#peapuffers #indiandwarfpuffer #freshwaterpuffer Species profile on this amazing little freshwater puffer that everyone should experience at some point in the hobby.
Three months ago I had an infestation of Ramshorn snails, there was at least 100 adults and a over a thousand baby snails. snail eggs were in every corner of the tank, it was getting out of hand. A friend of mine suggested pea puffers to slow down the snail population growth, I went to the local fish store and bought 4 baby pea puffers, long story short, yesterday I had to go buy frozen blood worms and more snails because they completely eradicated the snail infestation I had.
Haha.. yeah they're expert snail hunters hey. Some people raise snails to feed the Puffers in a separate tank. A food grade tote bow will do or even a bucket in a pinch. I would suggest making them as comfortable as possible so adding what you can i.e. a sponge filter, substrate, etc but may be a cheaper option to keep buying bloodworm if you're able to do it.
Adorable, they are that for sure Alison and a great many other things besides. Hope you get to try them at some stage, pretty sure you'll not regret it. 👍
I just got some and they are ADORABLE. I keep them by my bed and they come up to me when I am near them and I havent even had them a month yet. They follow me when I am moving the plants around and stuff as well. They are being picky about food right now tho. I am trying to grow more snails bc they clearly LOVE them. Bladder snails. They are SO cute.
So cute and cool Daniel….it’s so fun to watch em investigate the snail shells and hover about….we loved our puffers and miss em….we may get some again someday…..have a great day sir😀😀👋👋
Fantastic focus on this Carinotetraodon travancoricus species! Dwarf puffer fish, also known as Malabar puffer, pea puffer, or pygmy puffer fish, is a small freshwater puffer fish endemic to Kerala and southern Karnataka in southwestern India. Thanks Daniel
I currently have an elderly cat, and a healthy bunny rabbit.. they're keeping me on my toes and I'm in no hurry to get other pets. But some day... I really would love a couple of these " murder beans " 😂😂😂. Thanks for the great video and info. ❤
I'm doing all the research I can before I get these little guys and your video was very thorough and helpful, so thank you for that. I'm planning on setting up a heavily planted 20 gallon/75L tank for a group of 4 pea puffers. I already have an outdoor tub with a ton of pond and ramshorn snails. Would I be able to go on a one week vacation and toss a handful of snails in the tank before I leave to make sure they have something to eat while I'm gone? If so, how many would you say are enough for 4 puffers? They may not be the right fish for me if I'm going to have to find a sitter. Thank you!
I would get to know how much your Puffers usually eat. Then when you go away leave them enough for a couple of days and make it the last thing you do. They should be okay for a few days without food but if you put a week's worth in the danger is they kill them all then have rotting nails in your tank which could cause water quality issues. Also if you add the smallest snails you can find (if using the pond snails) it may take the fish a bit longer to locate them particularly in a heavily planted tank hey. I have never fed pond snails, only Ramshorns so I would suggest a handful of the latter as I have done that myself and when I did it that was fine.
Dear Daniel: I’m very impressed with your, lovely stand of guppy grass (Najas Guadalupensis). I’d like to give that species a go. Since pea puffers love snails, I wonder if they would consume freshwater limpets (of genus Ferrissia). Several of my tanks are infested with them, as well as a snail that looks similar to a ramshorn snail (Planorbarius corneus), but doesn’t get as big. I’m not sure if a pea puffer could get to the flesh of a limpet. But, it could probably bite into the shell, if it tried. Thank you for sharing this, informative, species profile on Carinotetraodon travancoricus. They look right happy in your, terrific setup. All my best, Sincerely, E. J. Brinegar
Thanks E. J. Well I've never seen them eating limpets but I've never seen any in tanks I've kept Pea Puffers in so I would guess they do crunch them up but it is an un-confirmed assumption bud.
