Ryleyman
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Terrance said:Those are very aggressive fish. Isolation is best and their teeth grow faster than average.
+1 avocado puffer - Auriglobus Modestus
Terrance said:Overfeeding causes internal kidney problems and premature death. Feeding these fish to the point where they cant eat any more will kill them. I see them all the time at my lfs with a group of them tearing off each others tail. If there was a puffer that requires isolation, then these puffers are one of my top choices.
These Wild caught puffers are not adjusted to capticity. Try any dead or live worms and crustaceans. Eventually they will accept you as the feeder.
Terrance said:Overfeeding causes internal kidney problems and premature death. Feeding these fish to the point where they cant eat any more will kill them. I see them all the time at my lfs with a group of them tearing off each others tail. If there was a puffer that requires isolation, then these puffers are one of my top choices.
These Wild caught puffers are not adjusted to capticity. Try any dead or live worms and crustaceans. Eventually they will accept you as the feeder.
Ryleyman said:And plus he was raised with them!
I don't really care if he kills some of my guppies my females give birth every few weeks and for my gourami he is like his best friendLjk09 said:I'm not an expert but from what I do know it won't stay peaceful very long. They are very aggressive fish (as stated above) they will usually kill tank mates.
Ryleyman said:I don't really care if he kills some of my guppies my females give birth every few weeks and for my gourami he is like his best friend
Ljk09 said:Well then you get to deal with stress in the tank. The others may be frightened because they think they are food. When fish are stressed they are more susceptible to disease. So then you could worry about your whole tank dying off from sickness. In the end it's up to you.
Terrance said:Keep up with the weekly 50% water changes. When i had my avocado, i only fed once daily until tummy is slightly rounded, even though i knew he could eat more.
Good luck with this fish. There is a fellow on youtube who keeps his avocado in a community tank. Its one of the few ocassions that i have seen one of these fish living peacefully with other fish. Sometime you jusy have to roll the dice and hope for the best.
Terrance said:I gave my avocado to my brother's family. They decided to put him in a community tank and it killed every other fish in the tank in one night. Then they decided to put a south american puffer in the tank, which got killed instantly. This was a 2" avocado.
By the time of the avocado's death (grew to 3" over 2-3 months), I discovered they were overfeeding and did no water changes.
I got some freeze dried blood worms and and 2 other types of worms not really sure what type