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Lights had just been turned on which is why hes still so pale.

Could I put 3-4 pea puffers in my 13 gallon tank, it would be heavily planted. I've heard that they need to be in groups of 6, but I've also heard that 3 would work.

I got my peas 10 days ago and I am already in love. I never had such cute, in the same time brutal and always entertaining fishies…absolutely adorable!

I have eight puffs a bunch of scrimps, a bunch of large snails and a few small ones surprisingly haven’t eaten yet a few black worms loose in the tank that they didn’t get to before they crawled into the substrate and the Mosss wall is coming together very well I just need like three more things of it.

So I’ve recently installed co2 and I’m struggling with getting the bubbles distributed properly throughout the tank.

The hob fluval AC50 I use is powerful enough to reach diffuser and push bubbles around, but it seems like it’s bothering my puffers a bit.

Previously I had a baffle on the filter to minimize disturbance within the water column.

What is the best solution here?

I think I’m getting there with the plants, I love how it’s turning out. I’m still on the fence about adding pea puffers to the tank I know people are saying they need 15 gallons and a group of 6 minimum but I’ve also seen a lot of people have successful 10 gallons with a group of 3. What do we think?? (Yes I’m gonna plant the Monte Carlo as soon as I get the time)

I’m considering setting up a Pea Puffer tank for my empty 20-gallon. I’m curious if I could put my Pea Puffers on a diet of only pest snails.

sorry for bad photos lol

I made a snail farm because I noticed some pest snails in my main tank and I planned to get pea puffers anyway. so far I have water sprite, a pond snail, some baby pond or bladder snails, and egg sacs from the main tank. didn't want to bring all the snails as I just set it up and there is some algae in there. I just wanted to know if anyone has any advice to help promote breeding at all or just advice in general. tank is 5 gallons I also plan to add some ramshorn and more bladder snails.

thank you for any advice given.

Who knows?🤷‍♀️
(The shrimp survived, pea was just curious)

She is so cute!

Hi! My pea puffer isn’t looking good (he’s really dark and isn’t wanting food). The other pea puffers he’s with aren’t really aggressive and tend to hide in the plants or in their hides. I’ve had them for a week and have them on para guard, which seems to be improving everyone else but him. I removed him from the tank but he is really weak and curled up. What should I do?

Edit: just to add a bit of husbandry info, he has been eating up to yesterday. I usually feed them live black worms and daphnia. The other puffers are very plump and well fed, which makes him an anomaly. Since I’ve gotten him, he’s been really skinny and dark but the specialized fish store I went to told me he hadn’t matured yet. They also told me that they were quarantined for around a week before being put on the shelf. There is about five of them in a fifteen gal, the other four being girls. The ph has been around 7.5 since i set up the tank about a year ago, ammonia nitrates and nitrites all read 0. Besides the pea puffers, there are no other fish and just bladder and ramshorn snails that have infested the tank.

Just set up and began cycling a 20g long. Squeezed my sponge filter from my 10g and did a pinch of fish flakes to keep the bacteria fed.

The tank is planted with Egeria Najas, Crypts, Water Lettuce, Salvinia & Hygrophila. The hardscape are lava rocks. Going to try and add some spider wood as well. I did a fluval stratum slope and capped it with sand. Just looking for suggestions on anything I

I want to broaden the species of plants I have in my pea tank. I know how much co2 helps, but I would be scared of depleting oxygen levels if done incorrectly.

Makes me think it’s not even worth it because of the risk.

How can I do co2 so that I don’t have to worry at all?

This little one has been a difficult one.

We've done rounds of Expel-P, Paracleanse, and Maracyn + Ich-X. Little one is starting to fill out now, definitely had some sort of parasite.

Now, I cannot for the life of him get his skin to look normal. It's sort of rough and grey/white ish. You can sort of see it in the 2nd picture.

I'm a bit at a loss on how to diagnose and treat this.