I asked the Manager of the Fish Department of my, local, pet store (Feeders Supply) if he ever stocks guppy grass. He'd never heard of it. I asked him to see if he can order some from his supplier. He promised to check. I really love fast-growing and propagating plants like water wisteria, Java moss, and salvinia. I hope I can acquire some Najas Guadalupensis. I'd order from Amazon or eBay, but fear the seller wouldn't include a heat pack and it would freeze in shipping, this time of year.
@@ejbrinegar mate if I live nearer I'd make sure to get some to you but don't think it would make the journey. Aquarium Coop or another US online vendor not sell it? Someone who you can contact about your order to make sure they add a heat pack I mean. Might even be worth contacting another UA-camr near you that has it on someone on an online forum. I generally find fish people like ourselves are generally keen to help each other out with things like this.
I've got a single one in with a male Betta (your point about making do with the space you've got is right!). It shouldn't have worked but it does. They leave each other alone completely (10 gallon tank, heavily planted). I wouldn't recommend this though and would go with a species only of at least 3. One of the problems is that they are what I call considered eaters. They stalk the food before they decide to eat it, which gives something like a Betta enough time to swoop in and outcompete them. I have to distract the Betta to make sure the puffer gets its food. Mine has decimated the bladder snails that were in the tank. I now have to keep them separately as a treat. They love mini blood worms. I have got mine to eat white mosquito larvae on occasion. Fantastic and entertaining little fish.
I guess in our hobby there are no hard and fast rules, sometimes what shouldn't work does. I'm glad it has in your case, both fish are interesting and have great personalities. I bet you enjoy lots of time with that tank. That's a great point about the feeding habits. I think that's one of the things that works well with this tank. The Chilli Rabora pick off smaller sized food at the surface, the puffers generally get what is dropped in for them, the Otto has a completely different diet and the shrimp scavange any uneaten or missed food. Thanks so much for your comment and adding you thoughts, people will definitely find what you said interesting.
😊 Hello Daniel. How are you Sir? It is good to hear from you. They are beautifully cute little Pufferfish. Very good information about them. Thankyou very much kind Sir. Your video has just been given the #46th big 👍 up! 😊 Much love and warm greetings to you and your family. 👍😊❤️
Oh hey, yeah I'm well thank you, hope you are also bud. They certainly are the cutest wee things. Super interesting too. Would encourage anyone to try them at some point in their hobby if they can. Nice to hear from you. Take care mate. 👍
Intelligent little fish. Meant to ask you Daniel about your fertiliser regime for plants. You stated you use 50% TNC complete and 50% TNC lite. With your mixture, do you then follow the instructions on the TNC complete or lite? Any advice would be gladly welcome. I remember you said this mixture worked well for your plants.
It's just my phone mate it's the Galaxy Note 20. I used an additional lense for the close up shot of the Puffer eating the bloodworms. Just a clip on macro lense but the subject needs to be very close to the camera to get clear video. It's the ARKA My Scape Studio Filter and Macro Lense. £14.99 on Amazon.
Great vid. Funny I found this vid actually as I'm in the process of collecting the equipment for a single puffer tank. I've been wanting to add something like a small school of rasbora so they don't get lonely or bored. To avoid aggression if possible, would you recommend adding the puffer after the rasboras? I don't want the puffer to claim territory and have a reason to attack. Also, do you think an 8 gallon (30L) would be okay for a single puffer and six chili rasbora? Appreciate the vid and any help 👍
Yeah. This is the 30 litre Flex so I would say you could have a few Pea Puffers with a group of Chillis for sure. If you could get one male and three females that would be ideal. I would definitely add the Chillis first as you say. Let them settle in before adding the Puffers. Hope it works out great for you. Makes for a really nice interesting aquarium if you can make it work. If you can have plants and scape that break line of sight and opportunity to take a wee rest away from the other fish I reckon that helps too.
