YYC Carrie Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Good morning all, As you know, I have 2 empty 5 gal's and 2 empty 10 gal's. Having never kept one, I think love pea puffers. I thought about getting like 5 in a 30 gal, planted ofc, but what about a nano tank instead. I would like oppinions of keeping maybe 5 chili rasbora in a 5 gal with a single pea... thoughts? TIA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 I would not reccomend it, pea puffers can be very agressive. Id just do 1pea puffer, or 5chili rasboras not both. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 11:42 AM, YYC Carrie said: Good morning all, As you know, I have 2 empty 5 gal's and 2 empty 10 gal's. Having never kept one, I think love pea puffers. I thought about getting like 5 in a 30 gal, planted ofc, but what about a nano tank instead. I would like oppinions of keeping maybe 5 chili rasbora in a 5 gal with a single pea... thoughts? TIA That is extremely unlikely to turn out well for the chilis. I tried ember tetras (almost triple the mass of chilis even though not that much difference in length) as dither fish for pea puffers and it went fairly well for a couple months but the embers were clearly not very happy. Then one ember disappeared, I decided to move them, then another, then finally 2 more disappeared within about 36 hours before I could get the rest moved out. No further ember deaths after the remaining embers were moved to another tank. Chilis would almost guarantee be gone quickly. Fish bigger than peas are at risk from peas, fish smaller than peas are food. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisnobody Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) If you ever do get a pea puffer, you will soon find out that they are amazing enough on their own. No other inhabitants needed and they are also known as murder helicopters just to give you an idea of what tankmates can look forward to. Pea puffers are pretty incredible. Enjoy! Edited January 27, 2023 by Mynameisnobody 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdsnstuff Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 I have to say I thought “chick peas would be great in chili!” …but that wasn’t the question. 😉😆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYC Carrie Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 Thank you everyone! So one lonely little puffer then, gives me a chance to really go all out on nice hardscape and some interesting plants. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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