But caution needs to be taken for tank mates as they can get quite aggressive. Mar 20, 2017 figure eight puffer fish pufferfish for sale yo yo loach. The figure 8 pufferfish may be mistaken as a young green spotted puffer with unusual patterns. I wanted freshwater only, ruling out the figure eight, tetraodon biocellatus. Figure 8 puffer fish care size, lifespan, tankmates. Looks great and ahsnt given my other fish any problems yet. Jul 09, 20 the heater had the tank running around 90 for who knows how long, although he showed no sign of trouble, and my father had to turn down the heater pretty much off to keep it with in limits, and it has a new one, so its running around 80 and i trimmed it with a brand new pair of cutticle cutters, i didnt put him under because 1 i didnt have sedative and 2 i almost lost him last time. It suddenly brought back all my pufferfish related memories from my time at the. People who keep them say puffers are one of the most interesting of aquarium fish. In this video i just show some hunting and foraging behavior from my figure 8 puffer, butterbean. Mar 22, 2015 the figure eight puffer tetraodon biocellatus is also known as the eye spot puffer and is found in the rivers and coastal waters of cambodia, malaysia, borneo, and indonesia. These patterns vary greatly from fish to fish, but the markings either side of the caudal fin resemble the number eight, or eyespots earning the species another common name as eyespot puffer.
Figure 8 and green spotted puffers start spend a great deal of their natural lives in freshwater and many fish stores sell them as a freshwater fish. Figure 8 puffer fish species profile the spruce pets. If any one has a snail problem this is the guy to buy, he literally found every snail in my tank the first day. Puffers also have several other interesting adaptations.
Because the beak of the figure 8 puffer can become overgrown, it is important to include plenty of hardshelled foods in their diet to keep their teeth from overgrowing. Figure 8 puffer fish carehow to care for a freshwater puffer. Figure 8s are a better choice for most aquarists than the gsp because their requirements are easier to meet. Breeding has occurred in captivity, but it doesnt happen often, and seems to occur without the aquarist doing anything to promote it. The figure 8 puffer is one of the most active puffers in the hobby. A predator that manages to snag a puffer before it inflates wont feel lucky for long. Figure of eight puffer will also eat fins and scales of other fish. How to setup a brackish tank for a figure 8 puffer. Puffers also have several other interesting distinctive features.
The figure 8 is half the size of the gsp but a whole hell of a lot more agressive. Oct 09, 2014 to ensure that your figure 8 puffer lives a long, healthy life it is recommended that you purchase the fish as a juvenile and raise it with meaty, vitaminrich foods. The figure 8 puffer looks like young green spotted puffers with unusual patterns, but they are truly very different fish with very different requirements. These fish have many yellow lines and spots covering the backside of the fish, giving it an interesting look. Do figure 8 freshwater puffer fish puff up or is it just the. The ideal fish tank will have brackish water with numerous plants either real or plastic, rocks with a lot of concealing locations, and a sandy bottom made up of an aragonitebased sand. Dwarf puffer fish care size, lifespan, tankmates, breeding. And it stays small enough to keep a single specimen in a 15gallon fish aquarium.
I have a figure 8 puffer living in a tank with a two angels, six penguin tetras, a sailfin pleco, a clown pleco, three tiger barbs and a siamese fighting fish. Watch puffer fish puff up mix videos collection on dailymotion. The figure 8 puffer can be aggressive to members of its own species, so care should be taken when housed together. Figure 8 puffer profile aquarium advice aquarium forum. Studies have shown that it can take an average of 5. Puffer fish blow fish inflated then deflated blow me, beautiful duration. Ive read there are freshwater or at least brackish water species of puffer fish. Stay up todate with our daily arrivals and weekly specials. Diver saves puffer fish saving puff daddy duration. Thus, they are usually kept in single species tanks. The thing ive found is to keep them all well fed, and suck up any debris on the bottom so nothing rots.
Figure 8 pufferfish tetraodon biocellatus tropical fish. If they start to swim up and down along the tank glass, then it means they are bored. Jul 11, 2017 reproduction of freshwater figure 8 puffer fish. Figure 8 s are a better choice for most aquarists than the gsp because their requirements are easier to meet. The figure eight puffer is an entertaining fish thats full of personality.
Jul 05, 2009 i randomly read this thread about figure 8 puffers brackish being able to live happily in full saltwater. I bought my self a figure 8 puffer fish the other day, it is a very cool fish. Its unique traits are its two eyespots found in front of its caudal fin and below its dorsal fin. The figure 8 puffer is dark brown to green on the back with a white underside. Although live foods are ideal, some owners have had success training their puffer to eat some frozen foods. May 21, 2014 how to setup a brackish tank for a figure 8 puffer filed in brackish on may 21, 2014 with 7 comments a trip to my local fish store lfs last week turned into an adventure in setting up my first brackish aquarium.
Do figure 8 freshwater puffer fish puff up or is it just. Jun 21, 2014 the dwarf puffer, also known as the pea puffer carinotetraodon travancoricus, is the smallest of the pufferfish available in the aquarium trade and is native to the rivers of southwest india. It is difficult to distinguish the male from the female, although the latter is usually larger. They are one of the few fish that can actually blink or close their eyes, which only serves to add further charm to what is already a fish with bags of character. Their small size makes it difficult to find suitable tank mates, other than puffers. They are one of the few fish that can actually blink or close their eyes. Figure 8 puffer puffer tetraodon biocellatus tank facts.
