Dwarf Puffer Fish Puffing Up

The Ideal Set Up For The Indian Dwarf Puffer Is A Planted Aquarium Of At Least 30 Gallons With Plenty Of Hiding Places.

They are carnivorous fish that reaches up to three feet. This would be considered animal cruelty and would be extremely bad for. Some of the baby puffers are getting quite upset by the fighting and one of the dominant puffers stop some of the others eating.

There Have Been No Serious Bites So Far Except A Bite Out Of A Tail.

Causes of pufferfish puffing up. Puffers typically do this when threatened, although they've been seen puffing up in home aquariums for seemingly no reason as well; A weak puffer fish hides to protect itself from being an easy target for predators.

In Some Cases, The Pufferfish Dies From This Stress.

Constant strong filtration is needed, and the more the water moves in the aquarium, the better. The puffer fish, also known as a blowfish, is from the tetraodontidae family. They have puffed up 2 times.

If Let Alone, It Will Shrink Back Down To Its Normal Shape In Due Time.

This violently forces the puffer’s organs to be pressed to the side, inside the body causing the organs to flatten. A shape that is more than double its original size, round and sometimes covered in spines is much more difficult to bite and isn’t very appetizing to a predator. The figure 8 pufferfish can also puff up to two or three times their original size by inflating their stomach with air or water.

Also, The Puffer Puffing Up Increases The Size, And May Scare Of Predators.

Squared off, puffed up and went at it. But for ideal housing, as per ratio 2:1, if you choose three ( 2 female and 1 male) pea puffers then, a 10 gallon/38l will suffice. Two males fighting over the female in a 10gallon tank, seen them squabble a bit over food but.