Pea Puffer Tank size and foods?

I have a nine gallon, plastic bin or a hexagonal 5 gallon tank which I could use for the puffer, which do you think? What do I need to feed them? I could feed earthworms, dried shrimp and hopefully some baby apple snails(trying to breed them), if they don’t breed could I just feed the other two? What else do I need? A filter(I could probably make my own with aquarium tubing, a sponge, cotton balls and established sand), a bubbler? Is that it?

 

There is a section on food. Says daphnia and black worms,white worms and snails. They like to have a lot of plant cover to help with aggression and they need very clean water

 

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There is a section on food. Says daphnia and black worms,white worms and snails. They like to have a lot of plant cover to help with aggression and they need very clean water[/QUOTE]
I could get those, I think I will only get one if I do and it will be heavily planted, are you sure not earthworms?

 

I have 3 pea puffers in a 10 gallon tank. I feed brine shrimp and bloodworms. Earthworms are going to be too big. Pea puffers aren't even an inch long. And if you get frozen bloodworms, pay attention to the brand, because some brands use longer worms and some use shorter worms. Pea puffers prefer the shorter worms.

People say to feed them snails once a week or so, but mine ignore malaysian trumpet snails and ramshorn snails. I haven't put snails in my puffer tank in weeks, and I still have living snails in the tank.

If you use the 5 gallon, just get 1 puffer. If you use the 9 gallon you can do 2, maybe 3 if you know how to break up sight lines and establish territory zones with your aquascape. These guys are super territorial so "one inch of fish per gallon" doesn't apply with them.

 

Also you will also need a heater. The filter will need to be good quality. Puffers are sensitive to clean water

 

I saw them yesterday at my LFS and the lady told me they get fed dried shrimp, couldn’t I chop up the bigger worms, the smaller ones are about .25” big. I can’t get black worms and stuff unless my LFS sells them, and I don’t think they do. I could also feed them mosquito larvae, but I don’t know how reliable that would as a good sorce.

I have 3 pea puffers in a 10 gallon tank. I feed brine shrimp and bloodworms. Earthworms are going to be too big. Pea puffers aren't even an inch long. And if you get frozen bloodworms, pay attention to the brand, because some brands use longer worms and some use shorter worms. Pea puffers prefer the shorter worms.

People say to feed them snails once a week or so, but mine ignore malaysian trumpet snails and ramshorn snails. I haven't put snails in my puffer tank in weeks, and I still have living snails in the tank.

If you use the 5 gallon, just get 1 puffer. If you use the 9 gallon you can do 2, maybe 3 if you know how to break up sight lines and establish territory zones with your aquascape. These guys are super territorial so "one inch of fish per gallon" doesn't apply with them.

 

I saw them yesterday at my LFS and the lady told me they get fed dried shrimp

I imagine she meant freeze dried brine shrimp?

couldn’t I chop up the bigger worms

It's not just the length. You'd have to cut it long-ways too, so it's thin enough for the puffer's tiny mouth. The small ones are just babies; they grow. Earthworms are just not an appropriate food for a fish that small.

You can get frozen blood worms or frozen brine shrimp from just about any pet store. The big chain pet stores like Petco and Petsmart even carry them. If you want to culture live food yourself, look at baby brine shrimp, white worms, and black worms.

When I bought my puffers from the local fish store, I asked if I could have a handful of their pest snails, and they gave me about 10 malaysian trumpet snails for free, no questions asked.

 

I imagine she meant freeze dried brine shrimp?



It's not just the length. You'd have to cut it long-ways too, so it's thin enough for the puffer's tiny mouth. The small ones are just babies; they grow. Earthworms are just not an appropriate food for a fish that small.

You can get frozen blood worms or frozen brine shrimp from just about any pet store. The big chain pet stores like Petco and Petsmart even carry them. If you want to culture live food yourself, look at baby brine shrimp, white worms, and black worms.

When I bought my puffers from the local fish store, I asked if I could have a handful of their pest snails, and they gave me about 10 malaysian trumpet snails for free, no questions asked.

Ok, I wrote my LFS that had them, we don't really have chain stores

I imagine she meant freeze dried brine shrimp?



It's not just the length. You'd have to cut it long-ways too, so it's thin enough for the puffer's tiny mouth. The small ones are just babies; they grow. Earthworms are just not an appropriate food for a fish that small.

You can get frozen blood worms or frozen brine shrimp from just about any pet store. The big chain pet stores like Petco and Petsmart even carry them. If you want to culture live food yourself, look at baby brine shrimp, white worms, and black worms.

When I bought my puffers from the local fish store, I asked if I could have a handful of their pest snails, and they gave me about 10 malaysian trumpet snails for free, no questions asked.

I know that the small ones are the babies, those are the ones I will feed him, and I will use the adult to breed, I found a store that sells daphnia for about $0.6 a bag(IDK how many there are in a bag) if I buy those how do I breed them?

Or should I just do an rcs/snail breeding tank?