We put our pair of pea puffers with zebra danios, red cherry shrimp, kuhli loaches, and guppies. They all got along great but somebody killed one of the cherry shrimp and they all ate it overnight. My guess is the puffers killed it because the other fish were with the cherry shrimp for months and they never killed one that I saw.
Ok that's bullshit I have one pea puffer in a five gallon tank and he is not lonely at all when I got him at the pet store he was more than happy to be alone
When I first got these guys, I got 6 for my 4 gallon tank, yeah I know it was small, 2 of them got killed (well they was unhealthy when I brought them) the other 4 survived until I put them into my 55 gallon tank... They liked the smaller tank better
I keep my 2 little ones in a 5.5 gallon tank with 4 Stiphodon gobies, 3 Amano shrimp and 3 Red Cherry shrimp (I removed ghost shrimp, the only creature to get in fight with pea puffers in my tank) and I didn't have any aggression accidents. Take a look at my videos.
@Vereteno That's very interesting. While your tank looks very good, and your puffers seem to get along well, I'd say it's more the exception than the rule. I've talked with some people who have also kept pea puffers and they've almost unanimously said that the pea puffers have not gotten along well with anything else.
Second, keep them well fed. I feed mine from the eye dropped and add snails from my other tank. Pea puffers absolutely don't understand frozen or dry food - if something doesn't move it's not a food. I feed them black worms from my very reliable LFS, never had any problems. I watch carefully how many each gets at feeding time. Take care the temperature in the tank is 80-81 F.
@Vereteno I was able to feed mine freeze dried bloodworms, and they ate it like it was candy. Black worms are good but they do present hazards if they get into the gravel.
We put our pair of pea puffers with zebra danios, red cherry shrimp, kuhli loaches, and guppies. They all got along great but somebody killed one of the cherry shrimp and they all ate it overnight. My guess is the puffers killed it because the other fish were with the cherry shrimp for months and they never killed one that I saw.
haecklers 3 months ago
I got 3 of those cute monsters a few months ago, and i love em...
1 male and 2 females in a 15 gallons (54 liters) tank with Amano Shrips, no aggression seen so far...
Didn't had fish before, but i prepared for them and startet a snail breeding tank weeks before i got them.... ;)
They even love dried red mosquito larvae!!
raho2005 7 months ago
Ok that's bullshit I have one pea puffer in a five gallon tank and he is not lonely at all when I got him at the pet store he was more than happy to be alone
SpiderDriver2456 1 year ago
@SpiderDriver2456 There are always exceptions. However, in my experience any lone puffers I've had don't do as well as when they are in a group.
Arvenohx 1 year ago
When I first got these guys, I got 6 for my 4 gallon tank, yeah I know it was small, 2 of them got killed (well they was unhealthy when I brought them) the other 4 survived until I put them into my 55 gallon tank... They liked the smaller tank better
CamCool10 1 year ago
Nice tank, check out mine i making it a dwarf puffer tank also
LRhiNoK 1 year ago
I keep my 2 little ones in a 5.5 gallon tank with 4 Stiphodon gobies, 3 Amano shrimp and 3 Red Cherry shrimp (I removed ghost shrimp, the only creature to get in fight with pea puffers in my tank) and I didn't have any aggression accidents. Take a look at my videos.
Vereteno 1 year ago
@Vereteno That's very interesting. While your tank looks very good, and your puffers seem to get along well, I'd say it's more the exception than the rule. I've talked with some people who have also kept pea puffers and they've almost unanimously said that the pea puffers have not gotten along well with anything else.
Arvenohx 1 year ago
To continue:
Second, keep them well fed. I feed mine from the eye dropped and add snails from my other tank. Pea puffers absolutely don't understand frozen or dry food - if something doesn't move it's not a food. I feed them black worms from my very reliable LFS, never had any problems. I watch carefully how many each gets at feeding time. Take care the temperature in the tank is 80-81 F.
Vereteno 1 year ago
@Vereteno I was able to feed mine freeze dried bloodworms, and they ate it like it was candy. Black worms are good but they do present hazards if they get into the gravel.
Arvenohx 1 year ago
I have completely different experience with my Pea Puffers. I love them to death.
First, keep them in RO water balanced with Equilibrum, acid and alcaline buffers.
Vereteno 1 year ago
what are your temprature in the aq.?
how many pea´s are you have in this tank?
creativediabolo 1 year ago
@creativediabolo I had these a while ago. I think the temp was around....78 degrees F? I think I had three puffers, though I might have had more.
Arvenohx 1 year ago
how many gallons are in the tank
coolorigami123 2 years ago
About 20 gallons-> average fish store tank
Arvenohx 2 years ago