Mindblowing Video of Pea Puffers, Bettas & Peacock Gudgeons, Snail Hunting Cooperatively - Together!

Mindblowing Footage of Pea Puffers Hunting With, Bettas & Peacock Gudgeons for Snail Dinner!
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[@chefrarestones1960]

Thanks for filming. So interesting how the peacocks learned from the puffers that this is a food source.

[@joey5286]

I have a pair of peacock gudgeons in with some amano shrimp and otocinclus and witnessed them this week eating pest snails. Not sure where they would have learned the behavour but was fascinating to see.

[@DanielKeepingFish]

That was interesting behaviour. Glad you caught it and shared it with us.

[@user-vy9fd4pi5p]

We just added 2 pea puffers to a 20 gallon long tank with 2 female betas, a huge colony of rams horns and some loaches… so far everything is working out great. It’s heavily planted and the juveniles couldn’t care less about the betas. Thinking I might get a small schooling fish to add so the puffers and betas will acknowledge each other less thank you for this amazing video!😊

[@Fishtory]

Best of luck 👍

[@unusualaquariumecosystems5805]

Wow that's one clever puffer to get tot he snail like that.

[@Fishtory]

I love your channel name, and im going to check out your content in a moment hehe

[@raeofsunshine369]

I can't keep snails with my peacock gudgeons. Tank has only peacock gudgeons in it. I have even tried very large snails and they still try to attack them. They are vicious!

[@acvaristicacudichis]

I have 2 Nerite Snails with 25 Peacock Gudgeons. Peacocks don't bother the the snails, they keep the fights only among themselves.

[@esuohelyk]

These are my top three favorite fish to keep. I'm awestruck... love it

[@Fishtory]

Right on!

[@descargaelbano]

Great, thanks for this video. I have peacock gudgeon in another tank and I want to remove them and put them in my 40 breeder planted tank with my pea puffers, but I did not know that they were compatible. Looks like your video shows they are and get along quite fine.

[@user-vy9fd4pi5p]

We just added 2 pea puffers to a 20 gallon long tank with 2 female betas, a huge colony of rams horns and some loaches… so far everything is working out great. It’s heavily planted and the juveniles couldn’t care less about the betas. Thinking I might get a small schooling fish to add so the puffers and betas will acknowledge each other less 😊

[@B3gonias]

Your content is so extensive! I literally searched pea puffers and bettas wondering if they could live together, and here you are! Giving me the exact video I wanted. My betta’s cleaning out snails quickly, so I don’t think l I’ll actually pair it with anyone, but still interesting to see this combo.

[@Fishtory]

Haha thanks for tuning in and I'm glad I could answer a curiosity of yours hah. (Great fish keepers think a like!....right before their fish attack one another 🤔). What I have to say, is that it really depends on the tank setting, the numbers of each type of fish, the gender ratios within species, and ultimately, some fish are just mean- so in the end you have to observe and make sure you don't have a little monster in your tank. Besides the mentioned above disclaimers, that tank was still running until a couple months ago, when I gave my Pea puffers to a friend who was ill and stuck at home. Anyhow, thanks for tuning in and dropping a line! If there's a question I didn't answer, let me know, and there's a strong chance I will make a video on it! Cheers

[@B3gonias]

@@Fishtory thank you! I definitely have a little monster (in the best way), so she’ll be swimming by herself for now!

[@Hobbes530]

Betta's will eat snails? I found some baby snails in my Sorority tank and was thinking of adding one of my Puffers to it.

[@candysworld4u]

I just wanted to come and say that I just set up my puffer tank, and I decided to see if peacock gudgeons will do ok in there. I just added the gudgeons on Saturday, and they are the only fish so far. I’ve been letting the snails grow in there for the puffers. Well, they aren’t waiting 😂 The gudgeons are picking off the smaller snails no problem! I’ll have to add more for the puffers once I get them. Was hoping the snails would scatter all around and give the puffers some sport right when I add them in. At this rate, the gudgeons won’t leave any for them.

