8 Great Puffers for 40 Gallons or Less!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- Want to keep a puffer, but don't have room for a big tank? In this video I'll talk about 8 puffers that can live in aquariums 40 gallons or less.
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0:00 Intro
1:20 Amazon Puffers
3:39 Dragon Puffer
5:48 Red Eye Puffers
7:36 Spotted Congo Puffers
9:33 Pea Puffers
10:52 Arrowhead Puffer
13:13 Congo Puffer
16:22 Figure 8 Puffers
19:09 Outro
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Great channel and great content, great advice and recommendations on puffer fish and tank size very well done.
Thanks a lot! I love sharing and talking about puffers and sharing info on them. They're such a cool pet to have. :)
Love my peas! 5 in a planted 29 gallon and they share with 10 black neon tetras. Planted and peaceful for 1 plus year!
I can't wait to sit down and binge watch all these videos!! There's just nothing cooler than puffer fish! I definitely want to know more about them! Thank you so much for sharing. I hope you have a wonderful day 🙏🌿🐟🌿💚
Thanks a lot Mary! Plenty of puffer videos will be coming in the future too. Hope you have an awesome day yourself.
Small puffers need love too lol great video
Indeed they do. 🐡👍🐡
Super helpful info on a lot of less known puffers!
Love the video! Thank you for sharing all of the great information about puffer fishes.
Awesome suggestions and video! Always love the puffer videos.
Thanks! I always love making them too. 🐡👍
Thank you so much. Great video.
Loving all your puffer videos mate! So unique and keep up the amazing work Fintastic! 👏
Thanks Lazarus! More puffer content coming soon. 😉🐡
Fun puffer video!
I'm going to be putting an in wall 50 gallon acrylic aquarium in my new home next spring/summer and can't wait to put several amazon puffers in it with some cardinal tetras to test how well they'll work in a community setting.
Just do 12 pea puffers. Then again I don’t think anyones heart could withstand such cuteness
A dozen little peas in a 40 would be very cool. :) They're easily one of my favorite puffers. 🐡🐡
Great video! Haven't heard of some these puffers before.
I'm sure there's some out there yet that I haven't heard of yet either. There's more freshwater puffers than a lot of us think there is. 😅🐡
Beautiful fish just love them
I've never had an issue feeding trumpet snails. In fact I actually recommend trumpet snails. You need less because the shells are a little thicker in the shell and they are 1, of if not, the absolute easier to breed. I've had lots of puffers and almost exclusively fed trumpets. They have never been a problem. God bless
I feel like Pokemon I wanna catch them all! Hehe Great Video Austin Love the info These are definitely my favorite style videos so informative 💥👍😎
Awesome 👍. Love me some Puffers 😁
You and I both Vinny. 😉👍🐡
Great video
Thank you. 🐡👍
Amazon, Green spot and figure 8 all been fine in my community tank over the year's they stick together in a wee sholl there like a wee army all lined up swimming across the glass it's so cool! They love bloodworm and red trumpet snails they won't eat clams on a half shell really and that'd the first frozen food people go for because watched Cory's puffer and think "that'll be fine for them!
Thank you! This was great. I have a 50 gallon that I want to put a puffer in.
Sounds like perfect timing! Hope one of these suggestions helped you pick one. 🐡🐡🐡
I always wanted this pufferfish
They're so cute.
But I just got gouramis, platys and other fish to start with.
Now I'm just researching about them again bc it was a while I look it up
Like the puffer videos. I'm trying to do a community puffer tank in a 40b with Amazon and spotted congo.
I would not mix amazon puffers and spotted congo. Pick one or get 2 tanks. Puffers don't usually get a long with other puffers. Those 2 can be with other puffers of their own kind but would not risk mixing them.
I'm trying to do an Amazon puffer community tank with blue rams, corys, and yoyo loaches.
Great Video. 👌 Pao Bailey would also do good in a 40 breeder. But it is impossible to cover all Puffers. 😄 There are a lot more different kinds out there, than most people know about.