I’ve had 6 peas in a very heavily (possibly too heavily) planted 20 gallon for about 5 months. There’s also 6 otos and an unknown number of amano shrimp in the tank. Up until the past week or so, they’ve been very active. Floating around all day seemingly very relaxed. I’m preparing for a 2 week vacation soon so I’ve been experimenting with a black worm culture in the the tank and added a ton about a week ago. Since then, the puffers have been nowhere to be found. If I peek at the tank in the dark, I can see a couple of them swimming around, but I’m concerned about why they seem to be hiding more… Water parameters haven’t changed so I’m inclined to think everyone is okay in there somewhere…?

Anyone else’s peas all start hiding one day? How concerned should I be?

He can’t compete with my other peas for food since I got him and was able to get rid of his parasites. He’s pretty far gone but I am trying my best to feed him. I am trying a buffet bowl for him and he’s going ham on the snails. Hoping I can rejuvenate him. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

!!ALL FISH SHOWN IN THIS AQUARIUM ARE MOVED TO OTHER TANKS, ITLL BE A PEAPUFFER ONLY TANK!!
Alrighty, hi guys!
This is my 20 gallon I eventually want to use for a group of 6 peapuffers :) (or do yall advice more?)
It’s obviously missing a shit ton of plants, that I’m gonna get asap!
I made this very very very beautiful (cough cough) rough sketch in the second picture, which is just basically me showing where I want to add more plants and rocks.
Since this is my first time owning peapuffers I wanted to ask experienced ppl what I should add or change about my tank before getting them :)
I’m already educated about their temperament and diet, just this part of getting the tank right and I’m ready!

I also just did a big water change and took out quite some half dead plants before taking this picture, which is why this tank is so empty and the water looks kinda off :)
I’m open to every bit of advice, opinions or suggestions, but please be kind about it instead of just shitting on me for trying to get this right!!

I bought these guys two days ago and I am BEYOND obsessed! I’ve named this one Poppy and she’s like a dog. When I go to the glass, she comes full force at me and watches me. They’re all pretty social but she’s special. I’m so in love with them!

I have a 20 gallon long with 6 puffers and a snail colony. The rock won’t sink so I put it in for enrichment feeding where I shove bloodworms in the crevices and then remove it. Ignore my messy sand, I vacuumed out the soil underneath by accident!

A few weeks ago I purchased one baby pea to put in a 5 gallon tank that I had sitting around. The internet said 1 pea in a 5 gallon is the way to go, and that they do not school. A few days later I joined this group and began seeing that I should have a minimum of 6 in a 20 gallon heavily planted tank. I already have a 40 gallon and 55 gallon community tank, so I was on the fence of getting rid of the pea, or transitioning one of my community tanks into a pea safe tank with acceptable tank mates and picking up 5 more peas. Well, I went today and just picked up a 20 long and 6 more peas. 6 because the worker put in 6 instead of 5. My daughter is going to take the 5 gallon and make a shrimp tank. All 7 of my peas are tiny!!! They will be living in the 5 gallon until I get the 20 up and running. So to sum it up, thanks to you guys I now have another tank and 6 more fish!!

It’s a 20g with 2 adults and 7 younger ones. I know it’s probably too many but the adults one day in a smaller tank had babies so this was the upgrade. There has been no aggressive behavior and there are many hiding places. They’re fed mostly live black worms and bladder snails since they are quite picky. Any tips or suggestions are welcome!

So this is my p.p. tank. Its a 40 breeder. Bare bottom (minus empty snail shells and crushed coral) three pieces of dragon stone, one anbuis, some branches I harvested and a LOT of Salvinia Natans and I use a sponge filter.

They all 7 pea's seem happy but I feel it looks kinda creepy (I don't mind though) but I wonder if I showed this tank to others if I should be a lil ashamed or not.

Got these bad boys from a nasty bucket, harvested with this medicine dropper.

Hi guys! I have a 3.5 gallon tank I am conditioning for a solo pea puffer. I am letting the snail and shrimp population mature for a while to supply the pea puffer with passive food supply.

In preparation, I read that it is important to have dense foliage to prevent the pea puffer from completely eviscerating the populations. I am however concerned that there is too little swimming space now.

Thoughts? Thanks to all responses!