All the fish looks properly healthy and they keep showing up in videos months apart - that is so much better than seeing endless videos of 'new fish' from channels which just kill them off. Looking forward to seeing those puffers breed for sure.
Yes I'm looking forward to it. Bred them few years back now. The trick is catching the adults spawning and then removing them as they will eat the eggs if found.
And in next week's episode Mark will set up a tank and introduce two tins of John West salmon and probably get them to spawn too. Nothing would surprise me.
They are definitely quite intelligent for fish. That's why I like these little guys so much. I just saw your video on their eggs hatching and it's extremely fascinating. Congratulations on those cute little guys and I'm crossing my fingers that they will do great while you're bringing them up.
So true about the ones left in the shop! I bought 3 babies that were completely emaciates and tried everything to get them to eat clams snails and black worms but they were too far gone! It’s so nice your captive breeding
Great video. I love how pretty much all of your fish are bred, and raised by you, you don't see that alot in the hobby, especially with alot of the species that are harder to breed, yet you do it, and it's amazing. My hat goes off to you man.
@@MARKSAQUATICS I've kept fish for about 30 years but only bred a few species, mostly by accident. Keep up your videos as they're great! Very inspiring, so tempted to set up a little project with danios or white clouds
Mark, I’ve been backward and forward to your videos for years now. Best by far. And always really well looked after. Just got some puffers (13 of them) can only see 8 so far, it’s heavily planted so they’re hiding I hope. I’ve seen 2 that haven’t made it but they were pencil thin like you say. Fattening them up with bloodworm, brine shrimp and copepods :)
Hey mark, dropping by once again coz guess why? .......oh hell yeah baby I’m getting some lil PP’s😜💙 Not yet but very very soon...I’m back to really suss out the breeding vid coz your an expert of breeding just about nothing in my eyes. I GOTTA pm you...I’ll need lol the help I can get x
Hey Mr Make 👍subscriber from south Africa cape town love all your teaching it will do me well when I get breeding although we dont have a wide variety of fish like you or i just dont no were to look
Afternoon Mark, Trust you are well, firstly thank you for the content you put up on here, I am sure I’m not alone in saying it’s one of the best (along with pondguru) channels for true fish keeping hobbyists. I have a small request I would like you to consider for content on a future video, if not any help/advise would be warmly welcomed. Topic is: Mixing Chiclids with “non specialist community fish” is there any that can live successfully together? For example a tank with livebearers, Tetras and gourami and is there any chiclids that can co- exist with them or is it a out and out no no.
I have a goldfish pond that bloodworms hatch out in, I've been wanting to start feeding my peas these worms. how long will they live in the tank, and do you ever have midgeflys emerge from your tanks?
What plants do you put in the puffer aquarium? Would they bite you if you put you hand I the tank? I'd love to keep puffers I've a 100 gallon aquarium and a new 26 litre tank I plan to breed neons. It was watching your videos that I decided to try breed neons. So hope it goes OK. Many thanks I learn so much from your videos.
What do the bloodworms turn into as adults? I've noticed them appear and live in the filter sponge of my garden pond over the years. They always show up in mid to late June so I assume they're a larva stage of another insect. Anyways, just a random though. Cheers Mark, keep up the good work.
Another nice video. Mark, can you crush the snail before putting it in the tank? I do that for my Boesemani Rainbows. I am just setting up a 15 gallon and want to know as much as I can before stocking fish
How do you choose which male to breed?? Is there a way to identify and choose the dominant male from your colony, or does whichever male you choose and isolate with the females work??
Hi, I am trying to breed my pea puffer. I keep finding what looks like a bubble nest in the tank. Could this be unfertilized eggs that have floated to the surface? I did try taking it out to see if I can hatch them and got nothing
Hey Mark Ashwin here from SOUTH AFRICA wanted to ask you im going to get me some neons but i dont have a heater yet is it oky will they survive a few weeks till i get one
Do males bite or attack the females during breeding or while pursuing? I have a male and female together and have seen a new bite on the females back 3 days in a row. I've separated them, but is it possible they were breeding?
