Pea Puffer Fish

Pea Puffers are small fish that require a heavily planted aquarium to thrive in. They need plenty of areas to hide, with visual barriers to break up large and open spaces. As prey animals, they don’t like feeling too exposed. These carnivores eat frozen foods such as frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp, as well as live foods like little pest snails or blackworms.

It’s important to note that Pea Puffers are known for nipping the fins of other fish, so it’s best to keep them in a species-only aquarium. If you do want to keep them with other fish, make sure the potential tank mate is peaceful, fast-swimming, short-finned, able to thrive in the same water parameters, and not competitive with Pea Puffers for food. Fish such as Guppies, Angelfish, Gourami, Betta and Barbs are not good choices. Ideally, a suitable tank mate would be from one of the same regions as the Pea Puffer. Pea Puffers best thrive in heavily planted aquariums that offer the fish plenty of areas to hide, with lots of visual barriers to break up large and open spaces. Pea Puffers are prey animals and they do not enjoy feeling too exposed. These hardcore carnivores are best fed on a diet of frozen foods (like frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp) and live foods (like little pest snails or blackworms). The pea puffer is almost as famous for nipping the fins of other fish as it is for being small and it is for this reason we strongly recommend a species-only aquarium. Any potential tank mate must be peaceful, fast-swimming, short-finned, able to thrive in the same water parameters, and not compete with the Pea Puffers for food. This rules out fish such as Guppies, Angelfish, Gourami, Betta and Barbs. Ideally, any tank mate would be from one of the same regions as the Pea Puffer.