@@DanielKeepingFish Cheers for the reply mate. Appreciate it. Will be sure to let you know how it goes. I'll be setting one up later on in the year after my honey gourami tank :D
Hi Daniel, I would like to take two or three pea puffer fish, I read differet opinion about the compatibility of this species with neocaridina sp. What do you think about this topic? In my opinion they eat them but I'm not sure
@@DanielKeepingFish Thanks Daniel, and this explain the different opinions I read. They don't eat adult but eat juveniles shrimps, so the caridina population in the tank is destined to desappear a few months...
@alessandrolongobardi5890 well a bit longer than that since Cherry shrimp can live between 1 and 2 years. Also there's things you can do like provide lots of dense cover and hiding spots so some juveniles may reach adulthood. That's my experience keeping them together but all fish have their own personalities same as we do hey. Maybe some people have had particularly aggressive or hungry Pea Puffers that have attacked adult shrimp which could also explain the conflicting information but like I said mine were fine with adult neocardina and Amano Shrimp.
Oh well, I thought they lived less! Anyway in this days I'm renovating tank landscape, I used dragon stone that are rich of holes and I'm looking for idoneus plant and mosses to increase the planting rate of the tank. This will surely increase the possibilities of shrimps survival. In addition, I'm preparing another little tank for snails and other live preys culture, and only when will be all ready I'll proceed to order the pea pufferfish. Thanks, Alessandro @@DanielKeepingFish
I would say they would struggle with high flow. They're pretty small with small fins and they're rounded, not streamline for cutting through current. High flow rates would blow them about and exhaust them I'm sure.
Have you tried Grindle worms? They're pretty easy to culture and I think seeing the food wriggle really makes their predator drive kick in. I would still provide plenty of snails but good to mix it up a bit too.
Ah that's a shame mate. Am sorry to see that. As you see mine get on with my Chilli Rasbora fine but all fish have their own personalities same as we do I guess. I'm sorry yours didn't get on with your fish although I'm surprised the faster small Tetra and Rasbora weren't quick enough to evade the Pea Puffers. Sometimes we don't know these things for sure till we try it.
Three months ago I had an infestation of Ramshorn snails, there was at least 100 adults and a over a thousand baby snails. snail eggs were in every corner of the tank, it was getting out of hand. A friend of mine suggested pea puffers to slow down the snail population growth, I went to the local fish store and bought 4 baby pea puffers, long story short, yesterday I had to go buy frozen blood worms and more snails because they completely eradicated the snail infestation I had.
Haha.. yeah they're expert snail hunters hey. Some people raise snails to feed the Puffers in a separate tank. A food grade tote bow will do or even a bucket in a pinch. I would suggest making them as comfortable as possible so adding what you can i.e. a sponge filter, substrate, etc but may be a cheaper option to keep buying bloodworm if you're able to do it.
Awww they are so cute. I so want some of these. Adorable. Thank you for the video 👍
Adorable, they are that for sure Alison and a great many other things besides. Hope you get to try them at some stage, pretty sure you'll not regret it. 👍
I just got some and they are ADORABLE. I keep them by my bed and they come up to me when I am near them and I havent even had them a month yet. They follow me when I am moving the plants around and stuff as well. They are being picky about food right now tho. I am trying to grow more snails bc they clearly LOVE them. Bladder snails. They are SO cute.
These are some of my favorite fish to own
So cute and cool Daniel….it’s so fun to watch em investigate the snail shells and hover about….we loved our puffers and miss em….we may get some again someday…..have a great day sir😀😀👋👋
Even when they don't have a place in a tank they have a place in the heart hey mate. 😉💙
Such cute and interesting little fish! Thanks for the video, very informative. I think you’ve sold me on them for sure.
Hard not to fall in love with them for sure.
Fantastic focus on this Carinotetraodon travancoricus species!
Dwarf puffer fish, also known as Malabar puffer, pea puffer, or pygmy puffer fish, is a small freshwater puffer fish endemic to Kerala and southern Karnataka in southwestern India. Thanks Daniel
Thanks very much Marco. Yeah I enjoyed making this one. Such a wonderful interesting species.