Love the video thanks for sharing. Just want to pick your brains a bit lol..Will they eat the babies? Can you breed Live blood worm at home as you do with Brine shrimp? I have some Dwarf puffers I feed baby brine shrimp but I think they would like a change, I feed snails and frozen blood worm, but if I could do live blood worm my self would be good too.
I have a male and female and ive had them for almost a year. The male has gotten really big and changed colors he has a reddish tint to him and has become really aggressive is this normal? Or is this a different species of drawf puffer fish?
Going through this playlist. I hope you show us a careful cleaning some time. I am breeding snails to feed my puffers and I have to be so careful not to suck up the babies. Then some day I hope my puffers breed but I have no idea how I will avoid taking the eggs!
I am trying to the same thing in a 20gall if you have any for sale lmk. I would like to have maybe 10 in a take that size and let there be dominant males. Also did you require brackish water to breed?
@@MARKSAQUATICS do they need RO or just normal water changes and extra filtration and clean up after food? Thanks for responding as well i have a rack of 12 ,10gallons and a ramshorn snail problem..
Gotta ask. Will they eat Malaysian trumpet snails (the burrowing kind). Have a rather large population of malaysian trumpet snails and have been considering puffers for sometime now.
That is what I was worried about. needed to know for sure though. It's funny too. I have 5 yoyo's and they wont eat them either. Likely similarly they can't suck them out of there shells.
Thank you for the vid, Mark. I also have dwarf puffer fish, 3 of them in fact, and absolutely adore them! I started noticing some changes in behavior and swim patterns over the last week, looking like my adult male has high hopes of getting down to business with his favorite girl very soon. :D Should i prepare myself for relocation, or can i leave them together? The little guys curiosity, voracious appetite and near constant predating behavior makes me super nervous should they reproduce successfully. Help!! :D
@@MARKSAQUATICS Thank you for your reply, Mark. It was very good to see how happy and healthy your little guys are. You sure know your stuff! And yeah, thats kindda of what i thought.. Ive seen breeders leave the fry in the same tank, and i was like: 👀 Those fish are so inquisitive and constantly testing everything w their little mouths, i thought that was super risky. Please keep us posted on your little crew s progress! Cheers, mate!
All the fish looks properly healthy and they keep showing up in videos months apart - that is so much better than seeing endless videos of 'new fish' from channels which just kill them off.
Looking forward to seeing those puffers breed for sure.
Yes I'm looking forward to it. Bred them few years back now. The trick is catching the adults spawning and then removing them as they will eat the eggs if found.
@@MARKSAQUATICS lol, yes just too tempting for a carnivorous fish.
Mark, we need to get you some condors, pandas and grey whales. You could get the endangered species problem sorted out in under a week.
such a under rated channel 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I totally agree! Mark is truly amazing!
And in next week's episode Mark will set up a tank and introduce two tins of John West salmon and probably get them to spawn too. Nothing would surprise me.
😂👍
Mark, I wish everybody took as much care and showed as much concern as you do for the fish and shrimp and critters and plants in your care.
👍💕👍
I've always wanted pufferfish but the hole setup is a bit to expensive for a 16 year old😂. Awesome vid
I would like to get some shrimps and neon tetras now
They are definitely quite intelligent for fish. That's why I like these little guys so much. I just saw your video on their eggs hatching and it's extremely fascinating. Congratulations on those cute little guys and I'm crossing my fingers that they will do great while you're bringing them up.
Your tanks are the best! Breeding everything!
So true about the ones left in the shop! I bought 3 babies that were completely emaciates and tried everything to get them to eat clams snails and black worms but they were too far gone! It’s so nice your captive breeding
Great little setup Mark good luck with the puffer breeding 🐡🐡🐡
I am grateful for all your breeding vids ..thanks from US/P.R
I really enjoyed your video!
The tanks and the fish in them look amazing! I really look forward to seeing those lil baby puffers!
