I've had a few puffer species (never this one though) and only thing I've noticed is that no two (even / especially) have been alike! Interesting to see the change of behaviour play out!
Had to watch this again as it is so dang enjoyable 🥰🥰🥰 I am so happy they are getting along. I am also so glad your first baby has changed her tune 🤗 LOL, try singing to them. Mine seem to love it. I will just sing the words I am typing into an email to them while working....they get all wiggly and swim back and forth with their tails fanned out!
Thank you! Definitely a test of patience planting a bunch of crypts(like 20+ species), watching them turn to mush, and waiting to which ones come back!
Glad your puffer turned into the water puppy you always wanted! Mines always been a water puppy with humans but submissive with other fish and ends up getting bullied by fish 1/4 of his size. He’s finally living happily with tanks mates of dwarf golden barbs and dwarf horse face loaches, all of whom completely ignore him. It’s crazy how different puffers can be. Friendly and assertive personalities, which is what we all typically think of, definitely isn’t a given. Also seeing them change color when they’re stressed is bizarre. Mine would go from light to dark in seconds, almost like how a male rainbow fish can change their color.
I'm grateful they shift color like that, makes it obvious when you might be doing something to annoy them lol. A lot of fish don't make it so obvious! I'm glad you got those bully rainbows out of there. I would have never thought melanotaenia would dare mess with a puffer!
@@StephenP2003 I was worried he’d be the one with the aggression issues. The rainbows got moved out real quick as soon as I saw him switching colors like he was. Never built a stand and set up a tank so quickly. They are known to be annoying so doesn’t fully surprise me but the fact that the fry, who got moved in there later for grow out and we’re only a quarter his size started chasing and nipping him too does. The fry all got immediately thrown in with the parents after I saw that.
Thanks! And interesting note that even the ones you might expect to not play well with others would get along! I have considered a dedicated tank to keep one of the ambush puffers, especially after seeing "Mouth" at Dan's warehouse.
Man a lot of people would have given up on the angry potato. But with research and logic you got to an actual solution. I really like this. Also super jealous I have to step up my video making skills. The story telling b roll everything was so much fun. Good stuff man
I have nothing to offer you in the way of insight or advice, as I've never kept a puffer, but I do find this fascinating and will be interested in seeing how this plays out.
@@Whips_World me too! This is the first time I've had a community tank where things actually have a chance of going sideways, but so far it's working better than I ever hoped for.
Thanks! And yes they are. I see them out when the weather is changing, or when I'm doing a water change, or when the lights are off and I shine a flashlight in the tank.
@@mansingw how many and what tank size? And how densely planted? I'm still in the "watch closely and see what happens" phase, so I can't tell you what specifically is making my setup work well at the moment - could be the size differences, line of sight breaks, dither fish, or just chalk it up to their individual personalities. A good source of info would be the channel "mountain top puffer keeper". You could comment on one of his videos and ask. He's currently breeding them so probably has a good sense of what range of behavior to expect and how to mitigate anything that might be a concern.
@@StephenP2003i havent really seen nipping in spotted congos. I have seen 2 attempt to fight when the tank was, in my opinion, too small. (20gallon qt tank during QT) my 4 adults are in a 40breeder with some plants. Given enough smace the ability to hide when needed solves many puffer arguments here.
Ive never seen the nipping personally. Is it non stop aggressive chasing? I would also check preston john aquatics here on youtube he is amazing with the spotted congos and has lots of videos for reference
