Always kept Malabar puffers with tons of other fish quite well in community tanks. For YEARS. I moved years ago sold all my tanks and took a break from the hobby. Kids were young working 12hr days so wife could stay at home with them coaching their baseball teams I was INSANE busy. They are nearly grown now and I got time. Got back in the hobby. 15g flex and two pea puffers small school of dwarf cory’s and a bubble bee goby a true crush water one also a fav fish I have kept successfully for many years. Everything was fine for months. Puffers one day decided they wanted to bully the poor Cory’s. They coexisted fine ZERO issues for months. What I learned is pea puffers will live wonderfully in community tanks if they are pretty large. I never had a small 15g tank before smallest was 40G breeder of my tanks. Bio load wise and fish size wise my 15g flex is under stocked. But space wise for puffers they just need more room away from other fish. They eventually get annoyed. If I don’t move them the poor Corys will either eventually die or just have a miserable life. It’s only nipping for now but some tail fins have been damaged. So it’s serious in my opinion. Bought a tank setting it up now and will be ONLY for them the two puffers that seem pretty bonded they get along great. It’s a 5G spec but if the pair is bonded 5G is fine for 2 especially seeing as they will be the only fish in there. I will spoil them with lots of live plants and a beautiful environment and they can live alone not being annoyed by other small peaceful cute fish. So my experience? Smaller tank I wouldn’t put them with anything. Larger tanks they will be fine with most anything. Because there is plenty of space for them to remove themselves if they get annoyed and need space.
Bumblebee goby not bubble bee😂🥴. By the way bumblebee gobys can’t say enough good things about them. I NEVER had a tank without some. Amazing fish. The one I have is thriving in the flex he’s gotten fully grown beautiful striking dark black with bright almost neon yellow bands very healthy. But these will ONLY eat live food. It will rather starve if it’s not alive. Also side note about the bumblebee goby puffers wouldn’t dare😂😂. They tried him once... ONCE. They can take care of themselves especially when they get full grown. He’s very mellow a loner in fact his name is Mellow. But you test his ass? He will respond and puffers are afraid of him.
I have 4 Pea Puffers in with 2 Ottos and 4 White Cloud Minnows in a well cycled/filtered 10 gallon. The puffers never bother the other fish they just pick at each other from time to time. The Puffers pretty much hang out low in the tank. Each Puffer owns a corner of the tank. If another Puffer comes in their boundary they do get pushed out but any of the other fish are welcome. My puffers never chased another species even during live feedings they allow the White Clouds to have some Brine Shrimp as well. I keep all my fish well fed and happy and I never have any violence in my tanks. Even my male Betta has 2 Whisker Shrimp, 2 Mystery Snails and 4 Gold tetras. He NEVER tried to harm any of them but he will push the Tetras back a little during feedings.
I have one male pea puffer with 6 White Cloud Mountain minnows, and May add either a honey gourami, or four more white clouds. Got the pea puff when he was a baby baby, so he’s grown up with them, and doesn’t bother them at all so far. I think the little guy thinks he’s a minnow! His name is Toby, and he’s addicted to bloodworms, but does love attacking the feeder snails I have in there for him! Haven’t seen a couple snails in a few days, so guess he’s successful in killing and eating them too!
I just started the video and seen many of my Pea Puffers mates in here or the comment section. Bristlenose Pleco, Bumblebee Catfish, Upside Down Catfish, Ember Tetra and Black Molly's. Its been up and running almost 6 months. So far so good.
In my peacock for tank and I have 30 of them and 75 I have two small plecos some white clouds a couple Cory cats in a couple Hillsdale watches tanks heavily planted they all get along perfect spin up and running that way for 4 years
Hi Brandon, did you put the neon tetras in first or pea puffers? Or, did you put them in all at once? I am going to set up a 20g planted long as well and wanted to do a schooling fish along with some pea puffers. Also, how long has it been since you've had them together?