Great video. I love how pretty much all of your fish are bred, and raised by you, you don't see that alot in the hobby, especially with alot of the species that are harder to breed, yet you do it, and it's amazing. My hat goes off to you man.
Thank you 😊
@@MARKSAQUATICS, you're very welcome.
These little guys ...and gals are super cute!
Mark even if I'm not into certain fish it don't matter "You" make it so interesting.
Thanks Tugger, Edinburgh
Your plants are lovely. The entire aquarium is lovely. 👌
Bogwood looks like a little elephant lol! Great videos mark 👍
Cheers buddy 😀👍
@@MARKSAQUATICS I've kept fish for about 30 years but only bred a few species, mostly by accident. Keep up your videos as they're great! Very inspiring, so tempted to set up a little project with danios or white clouds
Love it
Keep up the great work I am learning a lot on puffer fish I always wanted to breed them
Amazing Mark looking forward to the little cuties. Love to you and yours
He’s having a jacuzzi 😂😂 tickled me that did.
Mark, I’ve been backward and forward to your videos for years now. Best by far. And always really well looked after. Just got some puffers (13 of them) can only see 8 so far, it’s heavily planted so they’re hiding I hope. I’ve seen 2 that haven’t made it but they were pencil thin like you say. Fattening them up with bloodworm, brine shrimp and copepods :)
Another great video, I love them all! Mark.
Cute little fish. I had one and it was a great fun. Agree about them in shops- realy so skinny.
Shrimp are beautiful!!!! I want some like that for my breeding project!!!
Thank you for this video mate, I really enjoyed watching and learning about how to's in our aquarium hobby
Beautiful fish
Brilliant video - keep up the good work 🇬🇧❤️🐟
Hi Mark! You have a really awesome content!!!
I love my little puffies too Mark. I'm very interested to see how yours breed. Good luck!
I love watching this channel..
Thank you 😊
Thanks bro for all about dwarf puffer
great vid mark. everybody loves a pea puffer :)
Hey mark, dropping by once again coz guess why? .......oh hell yeah baby I’m getting some lil PP’s😜💙
Not yet but very very soon...I’m back to really suss out the breeding vid coz your an expert of breeding just about nothing in my eyes. I GOTTA pm you...I’ll need lol the help I can get x
Can’t wait to see puffer babies 😀👍
I just got 4 puffers for a 10 gallon tank. Would it be to much to have a Cori catfish and 2 dwarf frogs in there?
I love this little fish. I have three of them. Lately they have been hiding quite a bit behind the sponge filter. Hopefully they are breeding.
Let's hope so. 🐡
Don't they eat there own fry? Any special waterparameter?
Thank you Mark great video as always!
Thanks Mark, Hows the Koi? Another great breeding video. Hope the little chubbers give you heaps of bubbas!😍
Koi are doing great and Growing fast.
😀👍
@@MARKSAQUATICS thanks
Hey Mr Make 👍subscriber from south Africa cape town love all your teaching it will do me well when I get breeding although we dont have a wide variety of fish like you or i just dont no were to look
How exciting. I wonder how difficult it was to breed pea puffers.
Afternoon Mark,
Trust you are well, firstly thank you for the content you put up on here, I am sure I’m not alone in saying it’s one of the best (along with pondguru) channels for true fish keeping hobbyists.
I have a small request I would like you to consider for content on a future video, if not any help/advise would be warmly welcomed.
Topic is: Mixing Chiclids with “non specialist community fish” is there any that can live successfully together? For example a tank with livebearers, Tetras and gourami and is there any chiclids that can co- exist with them or is it a out and out no no.
The thing is with cichlids is they are very territorial and quite predatory so best kept on the own.
I have a goldfish pond that bloodworms hatch out in, I've been wanting to start feeding my peas these worms. how long will they live in the tank, and do you ever have midgeflys emerge from your tanks?
What plants do you put in the puffer aquarium?
Would they bite you if you put you hand I the tank?