Take care mate.
I really love your fish videos and this format! Keep it up!
Thank you Yusuf.
Awesome tank! I always wanted to setup a tank with a pea puffer swarm in it.
Yeah it's pretty fun. Definitely worth setting up if you're able.
They are so cute! great information about them!
Thanks very much mate. The really are the cutest hey.
@@DanielKeepingFish They sure are!
Great video, thank you. I am looking at putting a group of 6 in my 3’ which is densely planted. Thanks again, I have subscribed as a result.
Ah cool. You'll enjoy them so much.
I currently have an elderly cat, and a healthy bunny rabbit.. they're keeping me on my toes and I'm in no hurry to get other pets. But some day... I really would love a couple of these " murder beans " 😂😂😂. Thanks for the great video and info. ❤
Haha.. sounds like you've got your hands full already but I bet you'll love these if you get the chance to try them at some point. Hope you do.
Awesome video, thanks!
Thanks RT.
Love your tank, especially with Sparkling Gourami, and Chili Rasboras, and PeaPuffer combination
Thank you. Yeah it turned out a nice tank I reckon. 👍
I am so getting few of these as soon as my tank grows enough plants
You'll love them!
Fantastic information Daniel
Thanks Larry. 👍
Some of my favorite puffers 😁
You'd be one to know mate, think you've kept a few Puffers over time hey.
I'm doing all the research I can before I get these little guys and your video was very thorough and helpful, so thank you for that. I'm planning on setting up a heavily planted 20 gallon/75L tank for a group of 4 pea puffers. I already have an outdoor tub with a ton of pond and ramshorn snails. Would I be able to go on a one week vacation and toss a handful of snails in the tank before I leave to make sure they have something to eat while I'm gone? If so, how many would you say are enough for 4 puffers? They may not be the right fish for me if I'm going to have to find a sitter. Thank you!
I would get to know how much your Puffers usually eat. Then when you go away leave them enough for a couple of days and make it the last thing you do. They should be okay for a few days without food but if you put a week's worth in the danger is they kill them all then have rotting nails in your tank which could cause water quality issues.
Also if you add the smallest snails you can find (if using the pond snails) it may take the fish a bit longer to locate them particularly in a heavily planted tank hey.
I have never fed pond snails, only Ramshorns so I would suggest a handful of the latter as I have done that myself and when I did it that was fine.
@@DanielKeepingFish thank you so much for your tips!
Cool info Daniel! Been thinking of getting these guys
Would definitely recommend giving them a shot at some point if you can. They are super good fun bud.
i love these there so cute
For sure Mandy. One of the real gems of the freshwater hobby.
i have a saltwater puffer on order for my new tank .. just got to love them
@@leeandmandybattersby5958 nice one! Ill be looking forward to seeing that for sure.
I have rummy nose tetra,
black neon tetra, and neon tetra with my puffers
Along with many different shrimp and snails
Thanks for sharing that. The can go with more fish and tank mates than their reputation suggests hey.
so cute
They are for sure APSS!
Dear Daniel:
I’m very impressed with your, lovely stand of guppy grass (Najas Guadalupensis). I’d like to give that species a go.
Since pea puffers love snails, I wonder if they would consume freshwater limpets (of genus Ferrissia). Several of my tanks are infested with them, as well as a snail that looks similar to a ramshorn snail (Planorbarius corneus), but doesn’t get as big. I’m not sure if a pea puffer could get to the flesh of a limpet. But, it could probably bite into the shell, if it tried.
Thank you for sharing this, informative, species profile on Carinotetraodon travancoricus. They look right happy in your, terrific setup.
All my best,
Sincerely,
E. J. Brinegar
Thanks E. J. Well I've never seen them eating limpets but I've never seen any in tanks I've kept Pea Puffers in so I would guess they do crunch them up but it is an un-confirmed assumption bud.
