Pea puffer
Carinotetraodon travancoricus · Tetraodontidae
Dwarf puffer, Indian dwarf puffer ꯍꯥꯏꯅꯁꯨ ꯈꯪꯅꯩ
ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯕ ꯊꯥꯛ
A 2.5 cm freshwater puffer with personality; needs live snails and its own tank.
- ꯑꯄꯤꯛꯄ ꯇꯦꯡꯛ
- 40 L (11 US gal)
- ꯑꯁꯥ-ꯑꯑꯦꯡ
- 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
- pH
- 6.8–8
- ꯑꯍꯜ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ ꯁꯥꯏꯖ
- 2.5 cm (1 in)
- ꯀꯥꯡꯕꯨꯒꯤ ꯁꯥꯏꯖ
- 1+
ꯀꯦꯌꯔ ꯃꯊꯧ ꯇꯥꯕꯁꯤꯡ
- ꯑꯄꯤꯛꯄ ꯇꯦꯡꯛ ꯚꯣꯂ꯭ꯌꯨꯝ
- 40 L (11 US gal)
- ꯑꯁꯥ-ꯑꯑꯦꯡ
- 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
- pH
- 6.8–8
- ꯍꯥꯔ꯭ꯗꯅꯦꯁ
- 5–20 dGH
- ꯍꯤꯡꯕꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯝ
- ꯆꯍꯤ 3–5
- ꯗꯥꯏꯑꯦꯠ
- Carnivore — live/frozen snails, bloodworm, blackworm; ignores dry food.
- ꯀꯦꯌꯔ ꯊꯥꯛ
- ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯕ ꯊꯥꯛ
ꯍꯧꯔꯛꯐꯝ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯂꯩꯐꯝ
- ꯂꯃꯦꯟ ꯂꯃꯗꯝ
- Kerala and Karnataka, India
- ꯏꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯃꯈꯜ
- ꯑꯊꯨꯝꯕ ꯏꯁꯤꯡ
- ꯕꯥꯌꯣꯇꯣꯞ
- Densely vegetated backwaters
- ꯃꯍꯧꯁꯥꯒꯤ ꯐꯤꯚꯝ
- Warm, medium-hard, slow, plant-filled water.
ꯑꯆꯠ-ꯑꯆꯨ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯁ꯭ꯇꯣꯀꯤꯡ
- ꯃꯒꯨꯟ-ꯁꯥꯒꯣꯟ
- ꯁꯥꯊꯤꯕ
- ꯑꯄꯤꯛꯄ ꯀꯥꯡꯕꯨ
- ꯉꯥ 1
- ꯏꯔꯣꯏꯕ
- ꯊꯥꛛ ꯄꯨꯝꯅꯃꯛꯇ
- ꯑꯐꯕ ꯇꯦꯡꯛ ꯃꯔꯨꯞꯁꯤꯡ
- Best kept aloneOtocinclus at a stretch
- ꯊꯣꯏꯗꯣꯛꯎ
- ShrimpSnails you valueLong-finned fishAny fin-nippable tank mate
ꯃꯆꯥ ꯃꯤꯔꯣꯜ ꯊꯣꯛꯍꯟꯕ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯑꯋꯥꯕ
- ꯃꯆꯥ ꯄꯣꯛꯍꯟꯕꯒꯤ ꯑꯋꯥꯕ
- ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯕ ꯊꯥꯛ
- ꯑꯃꯦꯝ-ꯑꯄꯥ ꯈꯦꯠꯅꯕ
- Males show a dark belly stripe and wrinkle lines behind the eye.
- ꯅꯣꯠꯁꯤꯡ
- Spawns in moss; fry are minute and need live food.
- ꯇꯣꯏꯅ ꯊꯣꯛꯄ ꯑꯅꯥꯕꯁꯤꯡ
- Internal parasites in wild stockStarvation on dry foodOvergrown teeth
ꯃꯁꯤ ꯅꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯇꯦꯡꯛꯇ ꯆꯥꯟꯅꯒꯕ꯭ꯔꯥ?
ꯁꯥꯏꯟ ꯏꯟ ꯇꯧꯕꯤꯌꯨ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ AquaLog ꯅ Pea puffer ꯕꯨ ꯅꯍꯥꯛꯅ ꯌꯦꯡꯁꯤꯟꯕ ꯇꯦꯡꯛ ꯈꯨꯗꯤꯡꯃꯛꯒ — ꯚꯣꯂ꯭ꯌꯨꯝ, ꯏꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯃꯈꯜ, ꯑꯁꯥ-ꯑꯑꯦꯡ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ pH — ꯆꯥꯟꯅꯕ ꯌꯦꯡꯒꯅꯤ, ꯑꯃꯗꯤ ꯇꯥꯞ ꯑꯃꯈꯛꯇꯗ ꯅꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯉꯥꯒꯤ ꯃꯁꯤꯡꯗ ꯍꯥꯞꯆꯤꯟꯒꯅꯤ꯫
ꯑꯩꯒꯤ ꯇꯦꯡꯛꯁꯤꯡ ꯌꯦꯡꯅꯕ ꯁꯥꯏꯟ ꯏꯟ ꯇꯧꯕꯤꯌꯨ