I put the neons in first just to keep the puffers from being territorial right off the bat. They have been together for a month. Some tetras have some fins that where chewed on but not bad and there all healed up now
@@brandonhuisman4351 Thanks! I think I am going to try tetras and some other dither fish. From what I've read having at least 4 puffers helps because they harass each other and not the other fish.
leaheredia I put 3 rainbows in for a day. They where getting picked on in another tank. It was worse in the tetra and puffer tank there back in the other tank
@@brandonhuisman4351 Very interesting! I wonder if it was because they were introduced after the puffers had already established their terf? Thanks for your insight and good luck with your tank 😀
@@caseymoore4759 yes, nerite snails, they were about the size of of the pea puffers which explains why they didn’t just kill them, also Nerites are pretty good at Hiding themselves under their shells.
I’m surprised you can add Corys with pea puffers. I actually have a tank with Corys kuhliis and a BN pleco and hoping to add maybe 3 or 4 female pea puffers to it. Amano shrimp are awesome by the way. They’re always eating and it’s hilarious to see them take a big chunk of food and run away with it
A Mc Cool. Not heard of them being kept as tank mates for peas but I guess they are quite big compared to the peas. Glad to hear it’s working well for you.
Thx for this info. I keep in mind that they're not recommended with other community fish tho. But I been researching alot of other fish that could be a good option.
Kuhli loaches are too stupid to act aggressive. They also produce very little amount of bio-load. Temperatures tolerate, ph tolerate, wide food varieties , and adorable appearance. Only keep water clean and it will be ok 👌
Love this video! May I ask your opinion on having 2 females in a 10 gallon aquarium? I have 1 female right now with 3 pygmy corydoras and neon tetras. Great pairing as of now.
I have 6 puffers in a heavily planted tank. I was looking at getting a dwarf flash pleco or a panda garra. I dont know which would be better. Help please?
Hmmm. I saw panda garra recently and i was very tempted. I would be leaning more towards panda garra but read up on them i haven't kept them before. Also plecos are poop machines!
@@peapufferkingdom118 I know plecos are poop machines. My filter is for a tank twice the size of the one I have. So I'm over filtering but I have read panda garras can hold their own. I dont want them to get to nippy towards the puffers though. I'm leaning more towards only getting one either way I go.
Hmmm. I probably wouldn't unless the shrimp are adults and even then it could be risky in a 10 gal. I would only try red or yellow shrimps if they are adults. Babies will most likely get eaten up.
@@elisec3658 I would get the tank planted up as much as you can to create lots of things to block their line of sight to each other. Have spider wood or bog wood in there ect. Otherwise if it continues you may need to take one or two peas back.
@@peapufferkingdom118 I have drift wood for a panda garra. I cant fit spiderwood in. I have 3 sword plants to the left side one in the left front two in the back right. Other plants scattered around.
elise C Hmmm. It might be a case of taking the more aggressive male back the local fish store. If a couple of the amazon swords could be moved to a more central position that might help too.
Chinese algae eaters are often referred to as Siamese algae eaters because despite their name they’re not found in China, rather SE Asia. Another name for them is honey suckers. It can cause confusion with true Siamese algae eaters
Haha I got like 10-15 Khuli Loaches they're adorable!! But annoying, it's my trouble children bc yep they have went into the filter more than 5 times in a month when I first got them 😂😤
The Siamese Algae Eater (SAE) is harmless and an awesome algae eater. The Chinese Algae Eater is the bad boy. They get large and are known to suck body slime of fish such as discus and angelfish.
Amano shrimp eggs do hatch in freshwater, their young just can't survive long term in freshwater, which is great for out pea puffers, because they have a buffet for a day or two after a clutch of shrimp eggs hatch.
@@peapufferkingdom118 Yeah! I have some amanos in a seperate tank, and whenever they release a clutch, usually after a big water change, I net them out with a fine mesh net and put them in my puffer tank.
@@EricKonkol That's a really great way to feed the peas and you know the food is healthy too. Would love to do this but my only other tank is a 3 gallon. Don't think amanos would be happy in a tank that small?
I was considering putting a mystery snail or nerite snail with one pea puffer, I know the eat snails but they’re so much larger than the feeder ones I thought it could be possible? If not then I won’t I was just wondering.
