I'm starting to get close to putting fish in my 10 gallon. I'm planning on heavily planting it. Stock will be 2 dwarf puffer fish.
Can I put any kind of cleaning crew in the tank with them?
My girlfriend keeps a few otos with them and they don't bother them.
The ops tank is too small for ottos
Minimum of 5 gallons per oto- but I'd be worried about feeding, so in a way you are correct.
Thanks for the advice guys! What if I were to use a 29 gallon instead of a 10? What could I do then?
Do you think Cory cats would work instead of otos?
Cories may get along withbthe dp but may not. I woukd trybit. Just have lots of ground cover. Ottos and cories are completely different cleaners though. Ottos eat algae and cories are bottom cleaners.
I'm also going to add the Cory cats very first so maybe the puffers won't be territorial yet.
Otos are typically the only fish that dps will tolerate so I'd be very careful with any cories (at least be ready to rehome).
I will have a tank on hand to move the cories into. Maybe I just won't have tank mates and just put 2 dps in the 10 g. They'd be happier without tank mates anyway, right?
From what I understand dps are perfectly happy in a species-only tank or even solo. Jmay, I'd recommend checking out the forums on dwarfpuffers.com. Lots of great info from experienced puffer keepers.