I asked the Manager of the Fish Department of my, local, pet store (Feeders Supply) if he ever stocks guppy grass. He'd never heard of it. I asked him to see if he can order some from his supplier. He promised to check. I really love fast-growing and propagating plants like water wisteria, Java moss, and salvinia. I hope I can acquire some Najas Guadalupensis. I'd order from Amazon or eBay, but fear the seller wouldn't include a heat pack and it would freeze in shipping, this time of year.
@@ejbrinegar mate if I live nearer I'd make sure to get some to you but don't think it would make the journey. Aquarium Coop or another US online vendor not sell it? Someone who you can contact about your order to make sure they add a heat pack I mean.
Might even be worth contacting another UA-camr near you that has it on someone on an online forum. I generally find fish people like ourselves are generally keen to help each other out with things like this.
These are good suggestions. It should be relatively easy to find this, popular, hardy species. Thank you for your assistance.
I've got a single one in with a male Betta (your point about making do with the space you've got is right!). It shouldn't have worked but it does. They leave each other alone completely (10 gallon tank, heavily planted).
I wouldn't recommend this though and would go with a species only of at least 3. One of the problems is that they are what I call considered eaters. They stalk the food before they decide to eat it, which gives something like a Betta enough time to swoop in and outcompete them. I have to distract the Betta to make sure the puffer gets its food.
Mine has decimated the bladder snails that were in the tank. I now have to keep them separately as a treat.
They love mini blood worms. I have got mine to eat white mosquito larvae on occasion. Fantastic and entertaining little fish.
I guess in our hobby there are no hard and fast rules, sometimes what shouldn't work does. I'm glad it has in your case, both fish are interesting and have great personalities. I bet you enjoy lots of time with that tank.
That's a great point about the feeding habits. I think that's one of the things that works well with this tank. The Chilli Rabora pick off smaller sized food at the surface, the puffers generally get what is dropped in for them, the Otto has a completely different diet and the shrimp scavange any uneaten or missed food.
Thanks so much for your comment and adding you thoughts, people will definitely find what you said interesting.
@@DanielKeepingFish No problem mate. Really enjoy your videos.
@@andreashessler838 ah thank you Andreas, that's very kind of you to say so. I really enjoy making them.
Can you give us more info or make a video on how to culture snails for our puffers pls
😊 Hello Daniel.
How are you Sir?
It is good to hear from you.
They are beautifully cute little Pufferfish. Very good information about them. Thankyou very much kind Sir.
Your video has just been given the #46th big 👍 up! 😊
Much love and warm greetings to you and your family. 👍😊❤️
Oh hey, yeah I'm well thank you, hope you are also bud.
They certainly are the cutest wee things. Super interesting too. Would encourage anyone to try them at some point in their hobby if they can.
Nice to hear from you. Take care mate. 👍
@@DanielKeepingFish I'm glad you are well. Indeed I am Thankyou.
I might try someday buddy. 👍😊❤️
Intelligent little fish. Meant to ask you Daniel about your fertiliser regime for plants. You stated you use 50% TNC complete and 50% TNC lite. With your mixture, do you then follow the instructions on the TNC complete or lite? Any advice would be gladly welcome. I remember you said this mixture worked well for your plants.
Totally off subject but I'd love an update on your Jewel rio tank if you have time please 😊
For sure Kelly! I was intending to do an update on it at some point so I'll try to bring it forward a bit. 👍
Excellent content love the fish and the otto looks healthy ,,,,what camera do you use ?
It's just my phone mate it's the Galaxy Note 20. I used an additional lense for the close up shot of the Puffer eating the bloodworms. Just a clip on macro lense but the subject needs to be very close to the camera to get clear video. It's the ARKA My Scape Studio Filter and Macro Lense. £14.99 on Amazon.
@@DanielKeepingFish Very cool content ,,,class leader
i would love to have seen the ending
What do you mean Ayden?
@@DanielKeepingFish the puffers were about to eat the snail.