Hey! I actually have 2 Nerite snails with my 8 pea puffers and they are doing great. Their shell covers nearly their whole footprint and have small antennas so apart from the first 10 minutes I put them in the peas just ignore them. I think for opposite reasons mystery snails could just slowly get picked to death.
Pea Puffer Kingdom. Okay thank you so much! I have a nerite snail from my old betta fish tank that I was hoping I could put with my name puffer. Thank you for the help
I'm about to get some dwarf puffers for a 29g. I really wanted to get some corydoras but wouldnt they go after them since they dart around the tank? I wanted a little cleaning crew to go with the 5 or 6 I'm getting. Heavily planted with plenty spots to hide and I got another tank with corydoras if the corydora experiment doesn't go well. I was also looking into shrimp but also read 50/50 shot if they will get em even then we they mature that can all change so idk.... anyone who has done corydoras or shrimp?
Hey Brandon. In my experience if you can get large/adult Amano shrimp then the Peas pretty much ignore them completely. A small school of Pygmy Corydoras could work. Good that you have an alternative tank for them just in case. Maybe add the Corydoras first for a week so the Peas don't instantly see the tank as only their territory. Keep us updated! : )
I bought an Oto catfish and he introduced ICH to my tank...Wish i saw this video of your sooner, i trusted the store and had lots pf Algae so i needed him badly but now i'm stuck caring for all my sick fishy friends and yes the Oto cat died
Dude could I keep 3 neons, 1 baby nerite (about 1.5cm) and a cherry shrimp with a pea puffer? (ik that neons and cherries need to kept in larger groups I'm planning to get more after the Corona virus)
I don’t see the point to having just one cherry shrimp, the cherry shrimp also might become food, the nerite will definitely become food, and the neons will probably get bullied
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Always kept Malabar puffers with tons of other fish quite well in community tanks. For YEARS. I moved years ago sold all my tanks and took a break from the hobby. Kids were young working 12hr days so wife could stay at home with them coaching their baseball teams I was INSANE busy. They are nearly grown now and I got time. Got back in the hobby. 15g flex and two pea puffers small school of dwarf cory’s and a bubble bee goby a true crush water one also a fav fish I have kept successfully for many years. Everything was fine for months. Puffers one day decided they wanted to bully the poor Cory’s. They coexisted fine ZERO issues for months. What I learned is pea puffers will live wonderfully in community tanks if they are pretty large. I never had a small 15g tank before smallest was 40G breeder of my tanks. Bio load wise and fish size wise my 15g flex is under stocked. But space wise for puffers they just need more room away from other fish. They eventually get annoyed. If I don’t move them the poor Corys will either eventually die or just have a miserable life. It’s only nipping for now but some tail fins have been damaged. So it’s serious in my opinion. Bought a tank setting it up now and will be ONLY for them the two puffers that seem pretty bonded they get along great. It’s a 5G spec but if the pair is bonded 5G is fine for 2 especially seeing as they will be the only fish in there. I will spoil them with lots of live plants and a beautiful environment and they can live alone not being annoyed by other small peaceful cute fish. So my experience? Smaller tank I wouldn’t put them with anything. Larger tanks they will be fine with most anything. Because there is plenty of space for them to remove themselves if they get annoyed and need space.
Bumblebee goby not bubble bee😂🥴. By the way bumblebee gobys can’t say enough good things about them. I NEVER had a tank without some. Amazing fish. The one I have is thriving in the flex he’s gotten fully grown beautiful striking dark black with bright almost neon yellow bands very healthy. But these will ONLY eat live food. It will rather starve if it’s not alive. Also side note about the bumblebee goby puffers wouldn’t dare😂😂. They tried him once... ONCE. They can take care of themselves especially when they get full grown. He’s very mellow a loner in fact his name is Mellow. But you test his ass? He will respond and puffers are afraid of him.
What a great video, and soo fun to see two of my photos in your production (the Kuhli's)
Wayne LeMarble Thank YOU for the pics! It was a lot of fun putting together so glad you enjoyed it. Love seeing your tank updates!
Algae and rocks have been fantastic tankmates for my phyco puffer.
