I just got some pea puffers and I couldn't be happier!

[Prismo]

Got my puffers in a planted community tank , they are doing well so far. Puffers, tetras, cory pyg, ottos, bristlenose. They tend to chase tails when they get bored and when their hungry they are relentless. Keep them feed and plenty plants. 20 gallon with more than 10 puffers lol.

[Beth777]

You should've seen all the snails in that tank.

I need a few pea puffers for my snail problem. Got them darn eggs in the moss too.


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[Beth777]

I don't like it when I have fish that compete for food like that, but I do. Big Blue, my acei, loves the algae wafers that I drop for the corys. I swear I try to distract him with my left hand while I drop the wafers with the right and I cannot fool that darn fish! LOL This is even with the lights off some times. LOL

mine do attack the bloodworms pretty fast now, but if they were in a tank with tetras and such, they would not get a morsel if there were no snails available to snack on all day.

[ptran]

Are you serious! They've already nearly polished off all those snails? LOL What little piggys! LOL

I need a few pea puffers for my snail problem. Got them darn eggs in the moss too.


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[JCrizz]

I just started a new thread with video so you can see them in action. Starting to get real territorial now!

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[TattedUpFishGuy]

Man! If they get after em like that I may get some pea puffers for both 55's cuz I got em bad

[JCrizz]

I just took some snails from my main tank and put them into the puffer tank. One of the little guys saw me, followed the snails and is GETTIN IT! You know he's not telling his friends though!

[morpheus]

Dang, what's with all the guppy hate lately? I'm glad to see some of them survived your sadistic plan, Dexter! Haha

I'd be more than happy to come take those snails off your hands! These 4 have just about cleaned out the 20 gallon already.

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glad to hear they are taking good care of your snail infestation. relentless little guys. stores will give you bags for free from their tanks

[morpheus]

It's really cute the way they seem to think about and study their food before they eat it.

mine do attack the bloodworms pretty fast now, but if they were in a tank with tetras and such, they would not get a morsel if there were no snails available to snack on all day.

[morpheus]

I looked and looked and couldn't see the neon cracks on Crizz',s but one definitely had a line up it's tummy with that same color my little boy had.

the dark line on the belly is another indication of a male. this article is a good source i usually copy/paste to people. it explains in more details than i type :)

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_4/V4I1/sexing_puffers/Sexing_The_Dwarf_Puffer.htm

[Beth777]

It's really cute the way they seem to think about and study their food before they eat it.

Well fed puffers will also help I think. I kept them in a 75 gallons community tank for couple months and then moved them to a 10 gallon tank. They couldn't compete food with other fishes because they like to stare at their food before eating them lol. After awhile there weren't any snails left in the tank for them to eat they started to nip at other fishes but they were fine for months before that.

I also put a bunch of guppy fries in their 10 gallon tank (I know you like guppies, but I had too many of them at that time), and some guppies grew big now. Not sure if the guppies were too fast or if the puffers like worms more.

[Beth777]

I looked and looked and couldn't see the neon cracks on Crizz',s but one definitely had a line up it's tummy with that same color my little boy had.

definitely a neat fish to have....and 4 puffers in that size tank should not be a problem. i have 4 in the 10gal and no aggression at all. eat like pigs though

i tried for 1M and 3F, but i got 2 and 2. difficult to tell when they are young. two have the distinctive eye patterns now (the neon blue cracks). mine have never bred, or are just continually eating the eggs out of the java moss.

[Beth777]

Years ago I had a male and female and they were such a cute little couple. Always bickering over a sea shell.LOL

Nice been thinking about getting some for my son's room

[Beth777]

I just discovered how delicious sea weed is so algae wafers were the next experiment.

Just some algea wafe... YOU'RE SICK!!!! You know YOU aren't a fish, right?!

[Beth777]

I've still got the moss you gave me in a jar. Those suckas gonna die!

That sounds just like my daughter, too. I actually never got any snail, but then I bought some java moss from someone. I checked it for snails and couldn't find any. I forgot about the eggs. THE EGGS!!!!