Dwarf puffer eating snail

Bought three freshwater dwarf puffers from petsmart and put them in a 2.5 gallon tank with some algae eating shrimp. The puffer is trying to eat a snail I put in there.

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Pets & Animals

Tags:

• nano
• puffer
• snail
• planted
• tank

[uvafred13]

Thanks everyone for the positive supportive comments. I actually only had these guys in the 2.5 gallon tank for a few weeks while I set up my larger tanks. They did fine in a planted 10 gallon with a bunch of cherry shrimp. @MykesterMachinima - yeah water parameters can get screwed up with you pollute the water with excess food or dont do sufficient partial water changes. I always test my water and make sure my fish are in good water conditions. There was never any aggression problems.

[drummerbowlskater]

hey man your pushing the limits with your tank you will most liikely need to donate 1 of those becuase a 2.5 tank can only handle about 2 puffers any more than that some terrioty fight will happen

[uvafred13]

I was worried about this at first and have been keeping an eye on it. They all get along great, no signs on aggression or stress on any of the three puffers. They have been together for many months now and will remain together forever. Two puffers would be worse than three in a 2.5 g tank, the aggression would be worse in a 1 on 1 situation. For some reason I feel I have more experience keeping fish than you.

[jbuchholz1]

Completely irresponsible. Do you homework before you buy a fish. They need a bigger tank.

[uvafred13]

Completely retarded.

[drummerbowlskater]

get a bgger tank!

[teitoku]

It's 3.5 years later now... how'd these guys work out? Did they get along well enough? Looks like at least two males.

[bsxpert1]

Wow way too small of a tank! Friends don't let friends buy fish without first doing the research!

[MykesterMachinima]

lol this kid is a dumbass, I wouldn't consider putting even 1 in a 2.5. it's the water parameters that get out of control.

[gitzen]

You're a fucking idiot. They need at least 10 gallons for all 3.

[ohhnoezz]

Indian dwarf puffers are completely freshwater, adding salt will kill them.

You are thinking of green spotted puffers...

[subydude2]

snails, shrimps and other crustaceans are important to feed to dwarf puffers because of their continually growing teeth. it helps prevent their teeth from overgrowing and eventually leading to starvation. petsmart sells ghost shrimp for cheap, they are good feed for puffers. they will also probably give you baby snails for free, as they are a huge nuisance.

[MagmaFalcon0]

I have a question!

My dwarf puffer has eaten my snail, and now the snail is dead. Should i leave the shell in the fish tank?

Also do dwarf puffers eat the snails shell?

[emilywemily12]

is that a awatter snail loL?

[racerbandpit]

I love this video. In the beginning, the puffer looks at the snail and then looks at the camera as if to say "I'm supposed to eat THIS?! What I want a Ghost Shrimp. At least those put up more of a fight." Lol. Funny fish.