I need to set up pots for rocks to grow algae on. Keep hearing how much the Ottos love them!
@@peapufferkingdom118 Its their bread and butter.
I have 4 Pea Puffers in with 2 Ottos and 4 White Cloud Minnows in a well cycled/filtered 10 gallon. The puffers never bother the other fish they just pick at each other from time to time. The Puffers pretty much hang out low in the tank. Each Puffer owns a corner of the tank. If another Puffer comes in their boundary they do get pushed out but any of the other fish are welcome. My puffers never chased another species even during live feedings they allow the White Clouds to have some Brine Shrimp as well. I keep all my fish well fed and happy and I never have any violence in my tanks. Even my male Betta has 2 Whisker Shrimp, 2 Mystery Snails and 4 Gold tetras. He NEVER tried to harm any of them but he will push the Tetras back a little during feedings.
That's awesome. I guess you don't know until you try.
Plants are looking good 🤠
Chris Herrera Thanks! I went with basic plants that can be attached to wood.
I have pea puffers and I also have a hongkong pleco with them and also siemiese flying foxes
Cool. Not heard of a hongkong pleco before. How big do they get?
I have one male pea puffer with 6 White Cloud Mountain minnows, and May add either a honey gourami, or four more white clouds. Got the pea puff when he was a baby baby, so he’s grown up with them, and doesn’t bother them at all so far. I think the little guy thinks he’s a minnow! His name is Toby, and he’s addicted to bloodworms, but does love attacking the feeder snails I have in there for him! Haven’t seen a couple snails in a few days, so guess he’s successful in killing and eating them too!
Not heard of that mix before but it sounds cute if he thinks he's one of them! Gourami could attract fin nipping from the pea though.
Pea Puffer Kingdom yup, sticking with more white clouds! Gonna do a total of ten white clouds and my one pea puffer
@@keelynnkeen6693 how many gallons? :) I have a solo male pea I got as a baby named Marble!
This is a great video...I'm trying to think of something that could go with pea puffers that will clean up after their snail diet....
I just started the video and seen many of my Pea Puffers mates in here or the comment section.
Bristlenose Pleco, Bumblebee Catfish, Upside Down Catfish, Ember Tetra and Black Molly's.
Its been up and running almost 6 months. So far so good.
How did you manage to get pea puffers I’ve been searching for 3 years and not once have I get my hands on one
In my peacock for tank and I have 30 of them and 75 I have two small plecos some white clouds a couple Cory cats in a couple Hillsdale watches tanks heavily planted they all get along perfect spin up and running that way for 4 years
I have 15 pea puffers in with 10 neon tetra. In a 20 gallon long well planted they seem to do good together
Hi Brandon, did you put the neon tetras in first or pea puffers? Or, did you put them in all at once? I am going to set up a 20g planted long as well and wanted to do a schooling fish along with some pea puffers. Also, how long has it been since you've had them together?
I put the neons in first just to keep the puffers from being territorial right off the bat. They have been together for a month. Some tetras have some fins that where chewed on but not bad and there all healed up now
@@brandonhuisman4351 Thanks! I think I am going to try tetras and some other dither fish. From what I've read having at least 4 puffers helps because they harass each other and not the other fish.
leaheredia I put 3 rainbows in for a day. They where getting picked on in another tank. It was worse in the tetra and puffer tank there back in the other tank
@@brandonhuisman4351 Very interesting! I wonder if it was because they were introduced after the puffers had already established their terf? Thanks for your insight and good luck with your tank 😀
If I get a large 50 gallon long and heavy plant it would a school of rasbora work?
For me I’ve had Nerite snails, cherry red shrimp, ghost shrimp and otos live together successfully
Thinking about trying a bamboo shrimp but I don’t know
You’ve had snails living with puffers? Lol
@@caseymoore4759 yes, nerite snails, they were about the size of of the pea puffers which explains why they didn’t just kill them, also Nerites are pretty good at Hiding themselves under their shells.
@@caseymoore4759 thats not to say they weren’t ever attacked, those little guys are vicious, no nerite in my tank Didn’t lose an antenna
I’m surprised you can add Corys with pea puffers. I actually have a tank with Corys kuhliis and a BN pleco and hoping to add maybe 3 or 4 female pea puffers to it.
