Puffer fish/best mates

Question

I have a puffer fish and also i have a mollie and 2 neon fish and a few others but they got ate. Well I'm wondering when i got the puffer they said that the mollie was a good mate for the puffer and since i thought they were right i got the mollie....well about 2-3 weeks later the puffer has been attacking the mollie :( and i have no clue what to do or what would be good to have in the tank with the puffer? I was thinking of letting him i guess kill off the fish, because that seems to be what is happening (killed the sucker fish and a betta fish) and just get aggressive fish...but them I'm afraid the other fish might kill the puffer...ahh i dont know what to do. Anyone know?

Answer 1

shrimps and otos since the puffers are fin nippers and can kill any fish twice their size.

Answer 2

Puffers are generally best kept by themselves.. you have found the reason for that,

Ian

Answer 3

it depends on what kind of puffer and what size tank you have...ive succesfully kept figure 8 puffers with eels, knife fish, mollies, goby's, and plecos without any deaths (except for when the eel found his way into the filter...it wasnt pretty). if its a spotted puffer good luck cus they can b pretty brutal on tankmates but the best bet ive learned for a puffer is the figure 8