that's a figure 8 puffer they can live their whole lives in brackish. it's the green spotted puffers u r talking about that have to switch over to marine quality water as adults
Zachary Mooney figure 8 puffers come from the Mekong River they live in freashwater and as they move down the river towards the sea the higher the salt, this is figure 8 not green spotted. Figure 8 can and do go in full salt they just don't stray to far from estray and go in and out of the salinity... Pea puffers live in freashwater.
I had a pea puffer, until it passed. I just discovered a really nice freshwater puffer. The South American/Amazon puffer. They like groups of 6 or more. Big fun.
I've had mine just over a fortnight and he's now eating Vitalis Cichlid soft pellets. I crammed them in some crab legs and snail shells. Getting nicely fattened up!
Im keeping a F8 for over 6 years now in fresh-water, never even kept in brackish, FYI, and i added a new F8 and after a few weeks he started to accept her…
Super cute puffer but I feel like adding other fish to your puffer tank kinda distracts the beauty cuteness spunkiness and intelligentness of the figure eight puffer.
yes but it's actually a bad thing for them to puff up. It means they feel threatened which will stress them and if they puff as juveniles which is what he is it could kill him. So you want to avoid them puffing up.
Hi Ryan... finally came across your youtube video.... Thanks f or sharing. We are considering purchasing our first Figure-8 Puffer this Friday, May 5th . We used to have a pea puffer in a 5 gallon tank.. We will have a 16 gallon for the new one. We might look into couple of mollies for companion... Did you ever show your water changes yet? Thanks
Me and my dad have had a 125gal tank with spotted and figure eight puffers in just freshwater for 6 years until we moved and had to get rid of them. Either way love the vids 👍🏼
That’s bs figure 8 and dwarf puffers are fresh water fish found in fresh water even as adults I’ve been a fish keeper for more then 10 years figure 8 puffers grow to be 3 inches and live in fresh water
Mine is 3 years old now and just started getting problems with him this week! Ov grown attached to him having him so long and it's quite sad! But got him in a quarantine tank on his own just now he was coming to top and gulping air and blowing up and when I massaged his belly loads of bubbles came out his gills and he has started being more lively soon as I don't this! There heart is just under the kinda at front of belly in there gills this is weird don't know what that was idle trapped wind or what but looking at him just now and he is staying down in the water now it was like his buoyancy was failing and swim bladder was just filled with air! Hopefully it's not kidney failure but never got and liquid or oily stuff come out when done that but I'll be keeping close eye on him just now while I'm in lockdown anyway I'll be with him all the time just now!
Hi I have a figure 8 puffer he doing great , he in brackish water . I have had him over a year I feed him bloodworms and snails, just one question ,he has grown much . I mean all most the same size got him , do they ever grow ok thank lily
Lily Albernaz I think your sayings he eats a lot but isn't growing much. That's fine with the Figure 8 puffer fish. I had mine for almost 2 years and he grew a total of maybe half an inch. So as adults they only get up to be about 3in long so they don't grow fast and they don't grow long so just make sure he's eating and he has good water quality and he's happy! THANKS for the great question! If you have any more comments or questions please feel free to ask.
wait figure 8 puffer fish green spotted puffer fish and orange saddle fugu puffer fish are salt waters but pet stores keep them in fresh water how do they live a salt water fish dies in fresh water
BOrganically make sure you get the specific gravity of the tank at the pet store. Copy that level in your tank, take a long time acclimating, then throughout a few weeks slowly heighten the gravity to what is recommended. There is good information that’s more detailed on the internet now compared to a few years ago!
You keep them in the bag until the temp is right then take a fish net and take them out of the bag do not I repeat do not add the water from the bag to your aquarium at all
are those mollies in w/ him? Can you put any other fish in w/ a puffer? How big will that one grow? I was told by my lfs, that pea puffers stay small and are a freshwater species, that do not require brackish h20
mollies do well in brackish water and can even thrive in full saltwater. Scats, Monos, and Silvertip sharks will all do well with the puffers and are also brackish.
mollies do well in brackish water and can even thrive in full saltwater. Scats, Monos, and Silvertip sharks will all do well with the puffers and are also brackish.
yes those were mollies with him. The mollies were some of the 40 babies my adult mollies had but I had to take them out of his tank cause they were getting to his food before he would. You can also keep puffers with other puffers but you need atleast 15 gallons for the forst one and people say you need another 10 extra gallons per additional puffer but I would do 20 gallons per puffer to be safe and you have to add them all to the tank at the same time!
hey, im thinking of getting the figure 8 puffer....the only problem is i travel for 2 weeks sometimes and i was wondering if it can go without eating for 2weeks.
