Pea puffers REQUIRE a minimum shoal of 6! They also require a minimum tank size of 20 long for 6. They do best in a group that has an odd number. ALWAYS more femal than males. 1 male to 3 females is ideal! Thank you!
Ya the face in all of them is so animated we have beautiful cichlid tank but I’ve been wanting to do jelly’s but am afraid of salt water never had, do these puffers actually puff up???
They are in a 5gal not recommended but it’s heavily planted and they are kept with cherry shrimps who are currently breeding like crazy! Two of the puffers usually hang out together and one occasionally chases the others from his turf but they haven’t actually attacked one another or the shrimps they are doing great together. I do have another tank that I can move one into if I see aggression but a couple months in and everyone is happy.
Nick Owen - I beat you there matey! I have over 200 "peas" and enjoy watching them bounce around the saucepan when being boiled....LMAO You obviously made a spelling mistake... If you mean 6, then you have 3 PAIRS and not 3 peas...
I badly want another pea puffer but none of my local stores have gotten any in for a while, I'm on a wait list. They were saying they're getting only captive bred ones now because they weren't being sustainably harvested I guess.
Unfortunately the countries these come from generally don’t care about the environment as much as we do. That’s why you cannot (in most cases) sell native fish here in a fish store. The only way to solve it would be to set up breeding tanks so we wouldn’t need to import them. But then, for that effort you should be breeding a native fish that is in trouble instead.
I think you should get a regular puffer fish and see how the MBU puffer fish reacts or put a shark baby shark like a baby and see how he reacts maybe he'll puff up that'll be cool on one of your videos please give me a shout out show this to Mr beast
@@davidjacobson6538 U r little bit wrong here. For the past year I've not seen s single pea puffer in any fish store and pea puffer are native to our water bodies only Ceylon puffer are available now here which is also native to our water bodies
@@nickbutler123 Pea puffers are not native to U.S. they are native to India where I have not seen them alot in fish stores anymore for the past 2-3 years. And also most pea puffers u see nowadays outside India and its neighbours are most probably captive bred as pea puffers are one of the only fresh water puffers that can be bred in captivity
I own a brackish waterr green spotted pufferfish and he loves to be hand fed. He lives in a tank with my three sailfin mollies and gets along great with them!! Great video my fav in the list would have to be that hairy luffer never heard of it before and it made me smile 😊❤
@@whatgamerlol5831 yes i just did and brought 5 more green puffer and they are 6 intotal now... Tank setup was a 45 gal with aquaticscape setup....(note: i know 45 gal was too small for 6 greep puffer but this is only for growout tank and for experiment if they can be with each other) i will put them in bigger tank after there grow also i got emergency tubs if ever i see some agression on one another.. I dont recomend this too just taking my own risk to this one 😅
I love my Pao leiurus (target or twin spot puffer). She's an ambush predator so hangs out most of the time. But she watches every move I make all day as I'm walking around my living room. She is so observant.
I LOOOVE puffers! We have kept pea puffers in the past, though see don't have any at the moment. They are ADORABLE! They are intensely curious and aware of everything going on both in and outside their tank. I also highly recommend these little cuties....Sigh, now I want to get more pea puffers 😂
My Amazon Puffer doesn't seem to understand the concept of snails. His tank is full of them and he goes for Bug Bites and Vibrabites instead. He's just weird. I also have 6 Pea Puffers in a 29 gallon. They are FUN FUN FUN fishies. I highly recommend Pea Puffers for anyone who is getting a puffer for the first time.
I've got 4 pea puffers with a couple kuhli loaches in a 20 long, LOTS of guppy grass and a decent amount of snails. So fun to watch them stalk their prey
Hi Bob... Hope you're doing great and healthy!! I just got 6 spotted green puffers. I was told they are great together. However, that's not so much what I read. They are so cool and I love them. I hope they will be okay together in their 40 gallon breeder. I will be taking their tank from brackish to full marine as they grow and mature. Loved this video btw. Stay happy my friend!!
