Sandra the fish rookie Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I have had this 5 gallon tank set up since Feb. I saw some pea puffers at the LFS, and thought.. okay.. its time. I did clean out this tank a bit of the wood, because it was difficult to keep it all clean in such a small space. I selected the most chunky money of the group, but they all looked quite good to be honest. Brought him home, and left the lights off for a few hours. He spent most of his time cautiously looking around but staying in the back. a few hours in, he started to come to the front of the tank. We have a huge TV, and hockey was on.. and I think he was checking out all the action and colors. This morning he is still doing well, and beginning to check out the tank more and more. I have 3 anubias in there glued onto stones (makes cleaning very easy in a small space), a Banana plant, as well as grass and heavy piece of drift wood. What is everyone's thought of the tank? I tried to get a good picture, but its a bit hard with the glare off the back windows/doors. I didn't feed him yesterday, but have blood worms ready to go and planned to feed him today. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I think it looks great. Pea Puffer stinkin' cute too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 It's coming along nicely just have to give your plants time fill out and it will be puffer paradise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gestaltgal Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Gorgeous! What a lovely home for your pea puffer. I'm excited to see how it looks in a few weeks with even more plant growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra the fish rookie Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 @Colu How long are thawed blood worms good for if keep in the fridge? I just gave him some, and he is eating some of them..I did not put a lot in there.. so I will watch how he does.. Next time I will cut a bit off the cube that I need.. and keep it in the freezer. I have never used these before so not sure how I am supposed to feed with it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I feed them as soon as they are thawed just keep an eye on them if they start to go darker and smell I would bin them but they should be ok in a fridge for a day or two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra the fish rookie Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 @Colu okay cool.. is it okay that he didn't eat them all? Should I take them out? or wait and see if he eats them? at the LFS they would just put a whole cube in there.. and leave it for them to eat.. but the only thing I will leave in my tank is a algae wafer, so my snails can eat later in the night..its usually all gone by the morning.. I used long tweezers and put them in there and some flew around and others sank to the sand..hope I did it correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I would leave it in there if your puff doesn't eat it your snails will I have never been fan of removeing leftover food something else always eats it in my tanks whether it snails catfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra the fish rookie Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 @Colu I don't have any snails in there (yet). I am going to try and see if I can get my hands on some for him to eat over the weekend. Is there anything else he can eat? I am not that familiar with frozen food, but want him to be as well fed as my other fish are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Frozen blood worms brine shrimp you could try hikari vibra bite's as they look like blood worms some pea puffers will eat there will also eat live foods such as black worms brine shrimp blood worms daphnia I would recommend getting a small tank maybe 2.5gallon to keep a snail colony so you have Reqular supply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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