[@Fishtory]

Theyre sneaky! Some learn to hunt them..some dont...its very odd

[@Turnerfamilyaquatics]

I like seeing them learn from the environment! That's really 😎

[@Fishtory]

Me too!

[@nazeemameen1253]

Some of your Betta are missing their fins. Perhaps it's the puffer.

[@smithyshrimp7935]

I imagine it's just a territory nip, the betta will learn its lesson and keep distant. If not I'm sure Alex will remove which ever is causing the issue

[@Fishtory]

Its actually all the little tiny betta siblings fighting... im splitting them up and rehoming the males as we speak. Surprisingly the puffers and Gudgeons both leave them alone unless they're picking apart a snail

[@FeralMina]

The bettas seem to have the worst of it (as far as I can see here), but nearly all the fish in this video had pieces missing from tails/fins... bettas and gudgeons and puffers alike. Damage like that is a clear sign something is not working and adjustments need to be made, for the sake of the animals.

[@christinamorris2823]

I love to watch their eyes

[@mingbritson]

Cool combo, Alex -- fascinating behavior! Peacock gudgeons are one of my fave fish, and pea puffers are definitely on my wish list when I get room. Thanks as always!

[@Fishtory]

Right on! It made for a dynamic but peaceful tank. It looked like Dodge City every feeding time...but no one fired the first shots ever hehe

[@que0179]

I have peacock gudgeons in two of my tanks, one tank with pea puffers and another with angel fish. my gudgeons in my pea puffer tank demolish snails with the puffers everyday I drop snails in. And in my angel fish tank which full of snails the gudgeons leave them completely alone.

[@Fishtory]

Fascinating. So they are "culturally" learning to eat snails..... whoa

[@investorbettor505]

That’s awesome!!! These are by far my two favorite species of community fish. If done correctly they are great tank mates! I need to try this with the snails

[@Crystalspets]

Nice fish video

[@mattbatcher802]

Tanganyikan Julidochromis, besides being generally badass, will tear a snail straight out of its shell. Then they will swim under a rock outcrop upside down like the overhang is the ground. You really should do Tanganyikans, you got the Juli’s like I said, but also brichardi’s that are communal, shell dwellers and otherwise cool fish.

[@Fishtory]

I would love to do like a 90 or 120 of them...i just haven't wanted to do a 40 or smaller (all my non jungle tanks) . I need more than a 9x10 bedroom lol

[@mattbatcher802]

@@Fishtory That would be a heck of a tank with your knowledge and all the live food critters you have. I miss my brichardi colony I had, they form a family commune with the big siblings acting like parents. Lamprologus go well with all Malawi fish, the ones that don’t go together like mbuna and Haps, well they both get along with the Lamps. I am in the process of converting my 75 into a tank with micro fauna. I want to keep my pair of firemouths and my favorite Aulonocara and probably keep the 6 black tetras but get rid of the rest. I plan to terrace the substrate from right now it’s about 3” of gravel to like 0”, 3”, up to like 9” then add Miracle grow potting soil and sand. Do you know how much ammonia this potting soil will add? I mean how much can I introduce at a time safely? I want to put in barriers to block off certain areas for micro critters where the big fish can’t get to.

[@ineedadab]

That's it, next tank I setup after my current tank I'm setting up, im doing a nano predator fish tank. Thinking maybe going the black water route.

[@Fishtory]

Id toss some badis in, some sparkling gouramis, pea puffers , gudgeons or gobys of some sort and any sort of licorice gourami or wild betta would be a cool addition!

[@TheNameIsSham]

@@Fishtory this is kind of what I want to try. 20 long heavily planted. Currently only 6 cherry barbs, an oto and two flying foxes (which will probably be rehomed) and a baby peacock eel. I know I want a betta. I would like to have two males if possible. Either a small community or trio. Ive thought of trying a pair of B. Myanmar in there as well. Id love a pea puffer as well, but am weary with the betta. I havent looked into gudgeons but I will. Its going to be my one tank visible to company. I want to stock it with personable, interesting fish to show friends and family what they can do with an aquarium.

