How To Breed Dwarf Pea puffers They've Hatched...

[@AlanMartinez-wm9pu]

Definitely the first video of puffers breeding, I can’t wait to breed mine! Thanks for all the knowledge

[@matoldfield]

Awesome congratulations mark on the success on breeding them and you captured it on camera for everyone to see and learn from it which is what we need in this hobby more breeding so less can be taking from the wild top man mark love your vids

[@madfishdiva]

You have well documented this process and no one has posted a comprehensive video start to finish as I’ve looked for such a video. I’m hoping to breed mine following your recommendations. Thank you sir💦

[@djknauss1]

I used a lot of your recommendations to setup my own pea puffer breeding tank and it worked! thank you!

[@engdog2]

i swear mark you are the fish whisperer.you can breed anything.great video.

[@anthonyglynn7361]

Probably my best channel on KZbin keep it up mark fish gang for life 🐠

[@oldtoolsnstuff7876]

Nice footage, thanks for sharing. Greatings from Switzerland.✌️🙏

[@michaela-be4le]

The most impressive breeding video in a long time Mark....thank you so much for all that you share with us :)

[@chefrarestones1960]

This is so exciting!!! Nature is marvelous and so are you and your videos!!! ⭐️💫🌟

[@chuckhallscorpionking8766]

It's awesome to see how you breed all of these fish the way you do.

[@linski561]

Excellent as always. Puff Daddy and his ladies !

[@manbat848]

Very cool indeed, can't wait to see these guys grow up! Cheers Mark

[@6712heath]

Mark fantastic video THANK YOU . More people in the hobby should watch your videos they are so helpful and full of great advice. Again THANK YOU

[@twunderaquatics1770]

Truely amazing! I love the pea puffers. Don't have any yet. Maybe one day. Can't wait to see the babies free swimming. Good video!

[@wotrulke5868]

Great update thanks Mark, they truly are amazing little fish 🐟 puffers 👍🏼

[@alexsaquatics7620]

I started putting moss in my tanks after watching your videos 👍 the fish love it I'm just setting up some new tubs to breed platys in I need to go back to the woods to get more moss I also got loads of sand from the woods aswell

[@shesellsfish]

You not only tell us, you show us that it can be done. 👍💕👍

[@eileenthirling3676]

Wow fantastic beautiful little fish

[@charliebright12]

Give yourself an A+ and take a. Victory lap around the work,shop. Great job.🌴😎

[@ernstbothma1612]

Wow thats a real fancy fish to breed. Glad you succeeded

[@shecomments2much189]

These are great! Don’t have pea puffers yet but doing a ton of reading and video watching to prepare. Going to run tank for a while first and grow the plants.

[@johnkendall2736]

Fantastic love your videos, but especially these little chaps. Love to you and yours

[@barendfokke4602]

Would like to give u two thumbs up for your love to this hobby

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Very nice! Looking forward to seeing these little guys grow

[@SteHughes90]

I love these videos, they are great. So much knowledge.

[@tyredbob]

Again a spot on video Mark, keep it up fella

[@Hnr_CiChlidS]

Nice job !! really interesting video . after 1 year without thinking about it, i'm actually trying to breed these amazing little fish,.I hope that gonna be a success. Dwarf pea puffers are incredibly adorable to keep ,feed them, and understand their personalities, everyone got one different to eachothers.

[@jigdaddyfishing]

Awesome video you got it all on vid for us to watch hopefully this will encourage more people to breed including big fish breeders and lessen the impact of the wild population

[@christinekaiser9870]

Congratulation! Mr. Master Breeder, I enjoy your video sooo much and have learned by watching your channel. Thank you. .

[@Populiervogel]

Fasinating stuff, well done Mark!

[@deedeedamnit406]

Really enjoyed this! Pea puffers are a wonderful little fish but as you stated are sadly on the decline because of this. Well done to you and your captive breeding program!

[@FrugalAnimalKeeper]

Congratulations Mark. Just got here.

[@heinvdwalt3618]

This is fantastic, well done Mark !

[@chrisherrera228]

My favorite fish. Thanks for making amazing content on them, there isn't much out there. 👌👍✌

[@wendybaddeley5131]

Brilliant information Mark - just brought myself some pea puffers - fingers crossed their future will include babies as well - keep up the good work ❤️🇬🇧xx

[@simonkearney4292]

As ever another video full of top tips and information on how to breed puffers

[@DiBy-0]

I would really like to see a video on what you need to make the infusoria/live foods that you feed. Really amazing stuff here, can't wait to see more updates on the baby puffers.

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Sorry I forgot to add the link. I'll up date ok.