Me and my mom are getting one that is dime sized for my birthday and a small rank because it is small and it doesnt grow more than an inch what should I do
That's a dwarf puffer/pea puffer which is fully freshwater. Make sure it has plenty of plants & cave etc. They do have a great personality too. I feed mine bladder snails & bloodworm. They can be very picky eaters though, but mostly bloodworm & bladder snails will work.
@@kristianheinrich7326 wait, not even at 1.004????? I heard java fern, wisteria, water sprite, anubias, java moss are ok at that SG but not higher. Any current update on the tank?
CHiTO how many do u want usually its 20 to 30 gallons per puffer but if u get them as juveniles which I can they get along a lot better then putting a few adults in one tank and u can fit 3 or 4 in a 40 gallon tank
Yes every pet store I 've been to that sells them offers them as freshwater fish which is accurate to a point. When they are babies they are in freshwater but they quickly moved to brackish water. So whenever I get one I immediately start the transition to brackish water.
Ryan Lee I gave up I bought like a total of 7 the first time I bought it from petsworld I bought 3 he gave me one free they all died then I tried again and bought 3 from another pet store and he said the same instructions they died after 2 months
Ryan Lee can u one day make a video on how to make brackish water correctly an what exactly people need I would love to try again I bought a 20 gallon hexagon tank from petsmart recently and I love figure 8
Hanissah Marshall yes I 'll do it for you tomorrow or Monday cause I have to do a water change on my salt water tank so I 'll show the process on making brackish water then saltwater. I love figure 8s too. They are really neat fish
Hanissah Marshall I haven't forgot about doing that video but I noticed I had some cyano bacteria popping up in my saltwater tank so I m treating it. Its a 48 hour treatment then you do a 20% water change so Thursday night I 'll do the water change and make the video.
I have had figure 8 puffers spotted green and pie puffers all in salt water tanks right as I got them home just slowly change the water there come with with the salt water from your tank over about an hour then thay can be put in a salt water tank with most fish similar sized with them I have to spotted green with a perky pine puffer and angel fish half moon and a school of different kinds of clown fish and tangs there about 5 years old since I got the spotted green puffers and still doing great they eat frozen food that all I feed my fish form beef hart blood worms and vegetables frozen Cubs I also never chang water just clen the filters and add fresh water as water Evaporates I also have fire worms that eat the stuff in the crushed Quarrel and keep my tank vary clen with live rocks in it and fack quarrel for the fish to hide as they please never had a fish die in this tank just a protein skimmer flowvol and a wet dry sump filter me and my dad made for my tack 10 years ago it a 135 gal tank Rectangular in Dimension as long as your protein skimmer isn't over powered buy the amount of fish you have you don't need to change the water have had the tank running none stop for 10 years never changed the water in it just keep it clean and that the ecosystem do it's own thing seems to be working just fine.
that's a figure 8 puffer they can live their whole lives in brackish. it's the green spotted puffers u r talking about that have to switch over to marine quality water as adults
Zachary Mooney figure 8 puffers come from the Mekong River they live in freashwater and as they move down the river towards the sea the higher the salt, this is figure 8 not green spotted. Figure 8 can and do go in full salt they just don't stray to far from estray and go in and out of the salinity... Pea puffers live in freashwater.
I had a pea puffer, until it passed. I just discovered a really nice freshwater puffer. The South American/Amazon puffer. They like groups of 6 or more. Big fun.
EO Rhino does it get to the size of a figure 8?
@@Paigebaby I think amazon only get to around 2.5 inches or so?
I've had mine just over a fortnight and he's now eating Vitalis Cichlid soft pellets. I crammed them in some crab legs and snail shells. Getting nicely fattened up!
Im keeping a F8 for over 6 years now in fresh-water, never even kept in brackish, FYI, and i added a new F8 and after a few weeks he started to accept her…
Brilliant video. Really helpful and informative!!!
Super cute puffer but I feel like adding other fish to your puffer tank kinda distracts the beauty cuteness spunkiness and intelligentness of the figure eight puffer.
yes but it's actually a bad thing for them to puff up. It means they feel threatened which will stress them and if they puff as juveniles which is what he is it could kill him. So you want to avoid them puffing up.