[@justinneilsonn2665]

Dudes corrupting the other fish 😂 ,. hes the type our moms told us not to hang out with😅

[@greenplanet3049]

"Life finds a way" 😆

[@Shaden0040]

My Endlers and guppies would eat snails if I crushed the shell against the tank glass. they would even eat the eggs once the embryoes started turninng brown and I scraped them off the glass. Added protein is always a welcome food source for even herbivorous fish.

[@Shaden0040]

FYI the peapuffer on cam is a female as she has the dots on her side. Males as they mature get a solid horizontal stripe from eye to peduncle.

[@Fishtory]

Yes, thank you- you're totally correct heh

[@meganthebritishcatmom]

Pea puffer beaks do not grow like other puffers, so that's not a worry. I've also never heard anyone say they've had puffers die die to eating too much protein. I'm part of a dwarf puffer group and everyone pretty much only feeds snails and black worms.

[@Fishtory]

I had some other folks correct that beak issue also, so thanks. But the protein thing is mostly about blood worms (snails and other worms have enough vegetation in their stomachs that they actually get them the servings of veggies and vitamins that are good for them

[@xKrispyx]

I was watching one of my female bettas carrying a rams horn snail in her mouth. She proceeded to smash it out of it's shell on the glass. I was surprised to see it and I wish I filmed it.

[@Fishtory]

Very interesting! The ones with the puffers have all learned to eat the small ones now....but the ones in other tanks dont do it at all

[@jennwren5504]

I think the peacock and puffer together. Such a lovely observation of their behaviour together. I’m not sure about the bettas in the mix though, they seemed battered by the pea puffers. Great video

[@Fishtory]

In the end I sort of realized they need to be mean bettas ... ones that don't work in other community tanks. Otherwise...as you said, they can get nipped too fast by the puffers and can't defend themselves

[@jennwren5504]

@@Fishtory I see! Great observation again and good news for antisocial bettas :-) We’re always learning and I love it

[@kayhalliday2676]

Another fascinating video, thanks Alex

[@222killawhale2]

I love pea puffers SO much!!!! I’m absolutely thrilled you made this video. I realize it’s from a while back, how did the tank/combo progress? I have 4 baby pea puffers right now. They are right by my dining room table so I can hang out with them all the time! At first, I couldn’t even talk them into frozen blood worms. I didn’t have any sacrificial snails at the time.... Actually it’s just that I really fkn love snails, even pond and bladder snails, and wasn’t thrilled about sacrificing any until I realized that I may perhaps love dwarf puffers even more!!! But DONT tell the snails that!!! 🤫 Anyhow, I have many betta tanks as well as bettas as a community fish in many of my other tanks, so I’m curious how it turned out with the combo. THANK YOU and please please keep being you!!

[@Fishtory]

This worked well until I tore down the tank. So it was a real success, but I tried with some new older puffers...and they didn't they nipped the gudgeons fins a bit...so it must depend a bit on age...when you add the fish and the personalities of the individual fish.

[@steventhompson5554]

That’s awesome. I like watching my pea puffers hunt but I’ve never seen anything hunt with them

[@Fishtory]

Ive seen my kribs steal from them before...but never cooperating or teaming up like this! The gudgeons literally would bring bigger snails over and have the puffers crack them...then they or the betta would munch the big outer shell and the puffers took the organ meat and the foot muscle went to the bigger species

[@steventhompson5554]

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium that is so cool. I currently have my pea puffers in their own tank, had them isolated for a while now since I had seen them nipping fins of random other fish when I had them in the community tank

[@Fishtory]

@@steventhompson5554 they definitely will do that

[@steventhompson5554]

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium, unfortunately. I’d like to keep them in there to have more variety living in that one aquarium but, unfortunately, I can’t trust them