Amano shrimp are awesome by the way. They’re always eating and it’s hilarious to see them take a big chunk of food and run away with it
Pea kingdom havnt swen you aroind for a minute, you were always good shit
I have three pea puffers, and they're all super aggressive. They have eaten everything I have introduced from chinese algae eaters to shrimp.
I have mine with sparkling Gouramis and they get along great.
A Mc Cool. Not heard of them being kept as tank mates for peas but I guess they are quite big compared to the peas. Glad to hear it’s working well for you.
Hi interested in same pairing as you how big is your tank and how many of each fish do you have ?
Thx for this info.
I keep in mind that they're not recommended with other community fish tho.
But I been researching alot of other fish that could be a good option.
Kuhli loaches are too stupid to act aggressive. They also produce very little amount of bio-load. Temperatures tolerate, ph tolerate, wide food varieties , and adorable appearance. Only keep water clean and it will be ok 👌
Love this video! May I ask your opinion on having 2 females in a 10 gallon aquarium? I have 1 female right now with 3 pygmy corydoras and neon tetras. Great pairing as of now.
You haven’t really explained *why* these are good tank mates
I had my Pea Puffer with a Mexican Mini Lobster...That's the ideal Tankmate for a Pea Puffer to me
it would have to be a full grown bristle nose or common plegó , anything smaller doesn't have the skin , and would get stressed by the fish
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Mr steal Your girl Thank you bud!
That was a juli cory one of my favorites and average about 6.50 at petco
I love corys. Never had any but I love it when they hang out in groups.
I have 6 puffers in a heavily planted tank. I was looking at getting a dwarf flash pleco or a panda garra. I dont know which would be better. Help please?
Hmmm. I saw panda garra recently and i was very tempted. I would be leaning more towards panda garra but read up on them i haven't kept them before. Also plecos are poop machines!
@@peapufferkingdom118 I know plecos are poop machines. My filter is for a tank twice the size of the one I have. So I'm over filtering but I have read panda garras can hold their own. I dont want them to get to nippy towards the puffers though. I'm leaning more towards only getting one either way I go.
@@elisec3658 I saw on a facebook group someone bought a couple of panda garras and said they got on really well with her peas.
I have panda garra with my puffers and it works great plus garras have a great personality
What tank size do you recommend for 1 pea puffer?
Joy Rice 5 gallon would be the minimum for one pea.
Hey. Can I add red or yellow shrimps in my 10g tank? I got 3 pea puffers in my tank.
Hmmm. I probably wouldn't unless the shrimp are adults and even then it could be risky in a 10 gal. I would only try red or yellow shrimps if they are adults. Babies will most likely get eaten up.
I have 3 pea puffers in a 100ltr with glowlights endlers 3 bettas and a pair of honey gouramis without any problems.
Adam Dickson That sounds like a nice and varied mix. Never kept them myself but love Bettas!
How’s that tank doing?
Is it okay that my puffers are chasing each other? It seems like only 1 of them tries to bite and he doesnt even really get anyone anyway.
How many peas do you have and what size tank? Are they old enough to tell the sex?
@@peapufferkingdom118 20 gallons 6 and no
@@elisec3658 I would get the tank planted up as much as you can to create lots of things to block their line of sight to each other. Have spider wood or bog wood in there ect. Otherwise if it continues you may need to take one or two peas back.
@@peapufferkingdom118 I have drift wood for a panda garra. I cant fit spiderwood in. I have 3 sword plants to the left side one in the left front two in the back right. Other plants scattered around.
elise C Hmmm. It might be a case of taking the more aggressive male back the local fish store. If a couple of the amazon swords could be moved to a more central position that might help too.
Really fun!
Rachel Salisbury Thank you! Glad to hear you’re enjoying the channel.