Great list! Obviously by my profile picture, Fahakas are my favorite, but pea puffers are a very, very close second as they were my first puffer. I also have a hairy puffer and mine also has grown on me fast, another ambush puffer I like is a Dragon puffer as I think they look absolutely beautiful, too bad they also like to hide. I would love get a Mbu someday and am on the lookout for Amazon puffers. Stay Fintastic man!
I have 4 pea puffers, 4 amazon puffers and 3 figure 8 puffers. I'd have to say my favorite are the Amazon's. But they all have personalities. Oh and they're not in the same tank lol. I tried ny figure 8 with the Amazon and the Amazon were being picked on by the figure 8.
I just love puffers 🥰 I have an empty 9 gallon long rimless tank I want to clean up, plant and put a pea puffer in. Anyone have jumping issues with these little guys?
Great video. I have a Fahaka in my 70 gallon right now and he isn’t aggressive. I have raised him in a community tank and he has done really well. I know that’s not always the case but a great fish. I would love a few Amazon puffers to.
70 gallon? Way too small for a Tetraodon lineatus, long term. Fahaka usually turn aggressive when they hit sexual maturity, which can happen overnight. They’re okay with other fish right until the point that they’re not. The aquarists seldom gets chance to intervene.
I've got 4 pea puffers, 2 males and 2 female in a fluval flex 60l there great. The alfa is phill ii he is the biggest pea puffer I've ever seen he is just over an inch long and a healthy width too I love themmm
What about avacado or mirius congo or arrowhead or cross river puffer. Cross river is endangered ,but avocado and miruis are very cool managed to breed avocado. No progress on cross river can't even find her a mate lol. If I breed mirius puffers I will feeel proud becuse those are the most aggressive pufferfish
Is a figure 8 pufferfish a freshwater or brackish water. Because I have one in A 10 gallon tank for over 5 years in fresh water and crush coral, for Substrate and about 15 adult molly's. He /she eats snail's, frozen blood worms and keeps my molly's population down by eating the fry.
A friend of mine has their figure 8 in a 2 gallon tank, he's had it for a few years now and it eats clams and brine shrimp. It doesn't seem distressed and always appears to be healthy and active. I always thought the 2 gallon was small but his figure 8 puffer is only about 3 inches.
That's the job of puffer enthusiasts we show other people how wonderful they are by influencing them to get some. And then thoughs people get their friends to, and so forth
Love this vid, because I really love me some puffers! Mbu puffers are one of those dream fish that will never come true for me, because I would want to house it for life properly and it's pretty unlikely that I'd ever have the space for a tank that large. Maybe a Fahaka one day, but more likely a Schoutedeni in the future.
I've had my pea puffers for just over a year now. They seem to be happy because I started with 3 of them, but they wanted more friends, so they made some ha ha ha. If I had more room I'd love to try and get them to spawn again.
There's a lot of misconceptions about puffers. The biggest lesson I've learned is not tankmates, but how pristine water these guys need - next to Seahorse level cleanliness. My favourite are target/fang (Abei/conchensis but are very rare), green spotted and figure 8 puffers - have kept them both in brackish with bumblebee gobies and bigger mollies with zero problems. Pea (or Pygmy) Puffers are the chihuahuas of the puffer world - by fare the most aggressive. I've only been able to keep them with similar sized fish like cardinal/neon tetra and danios. Anything else gets chomped - though they never bothered my male fighter (betta) but that was a pure luck rookie error. By contrast Carinotetraodon irrubesco - red eyed/tailed puffers are pretty chilled. Mbu and Fahakas are awesome but get way too big for most tanks. Topaz Puffers have a bad attitude when they get bigger and probably the most likely to die with poor water. Colomessus beaks grow ridiculously quickly and are by far the most nervous puffer I've kept. Ditto for Golden/Green Bottle Puffers. These all die extremely quickly, so your water needs to be awesome. I love humpback/dragon puffers and kept them with bigger fish and conspecifics without issue. Same with Hairy Puffers.
