Pea Puffer Care and Breeding: A Tiny Fish with a BIG Attitude!

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In this video we take a closer look at the pea puffer. It's a great nano fish that can fit well in a smaller tank, but we do have to be careful what tank mates we choose.

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[PrimeTimeAquatics]

If you are looking for nano fish like pea puffers or shrimp check out Flip Aquatics!

For the latest in the fish room check us out on Instagram primetime_aquatics

For more cool behind the scenes stuff consider becoming a member!

If you want to see all the cool stuff Joanna does with other types of scapes check out her channel!

[jefffleet]

In the ocean Dolphins play with puffer fish flinging them around . The puffer fish release a toxin as a result and dolphins get high of it .They pass the puffer fish around in like a game sharing the high toxin it releases amongst the pod, . I saw a wildlife show about it it’s incredible . And fascinating.

[sharonjack]

I adore the pea puffers! THANKS FOR YOUR VIDEOS!! I have a pea puffer in with my male guppies in a 5.5 gallon tank. The reason all is well is 1) the tank is FULL of live plants for lots of coverage 2) there are a LOT of ramshorn snails. 'Puffy' single-finnedly manages the WHOLE colony of snails by himself. He eats the snail-eggs AND the baby snails. He leaves the adult snails alone. As the adult snails eventually die off from old age, I add more snails from my other tanks. Puffy works everyday checking the eggs. He does NOT bother the guppies. Occasionally the boy guppies try to get amorous with him and he just swims away, lol. It is one of the great joys of my life to watch this 3/4 inch fish manage this snail colony. It is very important to add more snails when the old ones die naturally of old age, after laying lots of eggs in their life-time. 2 years now, this has been going on. LOTS of plants encourage the snails laying their eggs, and it gives Puffy lots to keep 'interested' in. He carefully SCANS every square inch of the tank for his dinners. AMAZING little fish. I am so grateful to know and be able to observe him.💦🙏🐟

[jordanallred]

I have had my pea puffer for eight years and he is still going! Great video!

[aneethasalim]

Hey Jason, as I live next to where there is a pretty good amount of pea puffers I'll tell you what I witnessed about them in the wild;
Pea puffers ( Carinotetraodon Travancorius ) is normally found in schools in the wild they have varying substrate in different parts of the river as some parts have a rocky gravel and others have sand while others have a mixture of both.
The plants normally found there are limnophylla aromatics, vallisneria natans, cryptocoryne spirals [ is the most likely crypt species I found still trying to get a good id ], lagenandra toxicaria, najas minor, and a few others, the river had varying flow with most of the fish staying in places with medium flow while others stayed in stagnant dead spots in the river
Hope you find my info useful!

[blackosprey]

In my experience, my pea puffers don't go after adult cherry shrimp. I have half a dozen wild-colors in a 5g with my puffer, they graze and breed without any issues. They're especially helpful since a clean-up crew is important for the messy eating. Of course, the puffer definitely eats the offspring, but that's not a problem for me at all.

[St_Clinton]

I used to have them many years ago. There used to be a great website and forum for them, but sadly because of forum spammers the site went away. Some of the things that I and others found is that you had to give them snails (pest snails seem to work best, ) at a minimum of once a month, but preferably most often, as it helped in grinding their teeth down so that they don't over so big that they can't eat. They like to school in groups of 5 to 10, but they also needed places to hide and get away from the others. The "rule of thumb" that we used was that it was 1 for every three gallons, but one needed to do water changes at least once a week. They will also get to know you. I had some on a desk tank that would come up and watch me as I did stuff on the Internet. They are a great fish to have, but not for beginners.

[FishinMichigan]

Have one little guy who is about 1.5 inches which is pretty big in a 5.5 gallon by himself. The second I enter the room he sees me and goes nuts! Coolest nano fish ever

[mrsprimetimeaquatics]

Eenie and Meenie did so good in this video! 🥰🥰

[Ishiisan]

I have four Pea Puffers in an eight-gallon tank for about a year now. It is heavily planted. I have a colony of neocaridina that cleans up the dead snail mess that Pea Puffers create. My wife is not a big fan of most of the fish I keep except these guys! 😁

[Cichlid__ever]

Bought my first pea puffer this year, drove two hours to get her and i love her !!!!

[janicelange]

I love my PeaPuffers. I do a species only with some Ottos. They were frustrating at first to get them eating, but now they are fatties. My LFS insists they need salt, but the reason I went with them is because they don’t. Great video as always. Love from Wisconsin!

[hodgeslodgescan]

I have six that I have kept with amano shrimp for a couple of years now. I've provided ghost shrimp and snails as something for them to hunt for, but the amano seem to be too big, active and tough for the pea puffers to bother. If anyone would want to try, probably not the worst idea to buy larger or grow-out younger ones before adding them to an established tank. I put mine in at the same time as the pea puffers who were juveniles at the time.

[neiladdison]

Just picked up 3 of these little beauties for a 20gallon. They’ve only been in there a day or 2 so are still a touch shy but are coming out of themselves. Soooo cool!

[ДмитрийПочтовик]

It's really great fish. I keep puffer for 4 years, he is my favorite. When he grew up with neocaridina shrimp things go's fine, they don't interesting him. But when he became adult- eating them with pleasure, also eating snails eggs. Now lives in own tank.
Thanks for yousfull info. Thanks for the useful information. And popularization this guys!

[arthurbrooks]

Hi, keep going guys, I love what you do! I have started my own aquarium-related business recently and your advice has always been helpful :)

[TimmyDaTurtle]

when I had my dwarf puffers, they seemed to get along just fine, and actually seemed to school together. Something that I learned when owning them is how they tend to get stressed very easily, and this can lead to very wierd behaviors. As long as the dwarf puffers feel safe, I don't believe they should have any problems with each other. something else to keep in mind is that you need to keep the filter or some sort of oxygen flow in the tank at all times, as the dwarf puffers don't handle well without it. (This happened to me a lot during power outages. after only 2 hours, the puffers will become lethargic unless you add some sort of oxygen flow.) The one nice thing about dwarf puffers is it is easy to tell when something is bothering them. they will either be more lethargic, or not eat as much. Edit: both of my dwarf puffers were male puffers, but they ended up getting along pretty well. even when food was involved, they never really got into any fights.

[blueboy]

My female pea puffer (i named her sweet-pea) has been in a 6 gallon tank for about 6 or 7 months, was in a 4 gallon for 6 months before that and is doing great, i have her with a couple of amano shrimp, which she doesnt bother at all, and a couple of nerites. For the first month i had her she was in a 5 gallon with my super old silver molly but started biting the mollies fins, so i had to take her out. Other than her being VERY shy she is a wonderful fish and is a joy to watch eat little snails.

[shadeaquaticbreeder]

I have 15 pea puffers in my LowBoy and they will "school" around together in a schoal of 5-10 normally

[vampgaia]

I love my pea puffers. I have five in a 29 gallon tall. They live with 2 bristle nosed plecos. The peas leave the plecos alone and the plecos are growing fat eating left over blood worms and snail parts. Their tank has hardscape and plants. I found that is a must; it allows the puffers to have their own territories.