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by pea-enthusiast
Wed Jul 05, 2023 5:07 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Tiny tank for tiny Mowgli
Replies: 7
Views: 2159

Re: Tiny tank for tiny Mowgli

Hey, you should def post a pic of the 4g when you are done with, id love to see it. And thank you for the compliment :D Mowgli lived in that tank for about a year before I took him up to New York from Florida for the summer and moved him into a new heavily planted, 6g tank. Once I moved him, he beg...
by pea-enthusiast
Wed Jul 05, 2023 4:48 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: pea puffer adjustments for novice
Replies: 4
Views: 6111

Re: pea puffer adjustments for novice

[welcome] So happy to hear you are getting a 15g for them! Be sure to move over the filter media to cycle the new tank. Here is the best article on them: https://www.pufferfishenthusiastsworldwide.com/post/c-travancoricus yeah! been reading this like religious text ehe, which is what made me think ...
by pea-enthusiast
Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Tiny tank for tiny Mowgli
Replies: 7
Views: 2159

Re: Tiny tank for tiny Mowgli

This is beautiful and gave me ideas for the 4 gallon I have now (and 15+ I plan to get today). Great example of tiny house-ing a tank, haha.
by pea-enthusiast
Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:09 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: pea puffer adjustments for novice
Replies: 4
Views: 6111

Re: pea puffer adjustments for novice

Update: looking to get a 15+ gallon tank for the little guys (and hopefully girls lmao, bc unknown sex ratio rn) tomorrow and currently cleaning my table area for them and moving things around before I head out to get more food/pump/tank/plants. A little project for myself today that I'm really exci...
by pea-enthusiast
Mon Jul 03, 2023 6:06 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Over feeding
Replies: 4
Views: 1297

Re: Over feeding

There are snails in the tank they've been feeding on but I am looking for long term supplements to their diet! Struggling to find any local providers for food they can eat right now, since they're a bit too small for the crickets sold at the place I got them. Looking for baby crickets/pinhead cricke...
by pea-enthusiast
Mon Jul 03, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: pea puffer adjustments for novice
Replies: 4
Views: 6111

pea puffer adjustments for novice

Aloha! I was recently given five pea puffers as a gift from someone who is unfamiliar with care for them. I used to have two brackish water ones (update: was told they were actually green spotted box fish) when I was little in a similar size tank (4 gallons or so) but this is a higher number and a m...
by pea-enthusiast
Mon Jul 03, 2023 4:52 pm
Forum: Meet and Greet
Topic: Pea Puffer Owner from Oahu :3
Replies: 0
Views: 6927

Pea Puffer Owner from Oahu :3

Hi! I'm a novice fish owner! I'm 22 and from Hawaii. Any patience and advice is welcome! 4 gallon tank + small pond.
by pea-enthusiast
Mon Jul 03, 2023 4:39 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Over feeding
Replies: 4
Views: 1297

Re: Over feeding

I have issues like this because I have more than one and some of them like to steal (like snatch it from the others) and hog the brine shrimp (very good at catching the rest themselves) T__T