I purchased this pygmy puffer as an alternative to a Betta. What a great choice I have made. Clever, inquisitive and very friendly. The one thing I would say is that they are very small fish. The 45l that he is in looks empty and I think 3 would have been a better choice. When he was first placed in his new tank it had 1-2 mm gravel after a day I changed it for sand as the little snails he likes to eat were hard to get to. He really appreciated the addition of some plants for hunting and entertainment and a couple of cattapa leaves as cover. If you look for long enough the little guy comes bobbling to you with its independent eye movement scanning like he recognises me. I have managed to tempt with live food and the snail colonies are a must even bigger snails get nipped for a meal. I have also took the culls from my rcs tank the adults don't get bothered but I can see the babies getting munched. These fish will not eat flake! Overall a great buy and I highly recommend to anyone with a little aquarist knowledge due to the need for slight aquascapping and snail feeding.😎😎😎😎
The puffer fish are fantastic characters! They have settled into my aquascaped tropical aquarium, haven't bothered the resident amano shrimp or nerite snail and are tremendous fun to watch. They seem to examine everything with an intelligence and curiosity I haven't seen in a fish before. They slurp down bloodworms like spaghetti and have happily eaten all the seed shrimp which were becoming far too numerous in my opinion. I would definitely recommend a species specific dwarf puffer fish aquarium if you have the option for one! Such fun, interesting little fish and they haven't touched any of the plants either.