Dwarf Puffer Question

[BigBeginner]

sorry if this sint the right place to post this, i wasnt sure where to post it

My question is... dwarf puffers/figure8 puffers are brackish fish right? so that means i need salt in the water? not as much as a saltwater tank but i need some right?

and my other random question that has nothing to do with puffers, but i didnt wanna flood the boards by making a new post is.... whats wrong with blue gravel? i read that its horrible...

thanks for any help

 

[Dorkhedeos]

Dwarf puffers arent the same as figure 8. Dwarfs are freshwater and figure 8s are brackish. I think they like it around 1.005 or something like that. There is nothing wrong with blue gravel, it just doesnt look natural, and most people on this forum want to try to make their tank look as natural as possible.

 

[BigBeginner]

o ok, is there a big difference between dwarf and figure 8's? that i can tell by, cause the LFS have the same looking fish but they have diff names.

And thanks for the gravel info, i thought there was soemthign wrong with it

 

[connorsbala]

Dwarves are very small...like 0.5 inches. They may be marked up as Pygmy Puffers too and should be aroudn the £4.95 range. Fig 8sbhave an '8' on their backs. They should bwe around 5.95-9.95

 

[BigBeginner]

Dwarves are very small...like 0.5 inches. They may be marked up as Pygmy Puffers too and should be aroudn the £4.95 range. Fig 8sbhave an '8' on their backs. They should bwe around 5.95-9.95

o ok, what type of pattern do dwarfs have?

 

[Fella]

Have a look in the oddball forum for a thread on these fish.

 

[BigBeginner]

alright ill go look