Pea Puffer

Pea Puffer

Carinotetraodon travancoricus

The world’s smallest puffer. It eats snails, so people use it to clear a snail outbreak — which is also why it can’t live with shrimp or snails. It nips long-finned fish.

Temp 22~28°CpH 6.5~8GH 5~20Adult 2.5 cmGroup fine aloneMin. tank 20 LSwims middlePrice $2.86

How many fit in each tank?

The largest group where none died in 90 days. Tap water · black sand · bacteria starter on day 1 · fish added on day 10 · 25% weekly water changes.

30 cm cube
11
45 cm standard
13
60 cm standard
16
90 cm standard
22
120 cm standard
25
120 cm large
32
Run a 60 cm standard tank with 16 yourself →

Don’t keep with

The same rules the engine uses for tankmates.

Good tankmates

No eating or bullying either way, with plenty of overlap in temperature and pH. Fish that swim at a different level come first.

The numbers on this page come from the Water Kiwoogi simulator model; real tanks can differ.