Great vid. Funny I found this vid actually as I'm in the process of collecting the equipment for a single puffer tank. I've been wanting to add something like a small school of rasbora so they don't get lonely or bored. To avoid aggression if possible, would you recommend adding the puffer after the rasboras? I don't want the puffer to claim territory and have a reason to attack. Also, do you think an 8 gallon (30L) would be okay for a single puffer and six chili rasbora? Appreciate the vid and any help 👍
Yeah. This is the 30 litre Flex so I would say you could have a few Pea Puffers with a group of Chillis for sure. If you could get one male and three females that would be ideal.
I would definitely add the Chillis first as you say. Let them settle in before adding the Puffers. Hope it works out great for you. Makes for a really nice interesting aquarium if you can make it work.
If you can have plants and scape that break line of sight and opportunity to take a wee rest away from the other fish I reckon that helps too.
@@DanielKeepingFish Cheers for the reply mate. Appreciate it.
Will be sure to let you know how it goes. I'll be setting one up later on in the year after my honey gourami tank :D
Hey. How to combine low lighting for fish and plant maintenance?
Hi Daniel, I would like to take two or three pea puffer fish, I read differet opinion about the compatibility of this species with neocaridina sp. What do you think about this topic? In my opinion they eat them but I'm not sure
I kept them with Cherry shrimp. They left the adults alone but I rarely saw shrimplets so pretty certain the Puffers were eating them.
@@DanielKeepingFish Thanks Daniel, and this explain the different opinions I read. They don't eat adult but eat juveniles shrimps, so the caridina population in the tank is destined to desappear a few months...
@alessandrolongobardi5890 well a bit longer than that since Cherry shrimp can live between 1 and 2 years. Also there's things you can do like provide lots of dense cover and hiding spots so some juveniles may reach adulthood.
That's my experience keeping them together but all fish have their own personalities same as we do hey. Maybe some people have had particularly aggressive or hungry Pea Puffers that have attacked adult shrimp which could also explain the conflicting information but like I said mine were fine with adult neocardina and Amano Shrimp.
Oh well, I thought they lived less! Anyway in this days I'm renovating tank landscape, I used dragon stone that are rich of holes and I'm looking for idoneus plant and mosses to increase the planting rate of the tank. This will surely increase the possibilities of shrimps survival. In addition, I'm preparing another little tank for snails and other live preys culture, and only when will be all ready I'll proceed to order the pea pufferfish. Thanks, Alessandro @@DanielKeepingFish
I would love a small colony of Pea Puffers, but I’d have to take out a second mortgage lol 😂
Haha, they're great fish but not mortgage your house great. Take it they're very expensive over there then mate.
@@DanielKeepingFish they are between $250 and $400 each here
@@johnmaude5065 woa. Not talking peanuts there then right enough. That's unbelievable.
@@johnmaude5065 that's insane ! Where are you from ? LFS near me $5 each
@@frozengalaxy2253 Australia 🇦🇺
Hi can they live with Cory's
Would they be able to take high flow filtration?
I would say they would struggle with high flow. They're pretty small with small fins and they're rounded, not streamline for cutting through current. High flow rates would blow them about and exhaust them I'm sure.
@@DanielKeepingFish ur right haha
thank the internet for their demand and demise. 15 years ago hardly anyone knew about them.
Mines don’t eat blood worms :/ I need to get them more snails soon
Have you tried Grindle worms? They're pretty easy to culture and I think seeing the food wriggle really makes their predator drive kick in.
I would still provide plenty of snails but good to mix it up a bit too.
Spider man because he had no way home
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That fish kill and eat all my green rasboras and ambers tetras , they are carnivores 😡
Ah that's a shame mate. Am sorry to see that. As you see mine get on with my Chilli Rasbora fine but all fish have their own personalities same as we do I guess. I'm sorry yours didn't get on with your fish although I'm surprised the faster small Tetra and Rasbora weren't quick enough to evade the Pea Puffers.
Sometimes we don't know these things for sure till we try it.