My Puffers

2 brackish water Puffers in a 20 gallon tank. One Green Spotted (Leopard) Puffer, and one Figure Eight Puffer. Also, a Tire Track Eel lives with them.

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Pets & Animals

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• puffer
• green
• spotted
• figure
• eight
• aquarium
• fish
• tank

[FishMan329]

will they die in freshwater? laso is it much harder to keep brackish compared to fresh? please reply

[eraserhead187]

@FishMan329 Tire Track eels do NOT need to be kept in brackish water. They will live and thrive in a fully freshwater environment.  I have had this eel for almost 6 years and he has never been sick, never had anything wrong with him, and eats like a hoss! :)

[Sentinel138]

Tire Track Eels should not be kept in brackish you are killing its life span by a bunch of years.

[eraserhead187]

That was like 2 years ago, and he's doing great. It didn't really have much salt in it. Within acceptable levels for the eel.

[eraserhead187]

@Sentinel138 WRONG. Do a little research. They thrive in freshwater or slightly brackish water. They will not do well in a fully brackish environment.

[Bogmire11]

I have one puffer, but should I probibally have more??

[eraserhead187]

Yeah, depending on your tank size. If you have under like 30 gallons, one or two is probably okay. They like to ahve company though.

[clickity333]

i hav a freshwater aquarium with an angelfish 2 silver dollars 1 neon tetra( i know u r supposed to keep them with others) 2 platies 1 of them is a baby the mother died 2 zebra danios 2 rainbows and 2 corys you can check out my aquarium on youtube its called 45 gallon freshwater community aquarium

[bananatree94]

nice fish by the way and good luck i had to learn the hard way too i had a spotted and figure eight in my 70 gallon salt water tank and my spotted puffer killed my figure eight and they were even introduced at the same time

[jamie2047]

i mange to keep figure8's with many diffrent fish in community tank fish like parrot cichlids, tetras, gobies, kribensis, kulli loach,and many more