What can I put in with apple snails then?

"Nikki Casali" replied to Donegal Paul who was responding to "luminos" who
wrote

Puffers should ONLY be in a species tank ... none others. They are
aggressive, period.




what do you mean by a species tank?

A tank dedicated to a specific species?

Thats what i was leaning towards thinking and yet all the information i can
find states that you dont NEED to do this, ie if youre careful what you
house them with?


I hear that Colomesus Asellus are less aggressive than other types of
puffers. They are also freshwater.

http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/puf-asel.htm

Thats the boyo i was looking at, or possibly one of the spotted pufferfish.


Just don't put them in with angelfish as their long fins won't last long.

Yep, had sussed out the "long fins attract puffer nips" bit :-)

I am planning to put him in a 190 litre trigon (corner) tank when we get it.
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Donegal Paul wrote:
"Nikki Casali" replied to Donegal Paul who was responding to "luminos" who
wrote


Puffers should ONLY be in a species tank ... none others. They are
aggressive, period.




what do you mean by a species tank?

A tank dedicated to a specific species?


Thats what i was leaning towards thinking and yet all the information i can
find states that you dont NEED to do this, ie if youre careful what you
house them with?


I hear that Colomesus Asellus are less aggressive than other types of
puffers. They are also freshwater.

http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/puf-asel.htm


Thats the boyo i was looking at, or possibly one of the spotted pufferfish.


The colomesus are just too damn cute. I was going to get a couple from
my LFS, but the whole lot died of white spot before I could even
purchase them!


Just don't put them in with angelfish as their long fins won't last long.


Yep, had sussed out the "long fins attract puffer nips" bit :-)

I am planning to put him in a 190 litre trigon (corner) tank when we get it.

All on his own?

Nikki

"Nikki Casali" replied to Donegal Paul
Thats the boyo i was looking at, or possibly one of the spotted
pufferfish.


The colomesus are just too damn cute. I was going to get a couple from my
LFS, but the whole lot died of white spot before I could even purchase
them!


Just don't put them in with angelfish as their long fins won't last long.


Yep, had sussed out the "long fins attract puffer nips" bit :-)

I am planning to put him in a 190 litre trigon (corner) tank when we get
it.

All on his own?

Not sure yet, not done enough research into whether i could get away with a
pair or more and not yet decided whatelse we might put in the-)
--
Donegal Paul
Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
Vespa T5 Millenium - Wifey's (technically)
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.a4c.co.uk - What are YOU doing?
www.ailishandcharlie.co.uk

Donegal Paul wrote:

"Nikki Casali" replied to Donegal Paul

Thats the boyo i was looking at, or possibly one of the spotted
pufferfish.


The colomesus are just too damn cute. I was going to get a couple from my
LFS, but the whole lot died of white spot before I could even purchase
them!


Just don't put them in with angelfish as their long fins won't last long.


Yep, had sussed out the "long fins attract puffer nips" bit :-)

I am planning to put him in a 190 litre trigon (corner) tank when we get
it.

All on his own?


Not sure yet, not done enough research into whether i could get away with a
pair or more and not yet decided whatelse we might put in the-)

You can have a whole tank full of colomesus asellus. That said, they
turn predatory at around 5 years and annihilate anything in sight.