Ryan Lee exactly, I heard that some can die from puffing up tbh
@@taoutdoors8110why
Awww he’s so small. Can’t wait to get my tank right. Was hoping they’d be a little bigger though
Hi Ryan... finally came across your youtube video.... Thanks f or sharing. We are considering purchasing our first Figure-8 Puffer this Friday, May 5th . We used to have a pea puffer in a 5 gallon tank.. We will have a 16 gallon for the new one.
We might look into couple of mollies for companion... Did you ever show your water changes yet? Thanks
Listened to this sped up
My figure 8 puffer loves the bug bites sinking pellets
Me and my dad have had a 125gal tank with spotted and figure eight puffers in just freshwater for 6 years until we moved and had to get rid of them. Either way love the vids 👍🏼
That’s bs figure 8 and dwarf puffers are fresh water fish found in fresh water even as adults I’ve been a fish keeper for more then 10 years figure 8 puffers grow to be 3 inches and live in fresh water
So they don't need brackish water
@@rhino7872 They really do prefer it.
Mine is 3 years old now and just started getting problems with him this week! Ov grown attached to him having him so long and it's quite sad! But got him in a quarantine tank on his own just now he was coming to top and gulping air and blowing up and when I massaged his belly loads of bubbles came out his gills and he has started being more lively soon as I don't this! There heart is just under the kinda at front of belly in there gills this is weird don't know what that was idle trapped wind or what but looking at him just now and he is staying down in the water now it was like his buoyancy was failing and swim bladder was just filled with air! Hopefully it's not kidney failure but never got and liquid or oily stuff come out when done that but I'll be keeping close eye on him just now while I'm in lockdown anyway I'll be with him all the time just now!
They always tell you that they're fresh water. why!
R your plants real and how deep. Is your sand
1.004 to 1.012 is brackish water. They like low end brackish
Hi I have a figure 8 puffer he doing great , he in brackish water . I have had him over a year I feed him bloodworms and snails, just one question ,he has grown much . I mean all most the same size got him , do they ever grow ok thank lily
Lily Albernaz I think your sayings he eats a lot but isn't growing much. That's fine with the Figure 8 puffer fish. I had mine for almost 2 years and he grew a total of maybe half an inch. So as adults they only get up to be about 3in long so they don't grow fast and they don't grow long so just make sure he's eating and he has good water quality and he's happy! THANKS for the great question! If you have any more comments or questions please feel free to ask.
Did toy buy your driftwood or collect it yourself? I like the looks of it!
wait figure 8 puffer fish green spotted puffer fish and orange saddle fugu puffer fish are salt waters but pet stores keep them in fresh water how do they live a salt water fish dies in fresh water
Why would I figure 8 belly turns black
My hydrometer says 1.024? So confused because I only added two tablespoons to 10 gallons.
Bad hydrometer or bubbles on needle... did you let it sin in full salt for 24hrs? Gotta prime it as well
have 3 figure 8's for months now, and they are best of friends. They share a tank with 4 bumble bee gobies and a knight goby
How did you acclimate him when you brought him home?
BOrganically make sure you get the specific gravity of the tank at the pet store. Copy that level in your tank, take a long time acclimating, then throughout a few weeks slowly heighten the gravity to what is recommended. There is good information that’s more detailed on the internet now compared to a few years ago!
You keep them in the bag until the temp is right then take a fish net and take them out of the bag do not I repeat do not add the water from the bag to your aquarium at all
@@rightmyer39why not
@@Fish-aquaticz because then you are adding another tanks bacteria to your tank and it can be devastating to your tank
I'm debating between a figure 8 or a green spotted puffer
Same
my green spoted puffer is now 4 years is freshwater..... looks very healfy
Do you think if I have a large tank (like 105 gallons) I could keep one with a cowfish (after it reached adulthood)? With a jawfish also? Thanks :)
sure I think it should do fine
It is solely brackish, not marine. I assume that like with freshwater it'll do fine for a bit but it won't be as healthy as if it were in brackish.
