20 Gallon Stocking Question

[Gryph]

I have a 20 gallon "normal" tank (not long) which I am slowly stocking. It currently has three dwarf puffers in it (at least one male and one female, the other's being a bit androgynous at the moment).

I would like to add more to this tank. I had thought to add two or three more female puffers, and two or three emerald cory catfish. However, I really don't want to overstock. What is a good balance for this tank?

Thank you in advance for taking the time and trouble to reply!

 

[Zagz]

I would say you would be ok with the extra puffers, I would think the cory cats would work as well, but have no real experience with puffers and cories.

 

[Gryph]

Adding?

Well, the question is, how many fish would be okay to add? What's a good balance? Three puffers and three corys? Two puffers, three corys? Two puffers, two corys? I don't want to overpopulate.

Thank you for the reply!

 

[penpitt]

I would keep it a puffer tank only. Puffers tend to be nippy and will likely harass the corys. So to answer your question I would probably go with 1m and 3 or 4f puffers. I do not know if you could add a second male without having too many territorial disputes between the 2. You could try to add some ghost shrimp for a clean up crew. If they puffers eat them it was a cheap meal.

 

[BlazerFRS]

According to dwarfpuffers.com puffers can be kept with oto's in many cases w/o issues