Puffers are unusual because they can tolerate slightly salty aquarium water, but they cant survive in a saltwater aquarium. Tank set up and requirements the main requirement for a figure 8 puffer tank is, of course, that it be brackish water. This brackish water fish doesnt get too big max size is about 3 inches. The pufferfish expels water from its stomach the way it entered, but at a much slower rate. A ten gallon would be suitable housing for several small puffers. Id guess that 1 in 4 of these figure8 puffers turns out to be completely peaceful and ignores. Apr 06, 2020 the fish becomes 2 or 3 times its normal size, big enough to scare away many potential predators, or difficult to swallow. He may puff up again though, but hopefully with water this time. Figure 8 puffers are warmwater tropical fish, so a temperature of around 78. The figure 8 puffer originates in the brackish partial salinity streams and estuaries of southeast asia, including borneo, the malaysian peninsula, sumatra, and thailand. I wound up with 14 fish, and he kept a bakers dozen. Malabar dwarf puffer carinotetraodon travancoricus. In their natural habitat, the females lay their eggs in leaves or other supports that are in the water. The eyespots fool predators into thinking the wrong end of the fish is facing them.
Puffers have a sharp beak which is used to rip the flesh from other fish. Figure eight puffer tetraodon biocellatus tropical fish site. They were tiny, barely the size of a pea, at about 38 of an inch long. Maybe you could put mister puffer in another aquarium then bait snails out of the existing aquarium and feed them to him. The fish becomes 2 or 3 times its normal size, big enough to scare away many potential predators, or difficult to swallow. Almost all pufferfish contain tetrodotoxin, a substance that makes them foul tasting and often lethal to fish. Tetraodon biocellatus, commonly the figure 8 puffer or eyespot puffer, is a pufferfish found in freshwater in southeast asia. What should i feed my figure 8 puffer when the snails are al. I have two figure 8 puffers right now, living in a 20gallon tank with a few mollies to clean up the hairalgae problem i had and a dragon goby. The figure eight puffer is a colorful little fish that is dark brown to green on the back with a white belly. Figure 8 puffer eating snails tetraodon biocellatus. Information about how to keep and care for figure eight puffer tetraodon biocellatus in aquariums. Figure 8 pufferfish care tips chewy pet central by chewy. I like to purchase all my fish as juveniles and grow them up properly, with.
The figure 8 puffer tetraodon biocellatus is the perfect puffer for beginner brackish pufferkeepers. Although these fish do not breed in captivity, they have not as yet been overfished for the trade and are not considered to be a threatened species. This is my planted, brackish tank, with a ghost shrimp and 5 bumblebee gobies in it. Co2 i moved my figure 8 puffer into the new 45 gallon tank a couple of days ago. Tetraodon biocellatus figure eight puffer seriously fish. The figure 8 puffer is friendly, personable and entertaining. It has greenish yellow patterns and spots on their backside. Ths is one of the smallest of the pufferfish family and are more ideal as they can live in full freshwater in comparison to others that require brackish water condition.
Tetraodon biocellatus should be fed by meaty food, because it is a carnivorous. My wilding people, join me as i feed my small tank pets and then have an epic battle between crawfish and my figure 8 pufferfish zeu. Puffing up for a puffer fish is equivalent to a heart attack in a human and is extreme stress and 95% of the time leads to death at an early age. However, their natural environment is where the rivers meet the ocean so they do best in a brackish aquarium. The figure 8 puffer fish can also puff up to two or three times its original size by inflating its stomach with air or water, which is always neat to see. Jan 19, 2018 a puffed up puffer will basically drift along until it returns to normal size. Botia almorhae tropical fish site and brackish puffer fish with pictures and l. It is known from the lower reaches of the mekong cambodia, the peninsular malaysia as well as borneo sarawak, kalimantan.
This puffer seems to be more prone to shyness than larger puffers like the green spotted puffer and figure 8 puffer, probably just due to their small size and likelihood of being preyed upon by larger fish. I originally had two tetras, but one tetra died a couple of weeks ago from ich. So elvis, my figure 8 puffer, seems to be acting strange. Reproduction of freshwater figure 8 puffer fish in captivity has not been achieved. I like to purchase all my fish as juveniles and grow them up properly, with good, meaty, vitaminpacked fish food, to make into healthy adults. In the tank with them is a dragon goby, 3 bumble bee gobies, a green chromide, a needlefish, some mollies, 3 male fiddler crabs, a columbian shark, a sebae mono, and a silver scat. A fellow local aquarium club member who had kept larger puffers many times over the years wanted to try them too, so we split up the group. This only adds further charm to what is already a fish with bags of personality. What your cats sleeping position reveals about their health and personality duration.
They are colourful fish, with greenish yellow patterns on their backs. Also there are a few black spots that are outlined in yellow on the tail, body and nose. Just above, a nice young figure 8 pufferfish and a green spotted puffer, swimming in one of our aquariums, when we took these pictures. This page lists the species of puffer fish for sale at our online tropical fish store. Figure 8 puffer eating snails tetraodon biocellatus brackish tank duration. We have been doing our research so we can eventually set up a puffer tank and figure 8s are looking like our best option so we dont. Green spotted puffer 2 inches aquarium fish for sale. It is one of the most colorful of the puffer species, keeping its beautiful markings into adulthood. Click here for more about how to buy pufferfish from us. Unlike the larger puffers commonly available in the hobby, the dwarf puffer is a freshwater fish and should never be placed in brackish water. Freshwater puffers pea puffer fahaka tims tropical fish. Figure 8 puffer acting strange saltwater puffers 223466 fish lore.