Figure 8 can be kept in saltwater. The lady that owns the local fish store has her figure 8 in saltwater and its fine
What live plants can you get
are those mollies in w/ him? Can you put any other fish in w/ a puffer? How big will that one grow? I was told by my lfs, that pea puffers stay small and are a freshwater species, that do not require brackish h20
mollies do well in brackish water and can even thrive in full saltwater. Scats, Monos, and Silvertip sharks will all do well with the puffers and are also brackish.
mollies do well in brackish water and can even thrive in full saltwater. Scats, Monos, and Silvertip sharks will all do well with the puffers and are also brackish.
yes those were mollies with him. The mollies were some of the 40 babies my adult mollies had but I had to take them out of his tank cause they were getting to his food before he would. You can also keep puffers with other puffers but you need atleast 15 gallons for the forst one and people say you need another 10 extra gallons per additional puffer but I would do 20 gallons per puffer to be safe and you have to add them all to the tank at the same time!
@@ryanlee5298 wait freshwater fish can live in brackish water
thank you
horalargamy pea puffers at the moment are perfect. but the have not friends... you can watch my tanks in acuarios chernobyl... not tipical spanish!!!
How big is it??
hey, im thinking of getting the figure 8 puffer....the only problem is i travel for 2 weeks sometimes and i was wondering if it can go without eating for 2weeks.
No it can't
Did you ever get one?
I just got mine but he won't eat. Hasnt eaten in two days 😢
Same what are you trying
@@shanechavarria9532 My tank has a sump so I put him in an small empty section for a few days. He eats anything and everything now
Me and my mom are getting one that is dime sized for my birthday and a small rank because it is small and it doesnt grow more than an inch what should I do
That's a dwarf puffer/pea puffer which is fully freshwater. Make sure it has plenty of plants & cave etc. They do have a great personality too. I feed mine bladder snails & bloodworm. They can be very picky eaters though, but mostly bloodworm & bladder snails will work.
Are those plants still thriving at 1.004 SG?
Nope. Lol
@@kristianheinrich7326 wait, not even at 1.004????? I heard java fern, wisteria, water sprite, anubias, java moss are ok at that SG but not higher. Any current update on the tank?
Hey Ryan, which plants do you have in your tank? Im just asking because I did not found any plant for my brackish tank, which does not die in there.
How big of a tank do they need?
CHiTO how many do u want usually its 20 to 30 gallons per puffer but if u get them as juveniles which I can they get along a lot better then putting a few adults in one tank and u can fit 3 or 4 in a 40 gallon tank
They sold me fig 8 as freshwater they never lived more then a couple of months
Yes every pet store I 've been to that sells them offers them as freshwater fish which is accurate to a point. When they are babies they are in freshwater but they quickly moved to brackish water. So whenever I get one I immediately start the transition to brackish water.
Ryan Lee I gave up I bought like a total of 7 the first time I bought it from petsworld I bought 3 he gave me one free they all died then I tried again and bought 3 from another pet store and he said the same instructions they died after 2 months
Ryan Lee can u one day make a video on how to make brackish water correctly an what exactly people need I would love to try again I bought a 20 gallon hexagon tank from petsmart recently and I love figure 8
Hanissah Marshall yes I 'll do it for you tomorrow or Monday cause I have to do a water change on my salt water tank so I 'll show the process on making brackish water then saltwater. I love figure 8s too. They are really neat fish
Hanissah Marshall I haven't forgot about doing that video but I noticed I had some cyano bacteria popping up in my saltwater tank so I m treating it. Its a 48 hour treatment then you do a 20% water change so Thursday night I 'll do the water change and make the video.
They puff
I have had figure 8 puffers spotted green and pie puffers all in salt water tanks right as I got them home just slowly change the water there come with with the salt water from your tank over about an hour then thay can be put in a salt water tank with most fish similar sized with them I have to spotted green with a perky pine puffer and angel fish half moon and a school of different kinds of clown fish and tangs there about 5 years old since I got the spotted green puffers and still doing great they eat frozen food that all I feed my fish form beef hart blood worms and vegetables frozen Cubs I also never chang water just clen the filters and add fresh water as water Evaporates I also have fire worms that eat the stuff in the crushed Quarrel and keep my tank vary clen with live rocks in it and fack quarrel for the fish to hide as they please never had a fish die in this tank just a protein skimmer flowvol and a wet dry sump filter me and my dad made for my tack 10 years ago it a 135 gal tank Rectangular in Dimension as long as your protein skimmer isn't over powered buy the amount of fish you have you don't need to change the water have had the tank running none stop for 10 years never changed the water in it just keep it clean and that the ecosystem do it's own thing seems to be working just fine.
How how often do u clean your filter and what do u clean in it thanks Dan