Very true, tbh with you, until about 5 years ago I had no idea there were even freshwater species of puffers. While I've learned some are definitely easier to keep than others, they l are awesome in their own ways. Puffers quickly became my favorite kind of fish.
Amazon is selling puffers now? When will Amazon say, ‘when’?
Thanks for the great info
Irrubesco puffers as well 😊
I have heavily planted 30 with one f8 puffer picked him up at petco but they no longer sale his kind they have GSP. Can i mix the two breeds or just find another f8
I would say pea puffers are more difficult to keep for than say GSP, and figure of 8s etc I would recommend getting 2 of each of them first they are alot easier to keep till you get more of an understanding of them.
Hey. Thx for this video!
Are those Anubias and Java fern in brackish??
Not yet at 1.008, though.. Is it???
Yes these Java ferns and anubias are in 1.008 brackish water. They did well for a while, but the puffers started nibbling on them thus they went downhill. Prior to that, they were doing good. As long as the tank is on the lower end of brackish conditions, I've seen that Java ferns and some anubias plants can tolerate the parameters.
@@FintasticFreaks Amazing!!! I never knew any aquarium plants to tolerate anything over 1.005. ✨👌🎈🍻
p.s. - Something else amazing.. Go to "crazypufferfish" channel.
And search Fahaka.
He has many Fahakas in 600 plus gallon crowded cichlid Community tanks.
They attempt to spawn in there! Cheers! 🍻
Scotty on Maui. 🌈🌺🐬🐳
What's the best brand substrate for the Congo spotted puffer
Caribsea has some good quality sand. I use that brand with my Fahaka and green spotted puffers.
But with my Spotted Congos, and a lot of my tanks lately, I've just used play sand to be honest. It takes a lot of cleaning but it's cheap and don't look bad in my opinion.
Pool filter sand. Dump it In a bucket and shove your hose to the bottom to clean the sand until no more cloudiness.
I have a 55gal 4ft long tank would 5 figure8 puffers do ok in that?
5 figure 8s Should do well in a 55. Only thing I'd say as a precaution is to make sure you give the puffers some caves and areas to get away from each other in case a couple get testy with the others. As long as that's done, I think a 55 would be a solid home for your figure 8s.
I was planning on getting one puffer. Amazon puffer or spotted congo puffer if I can find one but you keep showing those cute little pea puffers I kind of thinking about getting another small tank and follow your advice on pea puffers as my first puffers. They are also probably the easiest puffers to get a hold of where I live. They are just so cute and tiny little puffers. I have one aquarium with some snails already. Can you keep snails in a bucket container thing or do they need a tank?
I personally put my snails in tanks, 10 gallons to be specific. I think it helps them reproduce more often. They wouldn't need anything too big either if you choose any of the 3 puffers there. but it depends on how big you want your snail supply to potentially get. 🐌🐡
So you don't currently own any puffers and haven't yet, but you're giving me advice on them?🤔 I've actually owned many puffers and have a bit of experience and do believe it amazon puffers and a spotted congo will co habituate
@@victoralbert1451 no I don't. Didn't claim too either. I just said I wouldn't recommend it as other people have who own puffers have said it multiple times. I wouldn't take the risk. Having a puffer in a community tank is already a risk. I am willing to take that risk but of course I will pay attention and have a backup plan if it doesn't work. But not 2 different puffers since so many people have told me never to do. But I hope everything works out for you. Just have a backup plan if it doesn't. Good luck
@@kristinehansen. I do thank you
@@victoralbert1451 how did it go?
I am having a arrowhead puffer and I feed him lived fish. Is that ok for him or clams is better? Because he refused the clams I put in his tank 😢
Live fish is definitley ok. My only things is to just becareful of where you get them, and make sure they are from a reliable place as you definitly don't want your puffer eating sick fish.
