angel fish and guppies, or puffers?

My mom wants me to ask if guppies are compatible with angels fish?


and i want to know what fish can go with puffers.

angels are fine with the guppies. also, most cichlids are compatible with puffers.

hmmm, wow, thanks!
so which ones would you personally choose to keep?

obviously angel...

oh :/

The Angels will eat the guppies if the Angels haven't been grown from birth with guppies or small fish living with the Angels. Puffers are usually aggressive and should be housed with others of it's own kind. Puffers cam be housed with otocinclus and sometimes shrimp, depending on the puffers' personality.

don't you have like sixty guppies? If you have angels already experiment a little

All of the fish you mentioned need different environments, and two of them tend to become aggressive. Angelfish will get along with a few other species, but they will also eat smaller fish. One of our forum members has lots of experience with puffers; this would be a good time to see how well the "Site Search" button works. Thanks for asking prior to creating an aquatic disaster.

OK. I just took my own advice. Our Puffer expert is Suzer62. The member profile will take you to several postings about Puffers. You can also send a PM.

, i wasn't planning on starting anything without the research. i have found two fish stores that will buy my fish from me.

I REALLY want puffers, but idk if they would get along with my cory and i really dont want to get rid of him :/

My mom wants me to get angel fish, but that seems kinda boring since i probably wouldn't breed them.

thanks ill do that right now :]

Each mature angelfish needs at least ten gallons of aquarium space, and when they mature and want to spawn, each pair needs their own aquarium. That's why I have a house full of fish tanks. Angelfish are my favorite aquarium species, but keeping them can be a challenge. Cory cats usually do fine with angelfish. I'm not sure how they do with Puffers.

Again I complement you on your research and planning. More people should do the same.

im excited!
angel fish kinda scare me, they seem so delicate.

They are. If you're going to have angelfish, raise the water temperature to about 82, and be sure to use the drip acclimation technique when you put them into your new aquarium. All it takes is a piece of air hose, an air valve, and a clean bucket. Moving stress can also be reduced if you turn off the aquarium light the first day. I hope you enjoy the angelfish.

well im still not sure about the angelfish.

ughhhh, i'm actually leaning toward puffers, but ill probably end up getting both and setting up one of my other tanks.

I also have 3 Peppered Cory's in that tank with those puffers, as well as some gobies. Can I ask which puffers in particular you are wanting to get, that makes alot of difference as to what you can have in the tank with them?

I'm not sure, i went to the pet store and looked at them but the ones they had all had ich and fin rot, so im going to look elsewhere. after i get rid of my guppies i will have a peppered cory and two rasboras, so what type of puffer do you think would be best compatible with them?

The Rasboras are in with Red-Tail Redeye puffers (Carinotetraodon irrubesco), but I also have 2 other species of redeye puffer in there too. Thing is, with puffers, having a heavily planted tank makes alot of difference, except for those puffers that just won't tolerate anything and will kill any fish you put in with it.
I need to know how big of a tank you are planning on having them in. I would certainly suggest heavy planting, seems to keep aggression low (but it's not guaranteed to get rid of aggression altogether).
Colomesus asellus is one of the most gentle puffers, but they are also a bit neurotic, not really interesting like some other species that will do things and make you laugh. C asellus seems to spend all it's time going up and down at the aquarium glass, at least mine do.
Figure 8's, although I'm sure someone will have a comeback at me with what I'm about to say -- they are fairly gentle most of the time and I've had them in my community tank before. There's a big argument in the puffer world whereas some people say F8's must be kept in brakish water, but I keep mine in freshwater and they are fine. I do have a brackish tank, but I prefer to keep mine in fresh.
Dwarf puffers are normally pretty good with other fish, but there's always a few that will have a nip here and there, although I've never seen a dwarf cause any serious injuries, or any injuries for that matter. But again, some people say they are evil little fish that will bite everything -- that is not my experience.
I'm sorry I can't give you an easy quick answer, but it's not that simple. Feel free to message me, on here or a PM, when you are closer to getting something and I can help you with information about whatever you can find local to you. The redeyes aren't always easy to get, but I do believe they are being imported more now, so that may change.
Just a word of suggestion ..... please don't buy just any puffer without doing research on it. There are many that are fine as juveniles, but then get very nasty as they age and will hurt or kill each other, as I'm finding out now.
Best of luck!
Suzanne

I have a 35 gallon that is already heavily planted.

Sounds like the dwarf puffers would be best for me, but i am going to continue to do research.

thanks so much!!

Dwarf puffers are very rewarding, they are funny little puffers, but they were the very first type of puffer that I bought, and it was all downhill from them, I was hooked!!! I have some in my community tank and they don't wreak havoc in there, although to be honest, I have seen one give a nip to my Cory's fin, but there's no missing fins, or fins all bitten up, no damage done.

sounds good to me :]

i have two puffers and i heard they are not good with ciclids.