r/PeaPuffers

Does anyone know what could be causing this spinning?

Since I can’t have snacks in the tank to clean up, I’m finding that my tank is very dirty. There are constantly particles floating around and settling on the plants.

Do you find cleaning your filter more often is necessary? I have sponge, and floss and purigen in my filter.

I also have khulis, neos and just added amanos to help clean up as well.

I have 4 little puffers at the moment and they are thriving but one stands out as weird.

Cindy has loads of pinprick spots covering her and she always looks fat, to the point of bulging even when the others look slimmer. I've even withheld food several times for a few days and she's always large.

She is also more curious, more dominant and while the all look at me around feeding time, she seems to have a hobby of looking at me. She can be a little bossy sometimes but not particularly violent towards her pea pals.

All of this has me wondering if she's actually a pea, or just something very similar.

My pea puffers showing off their carnivore jail.

I made a rough render of the kind of tank setup I’m thinking about. It’s not exactly what the finished tank will look like, just more of an idea for the layout.

The tank will be for pea puffers and possibly a few tank mates. I’m still planning on adding a cave and 3 pieces of driftwood too.

Do you think a setup like this could work for pea puffers and their tank mates? I’m mainly wondering if there will be enough plants and line-of-sight breaks to help with aggression while still leaving enough open swimming space.

Would the cave and driftwood make it suitable, or should I add even more cover/plants?

Love my peas 💚

brother is blackworm-wasted and ready for his Ted Talk

Show me your peas resting places!

Waddledee is a butthole and won’t leave Waddledoo alone. I recently got four more puffers to complete my shoal of 6, but they’re too small to have swimming around with my big boy and girl.

Waddledee is a bully and bites Waddledoo because he’s timid and shy and likes to keep to himself.

I’m convinced all of my puffers are of a different genus from Wadledoo and that’s why he’s bullied, he looks so different and does not have wrinkles around his eyes?

Right now Waddledee is in her own tank to give my boy some time to heal and rest, but I’m moving tomorrow and she will NEED to go back in the tank with my boy.

First pic is Waddledee, second is Waddledoo, last picture is my four babies who are still reallyyyyyy small!

Any advice is welcome, I’m learning as I go.

The five month old fry are now 1/3 the size of the adult puffers. I plan to rescape the tank to break up territories and release the babies when they reach 1/2 the size. For those who have tried this how did it go and what helped?

Slightly off topic, what online sites are reputable for ordering daphnia starter cultures?

It’s planted now. (Cloudy due to said planting)

Every time I observe them, I always end up smiling and laughing I don’t know why 😂

Maybe it’s the eyes or their fat bellies

Any plant suggestions? This is a 20 long and I want a really bush look.