Figure 8 puffers and shrimp

andbigdaddy2 · 10-06-2006, 02:18 PM

Will and do figure 8 puffers eat shrimp like crystal reds bumble bees ect.

ringram · 10-06-2006, 03:40 PM

I could almost guarantee it. Puffers are quite aggressive and you typically can't have any other fish with them, let alone shrimp.

capricorn77 · 10-06-2006, 03:59 PM

I used to have a F8 puffer and he was in his very own tank. Curious, but aggressive. Any shrimp you put in there will be eaten.

Also, they are brackish fish, not freshwater. They may "survive" in freshwater, but won't "thrive" and live long. And by brackish I mean using marine salt mix, not regular aquarium salt.
There's more info in this forum about F8's: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/index.php

Hope that helps!

mr.gaboozlebag · 10-06-2006, 06:28 PM

I have always wanted to keep a large puffer tankright underneath a smaller open toped shrimp tank, When the shrimp crawl out, the puffer gets a snack

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capricorn77 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14) Join Date: May 2005 Location: San Ramon, CA Posts: 229	I used to have a F8 puffer and he was in his very own tank. Curious, but aggressive. Any shrimp you put in there will be eaten. Also, they are brackish fish, not freshwater. They may "survive" in freshwater, but won't "thrive" and live long. And by brackish I mean using marine salt mix, not regular aquarium salt. There's more info in this forum about F8's: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/index.php Hope that helps! __________________ member of SFBAAPS

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mr.gaboozlebag yay I'm happy (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: boston,ma Posts: 777	I have always wanted to keep a large puffer tankright underneath a smaller open toped shrimp tank, When the shrimp crawl out, the puffer gets a snack __________________ Ehiem pimp#202. If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day, if you teach a man how to fish, he will buy a fish tank.

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