Puffer Fish

[silent innocence]

My friend is wondering if u can put a puffer in with ur betta? and i obviously have no clue... but im assuming it probli isnt a good idea to have to puffy like fish together....And is the puffer more work... right now he has a tank with no filteration... n all he does is add water when it evaporates.... i have no idea how the fish stays alive... but he is alive n well and really active. If her were to get a puffer.... and if it was able to work would he have to get a filter... and do regular water changes

 

[Amunet]

From wht I understand puffers are very aggressive fish and would probably tear up a bettas fins.
I'm not too sure about what else you said though.
Your friend is lucky if his puffer hasn't had anything wrong with it if he's only just adding water from when it evaporates. If there is no filtration, there should be daily water changes.

 

[Tessla]

Putting anything else in with puffers is a big no-no, a betta especially would get its fins shredded at best. The setup he has running currently isn't even really suitable for a betta, they at least need some regular water changes (though they can be very hardy, life span will be shortened by quite a bit.) If your friend wants puffers, he's going to have to set up a tank just for them with heating, filtration and very regular water changes in addition to special foods... possibly even a brackish tank depending on the type of puffer.

What size tank does your friend have? If it's larger than 5 gallons and assuming it got set up with a filter etc. it could house a few other fish. Pygmy corys or otos spring to mind.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

i think the puffer will die before the betta

 

[1ncubu5]

puffers have big mouths and proper teeth...it would be carnage

 

[blue_betta]

i saw a betta in a tank with a few juvenile puffers, the betta had no fins.... enough said realy

 

[zoekin8yg]

I think a puffer and a betta is probably more carnage than 2 bettas!

 

[Wisperian]

My 2 DWARF puffers ripped apart a cichlid at the lfs I got them at when I bought them. You do the math. A betta is so much smaller than them and possibly even less agressive.

 

[willtang3000]

dwarf puffers were meant to crush snail shells and if you think about it a long flowing fin betta is probably a lot more fragile hope this helps

 

[dwarfgourami]

Dwarf puffers= renowned for their fin-nipping. Bettas= renowned for their fins. Nuff said.

 

[fiki]

First fish tank ever - like a billion years ago... dwarf in a community tank introduced with a friendly betta in a friendly community tank...

every... single... effin... fish died... except for the dwarf puffer...

i was like 10 and I was absolutely distraught... Please don't try it ...

 

[stang1]

I agree with Fiki. I was told that I would be fine keeping DPs in a community tank. For the first couple of months they were fine but then I noticed my other fish had bits missing out of their tail. Took the Dps back and managed to treat my other fish without losing any.They are cute little things but should be kept on their own.

 

[- Jez -]

I've just moved all my guppies into the tank next door because my (initially well-behaved) DPs are starting to nibble at my boy-guppy's tail. Think what they'd do with a betta's tail!