[@brianbatten3664]

Top marks mark. Well done mate cracking job 👌

[@rayconway7238]

Thank you mate, I have been inspired by you to try and breed a few aquarium fish. Fantastic video series mate. Keep up the great informative work and videos mate. Have a great day.

[@jazerlights8870]

That's brilliant Mark!

[@grahambennett297]

Really nice to see thanks mark

[@Kaz8692]

Nice one congratz. It looks like I have 2 males and they are both paired now. Just need to get something for them to go into that the eggs will be hidden and get lost in. They both have a cave each and the plants hide the puffers but no good for the eggs. I'll let you know if I can get moss to grow enough to do the job as yours has.

[@bebebutterfield7699]

Wow! Gratz Mark!!!

[@annashobbies4350]

Excellent series! I did a short clip on spawning behaviors of my Pea Puffers but they only had 1 egg and I never found it. I hope you are successful in raising them. Keep up the good work.💕🐡💕

[@charadreemurr1083]

loving the idea of trying both methods of rearing the fry! seperate tank designed for the fry, alongside parents breeding tank designed to also rear fry. Ive got something similar going with my endler hybrids, though mostly just for my own learning as i want to see how the fry grow in a community setting with a small amount of predation on the very smallest fry, vs a fry only tank, so that i can see how they develop on their own (plus one little babny honey gourami, the fry tank was previously for my honeys but got damn those fry are sensitive)

[@augustvukosovich4683]

I could definitely see those little guys. They are so small. I'm so sorry you lost that first one. Do you think he may have hatched a little too early? Prematurity can definitely cause that early death.

[@manrem7467]

Hi Mark, awesome video :) would you suggest taking out the eggs or leaving them with the parents and raising the fry with them? How long will it take after the eggs are laid?

[@MissysFishiesImports]

how did you take the eggs out??? awesome video thank you so much

[@nathanst.pierre1026]

Hey mark !! Hope all is well and I loved this video !! I watched this maybe 18 months ago before I brought my first set of pea puffers home. I got 4 in a heavily planted 30 gallon, 2 males 2 females, and they have been living great for about 12 months now ! However I had a scary incident this morning. I looked at the tank early morning, before my tank lights even came on and saw a puffer spiraling up and down the tank. Upon closer inspection my male puffer had my females puffer face in his mouth and she PUFFED UP !! I smacked the tank hard out of just pure shock and they peeled off each other. No major injuries but my female was visibly distressed. To summarize, I was curious if I should maybe consider a rehome for one ? Or if a rescape will help ? Or if this just a natural part of there lives ? Thank you and sorry for this lengthy convo

[@marthanewsome6375]

Would love to try to breed them, but here in Australia 3 costs between $699 and $899. When I setup my office going to do a setup for them and when I save up will get some and give it a go.

[@PhantomTetra1]

Great job mark, no more breeding for me, my main tank won't take any more 😁

[@FIRYX-]

Good video 👍🔔😄

[@leegadsby290]

Great video mark, just want to ask, have you got a vid of pea puffer eggs just laid and how to retrieve them to be placed in a hatchery box so fry are safe? Thanx, lee

[@Shaden0040]

YAY! So damned cute!

[@sherabdrolma4682]

I ran out many months ago after first seeing your video series and got 8 pea puffers. I gave them lots of rocks and plants, with java moss and hornwart, mostly. But still no babies. Can you help? What do the eggs look like? Can you actually see the eggs or do you randomly vac around behind the plants and rocks to find them. The puffers and the snails they eat are the only inhabitants in the tank. The temp is kept within a degree or two above or below 80F.

[@gigglesjenni]

Do the Pea parents or other pea puffers in the tank eat the eggs/fry? I'm asking bc I have a pea puffer tank that has lots of plants, driftwood and stone, that they can hide in, so I've never got the chance to see any eggs or the female spawning, however I have seen the mating behavior with them. Thanks for documenting this! I am looking all over for a close up of the spawning activity for these lil ones, but like you said, no one has really recorded it.

[@migueldelaparte7485]

Brilliant!

[@lisasaxon7828]

How did remove the eggs Mark? Did you just gently pull out the Riccia and leave the eggs in it n placed n another thank? With a bubble or ? Ohhh I ave sphagnum moss I got from garden centre, it’s just that dead looking beige stuff, can I place that in tank to..or does it have additives that could be nasty? So many questions I have

[@jerjes8460]

Does it reproduce like other puffer fish like Tetraodon nigroviridis?

[@theanimaladdiction]

What do u feed a newborn pea puffer when they first come out

[@harrysutherland1837]

Hi mark really interested In your videos! I own 2 males to 6 females they have been doing alot of breeding behaviour.. was just wondering if i am best removing the eggs or to keep them in the tank till I start to see fry ? My tank is heavily planted lots of pebbles where they breed and lots of java moss around the pebbles. Are the eggs like small white specs? Looks like dandruff..