i rlly like the pea puffers even the luciocephalus pulcher isnt interested in them theyr cool but not alway too cool with corydoras !!!!! but i got a schoutedeni yesterday ^^ lets see how cool these are :)
I’d luv to have 2 pea puffers. Sadly they’re not allowed in Perth (west Australia), even though they are allowed in the eastern states of Australia. You say they’re inexpensive...wanna know how much your likely to pay in Aussie Dollars... I think in the east they’re being sold for $250 - 350.00 ....there goes you cash right there. Don’t even consider getting 3 or 4 fish lol. And that’s IF they’re a available. I’d be almost willing to pay up to $150 if it meant I could actually get one in Perth 🙏🏻💙🐟😭
Thinking about getting a pea puffer so I’m happy to see it on a 1st place! Which tank size would you say is minimum for keeping one pea puffer happy and healthy?
My favorite is the Amazon puffer, but then again I have a bias for Amazon based fish.😅 I’ve noticed recently mine has a taste for veggies and likes to eat chunks of tiger lotus stem. (Good for him, bad for me who is trying to grow a big tiger lotus. Lol)
Wait pea puffers don’t need their teeth ground? That’s wild.... I’ve kept mine supplied with snails but haven’t every noticed overgrown teeth ... I also haven’t noticed them being aggressive with eachother always seem to kinda shoal together
They’re fun, but only if you’re up to the challenge. They’re my personal favorite, but have a lot of requirements compared to other puffers. One interesting thing is, they’re nothing like puffers, in the sense that they school with each other and aren’t territorial at all!
I don’t have any pufferfish, either. In fact, they’re seen in stories like “Creature Features 25 Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do” written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page. Did you know that only 1️⃣ pufferfish also appears on Mouse Practice which was a 🖥 tutorial that was released 29 years ago?
Hi Bob (and anyone reading), I'm a little concerned about the info your giving out in this video. a few things I picked up on during this video where the information is erroneous. mbus in proper conditions can grow between 34-40inches NOT including the massive fan tail. most never reach this size due to the small tanks (and no 8ft isn't really big enough) and a horrendous diet of thiaminase heavy clams and muscles - leading to vitamin B1 deficiencies. personally not a fish I think should be kept in captivity due to the massive eventual size, tank size becasue of this and food bill to feed a proper diet of large terrestrial aquatic snails, frozen freshwater crab, large earthworms and giant hissing roaches and adult dubia roaches. The genus name for hairy puffers is wrong, theyre in the Pao genus not Tetraodon. Contrary to advice on some areas of the internet, the Spotted Congo pufferfish is not suitable for the typical community aquarium. Although the T.schoutedeni is relatively peaceful, it can show signs of unprovoked aggression. Aquatic stores have now begun to retract their claims that the T.schoutedeni is the “perfect community puffer”. Allospecifics must be very carefully considered.Any potential tankmates must be fast-swimming, short-finned and able to thrive in the same water values. some examples are: Although they are not short-finned, the Phenacogrammus interruptus (Congo Tetra) make good tank-mates because of their fair size and schooling behaviour. They also make good tank mates because they will not over compete with the pufferfish for food. Other members of the Phenacogrammus genus are ideal, but they are less commonly available. T.schoutedeni are unlikely to nip the fins of this fish as they can out-swim the puffers. Synodontis Schoutedeni can make good tank mates and will scavenge any uneaten food from the substrate and between plants. Both the S.schoutedeni and T.schoutedeni are found in Pool Malebo and are named in honour of the Belgian zoologist Henri Schouteden. T.schoutedeni is only loosely gregarious and they should be housed either individually or kept in groups comprising of at least 6 individuals to disperse aggression among conspecifics. Some aquarists enjoy success keeping groups consisting of smaller numbers, but it is important to recognise that these fish are very much individualists and behaviour may change over time; especially when they reach sexual maturity. The best minimum male to female ratio is believed to be 2 females to every male. With Amazon puffers Group size is extremily important. The C.asellus is found within large shoals in the wild and should always be kept in groups consisting of at least six individuals. This species displays signs of severe stress and anxiety when they are housed alone - as a single specimen - or in groups less than six. Their behaviour in