Pea Puffer Pufferfish (2024)

FAQs

Are pea puffers aggressive? ›

They are almost irresistible with their tiny round bodies and highly inquisitive nature. The fact that this fish can independently control each eye only adds to their wonder. Don't let these fish fool you. As cute as they are, they have a reputation for being aggressive.

Yes. It is rare, but you may catch your pufferfish in act of puffing up as a defensive mechanism or just for practice. Pufferfish puff up by sucking in water to increase their size and discourage would-be predators. If let alone, it will shrink back down to its normal shape in due time.

The pea puffer or 'carinotetraodon travancoricus' is a species of fish famous for its tiny size of no more than 0.98 inches (25mm). Due to their small size, this species has earned several names, such as the Dwarf Puffer and Pygmy Puffer.

The world's smallest pufferfish is the Malabar puffer (Carinotetraodon travancoricus), also known variously as the dwarf or pygmy puffer among several other names, and is a freshwater species native to rivers in southwestern India's Western Ghats.

Male pea puffers are more aggressive and territorial than females, which is why it is important to have as few males in the shoal as possible. These fish are just as individualist as their larger relatives, so there is no guaranteed ratio, but it is recommended to keep at least two females to every male.

generally, Pea Puffers are territorial and can be aggressive toward each other, that's why it's suggested that if you keep more than one the general rule is 5 gallons fr the first Pea Puffer and add 3 gallons for each additional Pea Puffer.

The Amazon puffer, also known as the South American or friendly pufferfish, is a relatively small freshwater puffer found primarily in Brazil, but also in other areas throughout the Amazon River basin.

One male and two or three females would get ideal, I think. I've kept four pea puffers in a thickly planted 10 gallon with no issues, but I was never good at sexing them. I would not keep danios with them, especially in a 10 gallon which is really too small for danios at any rate.

Puffers are known for their intelligence, their curiosity, and their awareness of what is going on outside of their tank. Dwarfs are no exception. They carefully and deliberately search every surface in their tank and pay close attention to activity elsewhere in the room, as well.

Pufferfish (fugu) have extremely toxic poison in their organs which can kill a human very quickly. Thus, any chef who wants to serve fugu must be trained and certified to do so.

What is surprising about pea puffers? ›

They absolutely are considered a shoaling fish, and they are intelligent hunters, and they are also vicious little murder beans. Even in the wild, the other fish that cohabit with pea puffers will have pea puffer mouth sized scoops out of their fins.

Puffers have teeth though and that's the problem with them. They wear down their teeth by eating hard, crunchy stuff like snails, clams, mussels, etc. Guppy fry tend not to be hard and crunchy. That would mean your puffer would have its teeth overgrow and become a problem.