Ugly? Wtf u mean bristle nose plecos are dope as hell
I think you mean ‘Chinese algae eater’. These fish will eat the slime coats of fish, however the Siamese Algae Eater will not
Chinese algae eaters are often referred to as Siamese algae eaters because despite their name they’re not found in China, rather SE Asia. Another name for them is honey suckers. It can cause confusion with true Siamese algae eaters
Omg I have 2 dwarf buffers in a big tank and I’m always looking for friends for them 🤩
Haha I got like 10-15 Khuli Loaches they're adorable!!
But annoying, it's my trouble children bc yep they have went into the filter more than 5 times in a month when I first got them 😂😤
Could I keep a apistogramma pair with pea puffers?
Nice video, well done! Great to see my kuhli pic in there!
Stu Pattison Thank you for the great shot! Khuli loaches are amazing little guys.
The Siamese Algae Eater (SAE) is harmless and an awesome algae eater. The Chinese Algae Eater is the bad boy. They get large and are known to suck body slime of fish such as discus and angelfish.
Keith Ott Thanks for the info. Did not realise that!
Amano shrimp eggs do hatch in freshwater, their young just can't survive long term in freshwater, which is great for out pea puffers, because they have a buffet for a day or two after a clutch of shrimp eggs hatch.
I haven't heard that before. That's great if true! Thanks for the tip. Love Amano shrimp.
@@peapufferkingdom118 Yeah! I have some amanos in a seperate tank, and whenever they release a clutch, usually after a big water change, I net them out with a fine mesh net and put them in my puffer tank.
@@EricKonkol That's a really great way to feed the peas and you know the food is healthy too. Would love to do this but my only other tank is a 3 gallon. Don't think amanos would be happy in a tank that small?
Nice video I detect a UK accent haha I'm in 🇬🇧 too😊👍
do you do the accent when no one is around?
I was considering putting a mystery snail or nerite snail with one pea puffer, I know the eat snails but they’re so much larger than the feeder ones I thought it could be possible? If not then I won’t I was just wondering.
Hey! I actually have 2 Nerite snails with my 8 pea puffers and they are doing great. Their shell covers nearly their whole footprint and have small antennas so apart from the first 10 minutes I put them in the peas just ignore them. I think for opposite reasons mystery snails could just slowly get picked to death.
Pea Puffer Kingdom. Okay thank you so much! I have a nerite snail from my old betta fish tank that I was hoping I could put with my name puffer. Thank you for the help
@@kaiyas9464 You're welcome! : )
I'm about to get some dwarf puffers for a 29g. I really wanted to get some corydoras but wouldnt they go after them since they dart around the tank? I wanted a little cleaning crew to go with the 5 or 6 I'm getting. Heavily planted with plenty spots to hide and I got another tank with corydoras if the corydora experiment doesn't go well. I was also looking into shrimp but also read 50/50 shot if they will get em even then we they mature that can all change so idk.... anyone who has done corydoras or shrimp?
Hey Brandon. In my experience if you can get large/adult Amano shrimp then the Peas pretty much ignore them completely. A small school of Pygmy Corydoras could work. Good that you have an alternative tank for them just in case. Maybe add the Corydoras first for a week so the Peas don't instantly see the tank as only their territory. Keep us updated! : )
I bought an Oto catfish and he introduced ICH to my tank...Wish i saw this video of your sooner, i trusted the store and had lots pf Algae so i needed him badly but now i'm stuck caring for all my sick fishy friends and yes the Oto cat died
my pea puffer attacks my panda cory
Is that a dead fish at 8:07? Lol. Looks like a dead guppy, but looks can be deceiving.
i have 12 pea puffer and they killed 5 adult amano shrimp
Dude could I keep 3 neons, 1 baby nerite (about 1.5cm) and a cherry shrimp with a pea puffer? (ik that neons and cherries need to kept in larger groups I'm planning to get more after the Corona virus)
I don’t see the point to having just one cherry shrimp, the cherry shrimp also might become food, the nerite will definitely become food, and the neons will probably get bullied
I would never a pleco…
Well, my pea puffer fish killed all of my corydoras in a few weeks.
They eat prawns dude wtd
Dont pea puffers kill shrimp
If they shrimp are babies then almost definitely yes but i had adult Amano shrimp which worked perfectly.
Nothing lol