffer fish that lives in pure fresh water.
Are puffer fish in the zoo?
Some zoos have puffer fish in their aquarium exhibits. The Bristol Zoo and Brevard Zoo are among the zoos with puffer fish.
Your puffer freshwater fish is floating and looks like it is in pain what can you do?
why is freshwater floating like its in pain
Can I keep a dwarf puffer in a 10 gallon aquarium?
The trouble with puffer fish is that they are terrible fin nippers and will rip chunks off almost any species. One may survive for a while in a tiny 10 gal tank but the smallest tank I would consider keeping one in would have to be over 100 gallons.Actually 1 dwarf puffer can go in a 2.5 gallon tank, I have 7 dwarf puffers in a 37 Gallon tank, but i probably could have about 15 in there (maybe)
Is a puffer fish a freshwater fish?
There are different types on puffers. Some live in freshwater and some in saltwater. If you could please elaborate on which kind of puffer fish it would appreciated..... you asshat
Why can't aquarium salt be used for a puffer fish to make brackish water What is the difference between aquarium salt and marine salt What happens if aquarium salt is used instead of marine salt?
Aquarium salt is manufactured for different reasons than making your aquarium the perfect environment for salt water fishes. You may use it in an emergency, but long term is harmful to your fish. Marine salts contain the necessary salts and minerals that fish need are the best salt to use.
Can a puffer fish live in freshwater?
Yes, there are some types of puffers that live in freshwater but they are not compatible with many fish. what kinds?
Where do puffer fish come from?
There are many species of puffer fish. All species live in the water most live in saltwater though there are some species that are brackish and can live in fresh water as well.
Can puffer fish live in salt and freshwater?
yes. But they prefer salt water
Can you name types of freshwater fish?
um ok here are lots of freshwater fish: Australian rainbow fish, turquoise rainbow fish, black moor goldfish, blue oranda goldfish, chocolate oranda goldfish, koi angelfish, orange sunshine guppy & red cobra delta guppy um hope thers enough there to keep you going!! :)