I'd love to keep puffers I've a 100 gallon aquarium and a new 26 litre tank I plan to breed neons.
It was watching your videos that I decided to try breed neons. So hope it goes OK.
Many thanks I learn so much from your videos.
What do the bloodworms turn into as adults? I've noticed them appear and live in the filter sponge of my garden pond over the years. They always show up in mid to late June so I assume they're a larva stage of another insect. Anyways, just a random though.
Cheers Mark, keep up the good work.
midge fly (Chironomidae) 😀👍
Hi Mark, could you please repeat which kind of light you used for this tank? Does it improve plant life? Thanks for sharing
Great vid. What PH GH and KH is this tank?
Hi is it possible to keep just two in a 30 litre planted tank or would you recommend three to spread aggression
The best pea puffers I have seen anywhere by far. Thank you.
But nice job mark i learn more and more every time
Thanks for watching 😀👍
Hi Mark, how do you anchor the foxtail?
Another nice video. Mark, can you crush the snail before putting it in the tank? I do that for my Boesemani Rainbows. I am just setting up a 15 gallon and want to know as much as I can before stocking fish
Hi yes you could do. 😀👍
Where do you get your pleco breeding ceramic tube thing
I got them from Ebay a few years ago. Someone may still be selling them.
How do you choose which male to breed?? Is there a way to identify and choose the dominant male from your colony, or does whichever male you choose and isolate with the females work??
What snails do you recommend feeding them?
Hi. Bladder or rams horn snails have soft shells so there best. 😀👍
Hi, I am trying to breed my pea puffer. I keep finding what looks like a bubble nest in the tank. Could this be unfertilized eggs that have floated to the surface? I did try taking it out to see if I can hatch them and got nothing
Hello, what is the GH and KH?
Hey Mark Ashwin here from SOUTH AFRICA wanted to ask you im going to get me some neons but i dont have a heater yet is it oky will they survive a few weeks till i get one
Do males bite or attack the females during breeding or while pursuing? I have a male and female together and have seen a new bite on the females back 3 days in a row. I've separated them, but is it possible they were breeding?
Great vid marks thanks
Love the video thanks for sharing. Just want to pick your brains a bit lol..Will they eat the babies? Can you breed Live blood worm at home as you do with Brine shrimp? I have some Dwarf puffers I feed baby brine shrimp but I think they would like a change, I feed snails and frozen blood worm, but if I could do live blood worm my self would be good too.
No blood worm live in mud at the bottom of ponds and it's a pain finding them. Easier to buy online or from lfs.
How has the breeding of pea puffer go?
Im starting with 5 guppies and have about 22 baby ones now
how do you keep so many in a six gallon? is it just because they are fed soo much?
Can you leave the eggs in there or will the parents eat the fry?
mark are you still breeding pea puffers
Mark what is that plant name in the middle?
Hey! Could you do a "How to breed Rasbora Galaxy" video? I want to keep them and maybe breed them if posible
Hey Mark what is the bubbler that runs in your tank ? I don’t think it’s an air stone
It's the sponge filter. 😊👍
MARK'S AQUATICS I don’t think it’s a sponge filter the tube with bubble blowing through it .. wanted to know what’s that
Brilliant video. I Would love to keep these, could you keep them in a community tank?
They're best kept on their own they will nip other fishes fins.
where do you find live bloodworms? all of the ones I have seen are huge, wayy too big to feed my puffers
I get mine from ebay.
I have a male and female and ive had them for almost a year. The male has gotten really big and changed colors he has a reddish tint to him and has become really aggressive is this normal? Or is this a different species of drawf puffer fish?
Going through this playlist. I hope you show us a careful cleaning some time. I am breeding snails to feed my puffers and I have to be so careful not to suck up the babies. Then some day I hope my puffers breed but I have no idea how I will avoid taking the eggs!
If you have loads of moss and hiding places you can leave the parents in with them.
Thnx Mark
I am trying to the same thing in a 20gall if you have any for sale lmk. I would like to have maybe 10 in a take that size and let there be dominant males. Also did you require brackish water to breed?
