[PeteBoxes]

Hi, i was wondering if it is possible to keep a 4 inches (or even smaller) porcupine puffer in a 12 gal nano cube(jus 1 fish, nothing els). i was planing on using live sand but no or very little live rocks in the tank. i will replace the bioballs with live rocks. suggestions and ideas will be very helpful...thankyou =)

[ACE]

Personally I would not put the puffer in the nano such a small tank for a puffer mite stress him out.

The puffer you chose requires a tank of at least 90 gallons.

[carmanimports]

dont do it that gets way to large he will die fast in such a small tank

[msbdiving]

That is way too small of a tank for a fish like that.

[PeteBoxes]

yea... i think it is... =(

[DoLceNBeLLa]

They do sometimes have dwarf puffers that stay about 2 inches long.

Porcupine puffers get to be up to 3 feet. I think you want something like a Valentino puffer

[glasta]

yeah but even Valentino puffer's should have 20+g because they can get up to 5 inches. i was ganna get 1 for my tank but then i found out he would eat all the corals i am planing on getting.

[DoLceNBeLLa]

So THAT'S what happened to my corals. Damn fish

[jgo1973]

12 gallon way to small for a porcupine...but you can get a little helmet cow. They totally rock. I had one a couple years ago his name was "pimp bob".Just be careful when box fish die they ooze out a poisen that can kill other tankmates. If you see them looking sick then u can put them in a QT. When mine died and it did not hurt anything else.

[plecosword]

i suggest you dont have one ofthose even on a 55g. The make a really big mess and wastes food.

[e_baer]

i would suggest only go for the fish you KNOW you can have in the 12g tank.

[dori9941]

they get upto 14 in. long. i like that puffer it has pretty eyes

[plecosword]

they usually dont grow as big in captivity.

[e_baer]

a valentine still needs at least 30 gallons.