ok for my friends birthday i wanna buy him 2 puffer fish (small sized) and 2 small water frogs. will they be ok together?
2007-08-05 14:50:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
since they dont go together wich one do you like better? the frogs or the pufffers?
and what WILL get along with frogs
and what WILL get along with puffers?
2007-08-05 15:01:51 · update #1
hes the one that asked me if i could buy him a pet for his birthday. but his mom is allergic to fur and fethers so fishies are the way to go!
2007-08-05 15:03:31 · update #2
The Puffers will have frog legs for a snack. It is best to just take your friend to the store and let them pick out their fish. That way you don't risk that your fish will eat your friend's fish, or the other way around... Puffers are very aggressive and should really only be kept with their own species.
Nosoop4u
2007-08-05 14:54:12 · answer #1 · answered by nosoop4u246 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, they won't be ok together. After a day or so, your friend will find your frog without legs.
Basically any tropical community freshwater fish can get along with small aquatic frogs. Not too many other fish will get along with puffers, except for other puffers.
Not to mention the feeding. Most puffers won't accept flake food, so they need live and maybe freeze dried. They occasionally (twice a month) need live shrimp or snails so that they can wear down their sharp teeth. But a small aquatic frog will eat any food that is placed in its tank. 2 small frogs are the best pet choice for your friend.
~ZTM
2007-08-05 17:51:01 · answer #2 · answered by ZooTycoonMaster 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they do no longer seem to be good community fish, and could chase and nip, as others have reported. yet another problem is their toxicity. If yet another fish tries to consume them, for any reason (nipping, or the puffer has died) they gets poisoned. The puffer's protection mechanism is to poison enemies, that's why they should not be saved with community fish. once you're conserving assorted puffers, the standard rule is 5 gallons in step with dwarf puffer. That way, they might set up territory and stay (with a bit of luck) in cohesion. The dwarf puffer is an extremely aggressive fish, and could beat its tank friends to dying. Dwarf puffer fish have been extensive-unfold to declare the whole tank as their own, enormously men. It’s extra useful in case you maintain the dwarf puffer in a one species tank, and don’t be taken aback in the event that they spar with one yet another in case you maintain extra beneficial than one. One dwarf puffer demands no less than the 5 gallons of the aquarium to itself, and if it doesn’t have 5 gallons, it is going to attempt to take the different puffer’s 5 gallons, that can carry approximately a bad combat, many times deadly. it is likewise reported to feed them snails as quickly as a week, to ward off overgrowth of a continuously starting to be beak. final, they have strict water standards. The slightest disenchanted in water parameters would be deadly. they might cope with fluctuations in temperatures, yet no longer water high quality. considering the fact that they haven't any scales, some say. and you are the main suitable option approximately sand, they have very sensitve dermis, companies to cuts from rocks, so the sand is a could. they are totally freshwater, brackish water will shorten their lifespan and compromise their well being. a lot of people are puzzled approximately this, considering the fact that their "ancestors" are saltwater. good success with the puffers, wish this facilitates!
2016-12-15 06:46:06 · answer #3 · answered by kreitman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he is a first time aquatic animal owner, then buy him the 2 frogs. I`m assuming they are african dwarf frogs? The clawed frogs, the ones that are illegal in california, grow to the size of a softball and eat EVERYTHING! So the latter would require a 30 gallon tank to house 2 of them.
2007-08-05 15:10:50 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, they arent compatable or live in the same water.
their are many species of puffers, most live in brackish to salt. Their are a few fully FW puffers but they are fin nippers and they will cause problems to the frog.
Frogs. again there are two common species of aquatic frogs, ADFs and ACFs. ACF for african claw frogs will get large around 6 inches and will eat fish.
ADFs are smaller, and will be fine in a community tank with tropical fish
These fishes will not work, but go with the ADFs as they are easier to care for than puffers.
2007-08-05 14:56:07 · answer #5 · answered by Coral Reef Forum 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would get him African dwarf frogs(clawed frogs get very large) or some community fish that are good for beginners like guppies or a betta.Puffers are for more experienced fish keepers and would die if you don't know what you are doing.
2007-08-06 01:01:45 · answer #6 · answered by Jackp1ne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you get your friend something that's not alive and won't suffer? If he doesn't take care of the fish or whatever you buy him, they'll suffer and eventually die. I know someone whose friend got her a hampster for her birthday without asking. Now the hampster is sitting in the basement slinging poo and no one gives it the time of day. You probably should rethink getting your friend an animal.
2007-08-05 14:59:20 · answer #7 · answered by :( 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
nope the puffers will eat their little legs off. probably better off with just one puffer sometimes they ll fight each other. and they can do alot of damage with thier beaks.
2007-08-05 14:56:48 · answer #8 · answered by steven c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I LUV FROGS!!!!!!!!!!!! GET HIM A FROG. THEY R SO CUTE!!!!!! I LUV FROGS but i agree with koala lover. dont get him a pet. i dont wanna hear about a hurt frog
2007-08-05 15:10:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they will kill each other, bad idea
chris
2007-08-05 14:58:55 · answer #10 · answered by albinopet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