Dwarf puffers are one of the most intelligent fishes and they are carnivores. They are from the Tetraodontidae family, not chilids. They need lots to do in their tank and will be destructive when bored.

Pam and Andersen are certainly fun to watch. They can recognize me and often play hide and seek or catch with each other. If the aquarium has sand, they will bury themselves in the sand to wait for a prey. I feed them mosquito, larve, brine shrimps, blood worm, frys and the occasional spider. They also eat clams (kerang) ghost shrimps and tiny snails. But because they were bred in captivity, they cannot hunt so well and sometimes need help to tie down a prey.

I am considering to give them up for adoption as I am now living in a new house and it is too sunny indoors-- it's hard to keep the aquarium free from algae. I have a male and a female pair. They live with my silver halfbeak. Dwarf puffers are not compatible with other fishes in the tank... they will nip at fishes bigger than them.

The picture attached is not Pam or Andersen. They are hard to photograph because of their size (their maximum adult size is no more than 1 inch). The species I have looks like the one in the picture. The two puffers should be housed in an aquarium no less than 25 litres. Their original color is yellow with black spots and weekly change of water (50%) will ensure their best colors.

Because there are no additional fishes to the tank, they are not susceptible to aquarium diseases, therefore considerably easy to care for.