[@francinedufresne7514]

I have two peapuffers in my 36 gallon tank living with 2 red bristenose plecos and they get along real good,I've had them for 3 years now.... @@steventhompson5554

[@jnburdn1083]

Super cool

[@LaRosi0114]

How did this work out long term? I had to remove my Peacock Gudgeons from my tank with my male betta because they were so vicious toward him. He was terrified of them and being beaten up. 😢

[@zaiahbunch294]

I have a heavily planted 6gal with 6 rasboras 2 panda loaches and shrimp…. I really want a pea puffer and I’m wondering if it’d be ok ??

[@Fishtory]

Well i think the pea puffer will likely go after the shrimp.... not all do, but many do. Other than that, the fish should be okay

[@thelastsamari7923]

Damn you can see everything in the tank with no fins except for the pea puffer he’s definitely bullying everyone else

[@Fishtory]

Only one fish has a nipped fin

[@NoapteaMintii]

Peacock Gudgeons looked fine to me.

[@mrsbodeutsch]

Wonderful video! Thank you so much

[@Fishtory]

Totally, sorry for the algae on the glass

[@mrsbodeutsch]

@@Fishtory no problem! My single tank looks bad with algae right now too. A work in progress

[@AwoooOga3503]

I'm still doing alot of research about a type of community fish with pea puffers. Some fish expert/long experienced fish keepers wouldn't recommend to have puffers with other fishes.

[@Fishtory]

Yes that is the common answer. It's true If you don't know their personality and behabior/ don't have a lush tank with lots of sight breaks and perches for the males at night, it can get ugly. I'm mostly showing what is possible, not saying folks should do it themselves (well unless they feel very ready)

[@chevyfish4028]

Pea puffers are infinitely amazing. Looks like he has chomped the bettas tail.

[@vampgaia]

Very interesting. My puffers live peacefully with a couple of plecos in a 29 gallon. I've never tried them with any other fish.

[@ZACHAFARI]

Hell yeah great footage!

[@johnnybest6386]

Do peapuffers hunts scuds also?

[@stacycurtis3073]

I wonder if I put snails in my 55 if puffy will leave my Betta girls fins alone? Give him something else to do? He only picks on the bettas even though my tank is like the United Nations.

[@Fishtory]

Possibly?

[@christiansweden]

“You can't keep other fish with pea puffers!!!” 🙃

[@stacycurtis3073]

I have a snail infestation in my 10 gallon and feel so bad if I were to pick them out and put them in the 55 to be eaten, but there are so many! lol... I’m a goober!

[@Fishtory]

*cue Lion King music* The Circle of life!

[@stacycurtis3073]

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium 😂

[@finndrennan541]

Are peacock gugeons peaceful. Also can they be kept alone in a 20 gallon will chilli rasboras. Cpds. Clown killifish. Pygmy corys. And one scarlet badis ?

[@Fishtory]

They're peaceful to most things...if it fits in their mouth...like baby shrimp...not so much. It's also best to have a male and female...but you can keep a single male and they do okay in a small tank...the fish you listed aren't territorial, and are peaceful, so if it's well planted, it'll be fine. Best wishes

[@devenwearshats7450]

I had a female betta that would hunt snails, my rummy nose tetras will eat crushed snails. Now that the betta is in a different tank im hopeful the pea puffers will break the shell for my tetras

[@Fishtory]

Yeah that would be excellent. Im glad im not the only one who sees these odd things when studying our tanks!

[@rusjmana6279]

do they nip your Betta's fins

[@smithyshrimp7935]

Awesome man. I'm glad to see I'm sitting and dissecting behaviour the same way my favourite master fish breeder does 👍 hope you and yours are all well

[@Fishtory]

Hah thanks. It's so fascinating....youll never run out of new things to discover. This was a crazy outcome of mixing these species...the gudgeons cant crack those snail shells, so they were bringing snails over for the pea puffers later that night!