Those ambush puffer can be very picky eaters and sometimes will demand live food. Depending on how big your puffer is, If you have access to critters such as fidler crabs, or feeder crayfish that could be something else you could use to hel their teeth.
Sometimes if you wiggle the food nearby the puffer with some tongs, to simulate that is is alive the puffer sometimes will accept frozen clams. As crazy as it sounds, it worked with my puffer. 😅
@@FintasticFreaks my source is ok because I use for my other fish and there is no problem occur when using the live fish source. Well I can use your method by using tongs and try to attract him to eat the clams. In my area it is hard to find small crustaceans 😭😭
@@FintasticFreaks so I can try your method of wiggle the clams in front of him, or bring him out of the sand so he can eat it. I just did it today and it works. But I have 1 question is that do I need to put the shell into the tank for him?
@@petreviewervietnam If he's willing to eat the shell too. it's even better. Those shells can help grind down his teeth. So if he's willing to eat the meat with the shell I'd let him take both. 👍
@@FintasticFreaks so I tong- feeding him the meat of the clams and just put the shell inside the tank for him to grind down his teeth. Is that ok for what I am going to do? 🥳🥳
You should read a couple of the older books out on puffers and how they pick their sex later on in their lives! It's amazing how they can do these it says when they are young they are no sex! It might not be for them all as you think the red eye is male and female I am going to check these books and see if it mentions the red eye as part of this or if they are sexed from young.
Are these all freshwater, or are someone them brackish?
As I typed the previous comment, you mentioned the figure-8's do better in brackish.
No worries, yep the figure 8s are the only one brackish puffer though. The rest are true freshwater puffers👍. 🐡
What is the Short Amazon sword looking plant at 7:56 ?
To be fully honest, I'm not fully sure. Some of my plants are given by a couple friends who are way better with plants than me. 😅
I believe it's an amazon compactica though.
@@FintasticFreaks Aww man. I have a 10 gallon and was looking for a short plant that would be almost like a centerpiece and that one looks perfect. Nice a short but very bushy. Thank you for the reply and the video!
@@taye2427 You're welcome! And thank you for watching. 😊
Hey mate wondered why you dont own a ceylon puffer fish ??
To be honest, I haven't seen them for sale around my area. That, and more so, until you mentioned them I've not heard of them before. Just Google them them and they look beautiful though. Will have to keep an eye for them though.
@FintasticFreaks looking forward to your video if you manage to get one 😀. I have one, and there's only one video on TH-cam about the care guide of them
A bought 2 Amazon Puffers in 2 weeks
What about Avocado puffy
They would also be an option. However, I've never kept them myself yet, hence they weren't mentioned. I mostly stuck with ones I've kept before so I could speak from some first-hand experience rather than just what Google says. 😅😅
@@FintasticFreaks oh thank you I’m try to search about him but is not much information anywhere
Do you own all these amazing Puffers?
At one point in time or another yes these are all of my current, or former puffers. 🐡👍
No GSP?
He only made a list of 8. Can't include every puffer. They are also brackish water so just a bit more complicated. Figure 8 puffers are more friendly with other tank mates so figure that's why they are on the list and not green spotted puffers.
@@kristinehansen. excuses excuses
Lol. GSPs need closer to marine salinity, eventually..
Not for most people.
My juvenile lives with a figure 8. They take turns being the boss.
But, will get more GSPs and add more salt for them in a separate 55 g.
Those poor amazon puffers don't look to happy at all... there so cute though..
Their water temperature was a bit high (83 degrees), which I learned soon after making this video. I probably had them stressed out as I usually keep them around 78.
duffer fish
Do you really think that it is enjoyable to listen "music" in background ?
Lots of channels have done it. It's not really meanr so much for "enjoyment" it's more to boost the video and help deliver a happier and perhaps inspiring feel and to fill in quiet spots so it's not just white noise.
I think ot also helps drown out the buzzing of the air pums and filters without over powering my voice and the information I give. I have started doing it less in my more recent videos though.