I would really like to breed pea puffers for the hobby so that they don't need to be fished
Do you sell pea puffers? I'd love to take some off your hands and encourage captive breeding as opposed to wild caught.
No i don't sorry.
Mark can I breed these in tubs during spring?
Hi. Are you in the uk
@@MARKSAQUATICS no I’m from US souring summer it’s can get pretty hot and get there temp needed i just don’t know if they would do well or not
@@kybassin200 if you can keep them around 26 degrees Celsius you should be ok.
Hi Mark do the parents predate ever on the young ? Cheers Mark
They don't care for the eggs or fry so best to remove adults after spawning..
Hey bro ..where can I get live blood worms
Can you breed tucano tetra, sundadanio margarition, sudadanio axelrodi and green neon tetras?
How big is this tank? Ive really been wanting pea puffers but everyone says they need tons of space and you have 4 in what seems a fairly small tank??
The tank is for breeding purposes its 24 litres. Pea puffers don't need big tanks . Just really good filtration.
@@MARKSAQUATICS do they need RO or just normal water changes and extra filtration and clean up after food? Thanks for responding as well i have a rack of 12 ,10gallons and a ramshorn snail problem..
They don't need ro just normal water changes. They love rams horn snails, just remember to remove the shells as they will foul your water ok.
@@MARKSAQUATICS This is how I feel too! Thanks for this video it was very helpful.
Gotta ask. Will they eat Malaysian trumpet snails (the burrowing kind). Have a rather large population of malaysian trumpet snails and have been considering puffers for sometime now.
Trumpet snails have hard shells so smaller puffers won't be able to crush them. Best to hand or trap remove.
That is what I was worried about. needed to know for sure though. It's funny too. I have 5 yoyo's and they wont eat them either. Likely similarly they can't suck them out of there shells.
I have a couple and they would eat the mts. The dwarf puffers would eat the mts just like any other snail.
I'd love to buy some of the offspring from you ! But you probably Don t ship to the U.S
Because I really can't find them . Great video 😁 💕💕💕
Aquatic Arts has both blue eyed lemon, and longfin blue eyed lemon varieties.
blue eyed lemon bristle nosed, and longfin blue eyed lemon bristle nosed... either way, gorgeous fish that should ship to you.
Really ? Great ty for the info !😁
Thank you for the vid, Mark. I also have dwarf puffer fish, 3 of them in fact, and absolutely adore them! I started noticing some changes in behavior and swim patterns over the last week, looking like my adult male has high hopes of getting down to business with his favorite girl very soon. :D
Should i prepare myself for relocation, or can i leave them together? The little guys curiosity, voracious appetite and near constant predating behavior makes me super nervous should they reproduce successfully. Help!! :D
As soon as see eggs or them spawn wait a bit then remove the adults from the tank ok .
@@MARKSAQUATICS Thank you for your reply, Mark. It was very good to see how happy and healthy your little guys are. You sure know your stuff!
And yeah, thats kindda of what i thought.. Ive seen breeders leave the fry in the same tank, and i was like: 👀 Those fish are so inquisitive and constantly testing everything w their little mouths, i thought that was super risky.
Please keep us posted on your little crew s progress!
Cheers, mate!
I know what you mean about wanting to buy them all in the shop
How do you see wether they are healthy or not if you buy them in a Store ?
Make sure they nice little fat bodies ok. 🐡👍
@@MARKSAQUATICS I will ! Thank you 👍
how do you create soft water
To make soft water you need to de mineralise it. Use ro water or use clean rain water.
Huh... waaaait, are your lemon plecs not bristle nosed?
Yes they're blue eyed lemon plecos.
@@MARKSAQUATICS they're super pretty and I'm glad you're breeding them up! Thanks so much for showing them off.
how to distinguish the sex of freshwater puffer fish?
Most definitely not a beginner fish. One would spend more time doing water changes instead of enjoying them.