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Freshwater Aquarium

Freshwater Puffer Community

A small planted tank dedicated to keeping dwarf pea puffers - a rare true freshwater puffer requiring group housing.

Difficulty: Intermediate Tank Size: 10g+ Recommended: 20g

📖 Overview

Dwarf pea puffers (Carinotetraodon travancoricus) are the only freshwater puffer suitable for planted community tanks. Requires groups of 4-6+ (heavily female-biased) and constant snail-based feeding.