[@robvandenboom6482]

Another great video mark. I was wondering how the Chilli Rasbora's are doing? You started with a breeding video a couple of weeks ago and after that no update. I have some of my own and I was wondering how your progress is with breeding these. Thanks.

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

They're all grown up now. 😊👍

[@johnphom1136]

Wow I was always told that I can't have more than one in a 10 gallon. Nice to see it working out here. I'm heavily planted could i add more?. I have one male now.

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Yes you can but only add females ok.

[@jetjazz05]

5:30 - Fish have a ton of fry at once for a reason; they're not like people, they don't have one baby that gets all the care, in the wild many (even all?) might die, so seeing casualties in the tank or having mom and dad eat a couple, there's not much that can be done.

[@JolliBliss]

Is there a video on the fry?

[@mynameisnotcory]

I believe you might be the only one whose had success with this and i study these guys extensively! What water perameters do you run?

[@MyBlogSunny11]

Can you do a video of the growth stages of dwarf pea puffer babies?🐡

[@lisasaxon7828]

Mark, I left a message ‘ post on your forum page but realised you prob won’t read it there. Long story short one of my pea pairs have/are spawning in moss, in glosso, in a miss tree too...I witnessed him snuggle her n quiver then sit still a bit then shake away. That was Wednesday 17th June...is it 48 hours or 4 to 5 days to hatch? Plus how can I remove eggs “if” she did expel any as I’d not be able to find the eggs amongst the moss n plants, it’s a fairly planted tank, I did that for them to have hides spots n feel safe . Should I send another message vie pm thru ur actual fb page....will you help me out n give advice ..please. I usually breed CPDs which I learnt from YOU but I’m a lil put off at, as my recent batch or 80 to 90 juvies didn’t go well, some illness and I lost about 40 odd fish...very hard as that a lil earnings for me being unfortunately unemployed atm and with injuries but moreso very sad for the fish and hard figuring out how to save them. They were all sold just waiting for them to grow large enough to hand over to buyers but that won’t be happening now. I’m Lisa Saxon on fb on your forum page and your aquatics page. I, so hoping this spawning was “actual “spawning n not practicing. They’ve been at it again today also but I just haven’t visually seen an egg release. Thanks Mark..your the best dude on here x

[@aquarialife8418]

Mark can you do an Amazon Puffer Breeding Project this year? Not a lot of info out there on breeding puffers, other than this breeding series. 😀🙏🏻

[@americanflower6859]

💚

[@isoaqua5825]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DotGamesLive]

BABIES!!! :D

[@jjp1117]

Did you record the audio with a twice baked potato?

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Yes I did! How did you know that 😳

[@lucqas6377]

could i keep just two or three females? cause the males are territorial?

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

Here in Australia pea puffers sell for $140-210 USD each (as it’s illegal to import them, they’re all domestically bred by hobbyists from old stock brought into the country before the import ban, hence their scarcity and price). This would be a great little money maker, hmmm.

[@wikiwing348]

How big is your fish tank?

[@pleasejoe]

If you hook up the tank with some blue background, the male can be less territorial. Save the energy to make some babies😉

[@colin5861]

Hi Mark whats the nsme of your E Bay store ? Love your videos

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Hi Collin. There's a link on my home page. I've got nothing for sale at the moment sorry.

[@colin5861]

@@MARKSAQUATICS thanks anyway

[@fishlover9353]

Mark are you doing better or is this a video from earlier? I pray your better 🐠👍

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Backs all good now thanks.😊

[@DEVIL-ml4tz]

*freahwater pea puffer costs $200 here in australia even paying $200 you need to have connection and luck you guys are lucky out there to get it soooo cheap*

[@taylorretoff2254]

Help. I bought my dwarf pufferfish being told they are brackish water fish and there's no way to tell gender. I have two in the same tank with no idea what gender they are and if they are actually brackish bc according to online dwarf are freshwater. Help??

[@noahbrown403]

What size tank is that?

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

It's 18 litres

[@noahbrown403]

@@MARKSAQUATICS ty

[@garygranato9164]

hi fish people, the gold fish in my pond are having a " morning spawning " :) anyone else's fish getting it on ?

[@arjunak1]

More co shrimp tank videos

[@sdqsdq6274]

i skip abit , did you mention how to id male and female ?

[@JolliBliss]

Oh they did lay eggs and hatched...

[@14pedro415]

Damn they are tiny

[@rp101aquatics6]

you breed like everything thats said not able to breeed

[@garysaquatics6565]

Great content as always thanks for sharing I would love to get my pea puffers to breed thanks again for sharing 🤜👍✌️😁