Puffer tank mate?

teekay37

New Member
I have a porcupine puffer recently added to my tank about 2 weeks ago. All levels were perfect. He was bright at the store and did pretty good the first couple days. NOW the only time he's a normal color is at night when my zebra eel comes out to "play" It's 2 am right now and the puffer hovers over Marty the eel and follows him. But during the day when Marty is in his tower the puffer lays on the rocks and turns dark. I only have 2 yellow tails in the tank aside from them. What should I do? Everything I've read about puffers say they don't need a mate and you can't pair porcupines together. The last puffer we had was very actice during the day, so is this normal?
 

j8kpin

New Member
Your parameters are good, I have a porcupine puffer in my 100 gallon . He is very playful and will hand feed . As for a tankmate, I would suggest a dog face puffer because he lives with my porcupine puffer and they do great. Best of luck!
 
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