[@smithyshrimp7935]

@@Fishtory I dont care if it's not 'natural' that's amazing.

[@sergioortiz1839]

Bettas have some damage to their fins. Was that the puffer?

[@Fishtory]

It was a guppy from another tank! Lol I didn't see that coming

[@investorbettor505]

Have you ever had problems with your pea puffer dying from parasites

[@MT88_YouTube]

Very interesting video! Do the snails reproduce fast enough to feed the puffers?

[@Fishtory]

Depends on the puffer...some are little devils and just kill for fun essentially lol. Others it works out long term

[@francinedufresne7514]

I raise some bladder snail in a seperate tank to give to my pea puffers lol,easy peasy,and have had my pea puffers with 2 red bristlenose pleco living together with my 2 pea puffers for 3 yrs now,and they get along fine in my 37 gallon aquarium@@Fishtory

[@CreepyDeepyHistory]

This is really cool. Do you keep some snails in a separate breeding tank?

[@Fishtory]

Totally!

[@justinneilsonn2665]

This guys just going around seeing if he can kill everything, basically.

[@stillinyaisstillinur3300]

Gr8 vid enjoyed it tons👍👊

[@Fishtory]

Right on, thanks for watching and joining our little community

[@stillinyaisstillinur3300]

@@Fishtory ty means tons hearing that👍👊

[@ikengrow]

This was the exact video I was looking for. I have 4'x4'x1' community pond I was planning on putting a beta and a pea puffer in to keep the snails/ shrimp and hopefully endlers in check. 100g living space 200g total. I bread cherry and glass shrimp in another tank. Should be plenty of space, do you think a puffer would kill a 2" rabbit snail?

[@Fishtory]

I'm not sure honestly. I would assume not...but I do not know, and don't want to give bad advice. If someone knows, I'll definitely comment again. Thanks and best of luck to you and your tanks!

[@ikengrow]

@@Fishtory I'm fairly certain it is a horrible idea, I was just hoping that by some chance that it would pass up on a giant walking meat wagon that is 12 times it size

[@TheNickkirk]

How did this end up working out long term with the puffers and gudgeons? I’ve got gudgeon fry I’m considering adding a pair to my pea puffer tank (or a larger tank for all of them not quite sure yet.

[@TheLeokane]

My peacock gudgeon attacks snail like that 2 but i only have them in the tank i dont think yours learn from the puffers its a hunting strategy they have already

[@Fishtory]

Oh reallllly? Darn, they're not velociraptor smart?!

[@Fathernsonadventures]

How peaceful is your tank with a betta and pea puffer. Have you had any problems with them.

[@Fishtory]

They scuffled the first 20 minutes of meeting one another, but after that, no issues for 2 years

[@Fathernsonadventures]

@@Fishtory nice that's cool. I may consider it. Have you tried putting the pea puffer with dwarf crawfish like the orange Mexican dwarf crawfish. I've got 3 of them in my 10g with my betta and a bunch of snails. They all get along fine now. But I want something that will help control the snail pop better. Because the betta and crayfish struggle to kill the snails.

[@Ekster77]

Really interesting video! Why do the puffers curl their back? Do you know that? By the way, you need lots of snails I imagine. They work so fast.

[@Fishtory]

Yes i do need more snails... it takes 5 tanks with snails to supply about 4 pea puffers. People forget that snails are full of algae and plant matter, so when people feed blood worms to puffers, it's too much protein to feed daily and often theyll die. As for that curl, ive read its a way to store kinetic energy and they curl up like a spring and then a potassium ion signal fires and releases the beek muscles. I could be incorrect on that though...but it would make sense, if you watch snakes and grasshoppers, mantis shrimp etc.

[@johnathanoliver1771]

all there fins have been nibbled on by puffer

[@Fishtory]

The bettas do that, but i never saw pea puffers do it personally...they may have

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

fun video. However Pea Puffers only puffer that does not need to blunt it's beak/tooth.

