Matt's 64 litre dwarf puffer low teck tank

[Matt @ ScapeEasy]

Was never quite happy with the aquascape for this tank.... anyway, I stripped it down today... Will share the new scape photos tomorrow!

Inhabitants are 6 dwarf puffers, 2 khuli poached, 2 otocinclus, 2 glass shrimp.
Previously plants were vallis, dwarf sag, and buces... though this is about to change!!

No CO2
Previously no fertilisation
Internal filter, and heater
64 litre tank

 

[Matt @ ScapeEasy]

Much happier now

I've shamelessly tried to replicate a George Farmer scape from a few years ago. The NA 65cm. I'll post separately.

 

[Matt @ ScapeEasy]

Here's George's scape... one of my all-time favourites.

 

[Dadofthree]

I love these little puffers how do they get on with the other stock you have

 

[Ady34]

Great effort, the scape looks great

 

[CooKieS]

Nice simple scape!

Same question about puffers, I've got an 60liters tank low tech in which they could be happy...but I'm afraid of their behaviour.

 

[Matt @ ScapeEasy]

@Dadofthree @CooKieS

I have 6 in this 64 litre tank, though I meant to get 5! A super tiny guy made it into the bag at my LFS and the sales person didn't think it would survive. I run off the rule... 20 litres for first puffer and 10 for each subsequent one. I don't see any aggression between them at all. They do need a tank which breaks line of sight and will satisfy their inquisitive minds. I think I was also quite lucky that i have mainly females. They also don't need snails to keep their beaks trimmed like some sites report... They get on well with the loaches and otocinclus. They are widely known to get on with otos, the loaches are similar in that they are not free swimming community fish as such, they are also not like say cories which sit more in the open and are more active swimmers. The shrimp are a male and female which have bred a few times, though the shrimplets have never survived... yet. I had cherry shrimp in there a while back which I removed and about a month later found a little cherry shrimp in the tank so it is clearly possible, just not likely. I would absolutely never put them with a schooling community fish, (once saw an oto uncharacteristically hover in mid water briefly and the puffer immediatley showed an interest) but carefully chosen tank mates such as these can work just fine. Hope that helps!

 

[akwarium]

really nice tank, a true dwarf puffer paradise