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Guppies are an incredibly popular breed of colorful freshwater fish, and are found readily in a huge number of fish stores. If you have found this guide helpful and learned something new, please share these 11 types of freshwater pufferfish on Facebook and Twitter.Freshwater Fish For Beginners Guppies By Marrabbio2 (CC BY-SA 3.0 licence) We hope you have enjoyed reading this guide on freshwater puffer fish and have found a couple of puffers you would like to raise. We recommend one of the smaller breeds, like the Dwarf Puffer, if you’re new to a pufferfish, while a properly raised MBU Puffer will make you the talk of the aquarium community. It is challenging to get a large enough tank and to filter it correctly, so it’s a commitment you need to make beforehand as many of these fish last more than five years. Many puffers can become quite large, and even the small ones have personalities different from many other types of fish. Pufferfish can be very rewarding if you’re able to maintain the proper environment for them to grow. A moonlight can help you watch your Target puffer hunt. Target pufferfish are nocturnal predators and become very active at night.

Constant strong filtration is needed, and the more the water moves in the aquarium, the better. It’s much easier to acquire the right size aquarium and filtration needed for a Dwarf than many of the other breeds.Ī post shared by Toro The MBU Puffer Pufferfish grow to about 6 inches long and require a tank at least 35 inches long to live comfortably.

This breed is very popular in aquariums due to its bright colors and small size. The International Union for Conservation of Nature currently lists the Dwarf Puffer as vulnerable due to overharvesting habitat loss. It’s one of the smallest pufferfish in the world and rarely gets larger than an inch and a half. The Dwarf pufferfish is also known as the Pea pufferfish and the Pygmy pufferfish. Dwarf Puffer Image Credit: Toxotes Hun-Gabor Horvath, Shutterstock They require a large tank and are extremely sensitive to nitrates, so the water needs to be heavily filtered, as is the case for most pufferfish.Ģ. Many colors are available, including black, sand, and red, and the Congo will also adapt their color to their surroundings except for blue. They grow to about 6 inches long and will spend most of their time buried in the sand at the bottom of your aquarium hiding from potential predators. As the name implies, Congo pufferfish come from the rivers of Africa.