these circumstances has been described as ‘neurotic’. Insufficient group sizes can also cause extreme aggression. When kept in appropriately sized groups, they are much more confident, relaxed, have a better appetite/feeding response and enjoy a longer life. This is owed to the sense of security and social stimulation they receive as part of a shoal. Amazon puffers only glass surf when stressed. pea puffers, the most commonly kept and probably the most commonly miskept. You have the group size all wrong for these guys, and they should NEVER be kept alone in a 5 gal. Carinotetraodon travancoricus needs to be kept in a minimum group size of 6 with 10 litres (2.6 US gallons) per puffer leading to a minimum tank size of 60 litres (15.8 US gallons), so NOT suitable for nano tanks. Pea puffers are obviously very small, you know, hence the name. This makes them very vulnerable to predation in the wild. Shoaling gives them enhanced predator detection and reduces the chances of individual capture. Subsequently, shoaling brings with it a sense of security, they are much more confident, have a better feeding response, are more social and less aggressive to each other. in nature females and juveniles school almost all the time with adult males breaking off the school to form territories for breeding. feeding these guys I usually suggest a mixture of: Grindal worm, Daphnia (live or frozen), Brineshrimp/artemia (live or frozen), Small snailsm, Small earthworm, Blackworm, Whiteworm, Copepods, Mini bloodworm (live or frozen) Not anyone food should make up more than 20% of the fishes overall diet, with bloodworms not exceeding 10% owing to their low nutritional value. I hope you and anyone scrolling through the comments reads this, and hopefully learns something new about these very misunderstood species and can apply it to their own care. If anyone has any questions I'll be happy to try my best to answer. I hope this helps! - oh and my favourite species is probably between Carinotetraodon salivitator and Tetraodon shoutedeni. although the very very rare tetraodon duboisi is close in the running. but Pao baileyi and Auroglobus modestus are worth a mention too.
While I can't disagree with the list, since I haven't researched/owned other puffers, here's some things to keep in mind with pea puffers; 1; They eat like a puffer - live foods and very very picky. Forget dried foods. I had to wean them to eat live brine shrimp. Only frozen blood worms preferred and readily eaten. 2; They kill each other, aggressively attacking and maintaining dominance 3; Subservient puffers will always hide 4; In there aggressiveness, and avoiding other puffers, they'll jump from the tank, if not fully secured 5; You won't find the bodies of killed or dead puffers because they'll be eaten All that said, the puffers were fun and definite personalities, but I would never get these guys again. I was so angry when they whittled each other down to a few, then one, and then he/she died. It was so disappointing. Heavily planted super bio tank, 30 gallon large enough for the 6 original puffers. The food issue alone put me off them, but the aggressiveness towards each other was not cool either.
Nice video. But I wish you would have included the scientific names. Common names can be very confusing (and misleading). Maybe next time. Keep up the good work. Love your videos.
They’re really more saltwater than anything. They’re just marketed poorly because they spawn in freshwater but quickly transition to marine. I’d sooner go for pea puffers, or if you want something bigger, Amazon’s. You could also do figure eights but they are brackish.
Loving the hat big guy! Surprised cory doesnt have a video like this. Glad you made one tho, good job been trying to figure out what to put in my 30 and empty 55. Heatwave+power outage=very sad me.
I have a heated tropical community pond around 175 gallons in size. I considered pea puffers but I'm always told they are to aggressive for the tetras, dwarf gouramis, guppies, corydoras, garras, plecos and mollies I have in there already. Is there any small, inexpensive, community pufferfish I could possibly buy that you recommend that WON'T attack the other fish I have?
Would amazon puffers be fine in 29 gallon community tank? Also in the last few months it has been hard to find pea puffers. Are you selling them on your website? My favorite is a pea puffer
Covid has made pea puffers hard to import. Hopefully start seeing them again soon. I recently got a small group but not sure if they will hit the website. One amazon puffer would be ok. But ideally you want a group of them and it might get a little crowded in a 29.
Can I ask anyone how Pea puffers are in a small community tank guys ?..I've two Autocinclus, The rest are mid to top dwellers and two Zebra snails.. should they be OK