[@Fishtory]

Oh really? That's great to know. Thank you. I had read it on seriouslyfish.com , however jt makes sense with their small stature.

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

Many wise people make the assumption at first. But that's the beauty of PeaPuffers -or one of them- they do not require shell foods. Although I keep snails with mine they could easily do fine with blood worms and blackworms. Check mine out at Lush&SaltyAquariums (KZbin) and help a fellow subscriber out :)

[@rachaelgames6340]

Is there anyway you can do a video on Betta sororities in vommunity tanks?

[@Fishtory]

Totally ..hahaa ohhh phones....vommunity

[@rachaelgames6340]

@@Fishtory lmao! I didn't even notice it! Samsung's seem to just be getting worse and worse with their SC 😂

[@xoxoblasian7012]

Did you end up moving the bettas?

[@Fishtory]

All but 2 were sold from these

[@larsonkaser3381]

Wanted to consider Pea Puffer w/ a Gudgeon for a nano...they coexist perfectly fine, then?

[@Fishtory]

Not always, but they tend to both be just mean enough to balance one another out, when I've put them together

[@harrisonlevan5853]

Any luck getting pea puffers to eat Malaysian Trumpet snails?

[@Fishtory]

Only the big ones if i crack it... so not really

[@christinamorris2823]

Have you ever bred the Pea puffers?

[@Fishtory]

Never intentionally, but i have had 2 babies appear in a tank once prior.

[@corndog5240]

Hey! How many pea Puffers do you have in this tank?

[@Fishtory]

5

[@corndog5240]

@@Fishtory all the fish get along nicely? Also do you think Cory cats would be a good tank mates for pea puffers?

[@Fishtory]

Usually cory cats get along with most other fish. Pea puffers can be very mean sometimes....and other individuals are pretty laid back. It really depends on the specific group and specific dominant male and female puffers in the group. But in this case, everyone in the tank got along very peacefully for over a year until I moved fish around

[@corndog5240]

@@Fishtory thank you for all your help, I’m planning on adding 2 more pea puffers to my tank.

[@Fishtory]

@@corndog5240 right on. Best of luck. Let me know how it all goes. Cheers

[@xZeIdaChickx]

as much as I love seeing Peapuffers live with bettas, I can see most of the betas no longer have fins. Would not recommend keeping them in the same tank.

[@Fishtory]

Totally depends on the temperments of every individual fish ...for sure

[@richardmaccarthy101]

Woah this is quite cool! I was thinking of doing a no tech, no filter dirted puffer nano tank (I need to have snail disposal, and why not?), but I'm a bit worried that the puffers being dirty eaters will create problems without a filter ... maybe kuhli loaches to pick up the bits of snail that are left over? That's not a question you need to answer btw Alex, I'm just throwing it out to the universe!

[@Fishtory]

Ummm perhaps some carnivore plecos like leopard frogs :) or a loach that would eat the scraps...I think it couuullddd work, if planned a bit. Great idea

[@TypicalMT]

That pea looks realllly skinny

[@Fishtory]

He was. He had a parasite i ended up treating them all for a week or so after filming

[@TypicalMT]

That’s what I figured! I just got a baby pea, and i had to run general cure 2 times and then fenbendazole once to get everything out of his system! Did your puffers aggression change at all once it was healthy?

[@Fishtory]

@@TypicalMT yes. It mellowed out

[@MattKeepsFish]

Oh my gosh the camera shake

[@Fishtory]

Appologies. This was before I could afford any decent equipment

[@MattKeepsFish]

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium it’s alright, just put me through a loop 😂 I still just use my phone, and if that’s all you’ve got, try pressing it to the glass instead

[@needmoresilver3677]

Have you successfully bread your pee puffers?

[@Fishtory]

Only sporadic fry...never production line style

[@3548vr4]

Those betas are 😥 stressed 👎

[@Fishtory]

They had babies later that month and all went into a 40 breeder anyhow