The Puffer Forum

So, for those of you who say such things as, "avoid MTS" and "keep your GSP at brackish conditions, at most", then avoid MTS and never bring your GSP up to full marine salinity. You said this in your earlier post and I've never seen anyone, at least on the puffer forum, say to k...

Usually people say to bring GSPs to full marine conditions.... just sayin I do have mine at full marine salinity and have had it so for over a year. (Almost) everything I have read recommends that. It must be done slowly over a period of many weeks. Because they are scale-less fish, full salinity i...

I am an old man. I have learned that I don't have all the answers. But, what I have learned is that there is nothing like experience to tell you what works and what doesn't. So, for those of you who say such things as, "avoid MTS" and "keep your GSP at brackish conditions, at most&quo...

Also, this has already been addressed many times, do not feed puffers MTS, malaysian trumpet snails, their shells are too hard and it can break the puffer's teeth. Please stop suggesting this. I don't understand your position on MTS. I maintain a 5 G aquarium in which I raise MTS by the hundreds. I...

To the person who said "don't do this", please understand, I do not hold the snail; with my fingers. I said that I use a 12" long tweezers to hold the snail. I never feed my GSP using my fingers.

I don't feed my GSP the large MTS becasue I want the large ones to be giving birth to lots of small ones. If you raise the MTS in their own small tank (2 gal or so) with no substrate on th h bottom (so you can sort and pick out the young when they are the right size) there should be no reason to fee...

My GSP went from WalMart's fresh water to full marine very slowly (many weeks of gradually raising the specific gravity). It has been at full marine (1.020) now for 6 months and is doing great - growing slowly, but noticably, eating very well and very actively swimming.

I haev fed my GSP uncooked shrimp. It loves them, but they offer no help in maintaining its teeth. So you must include something harder now and then. IMO get Malasian Trumpet Snails, raise them is a separate tank and feed the young to your GSP when the young are about the size of a pencil lead. I fe...

I agree with jmiller. But I would suggest you eventually end up at 1.022 specific gravity (raising it as suggeted by jmiller) so that your GSP will eventually be in full SW conditions. What I read is that they will survive longer at full SW rather than to keep them at brackish levels for life.

I see posts which say the MTS will live in a salt water aquarium. Is this true? And, if so, what is the specific gravity of the salt water in which you ar ekeeping them? Seems to me the SW would kill this snail pretty quickly as, from what I read, it prefers fresh to brackish conditions, not full ma...

Read my MTS post I just submitted today in the General Discussion section of the Forum.

I have finally been successful feeding my 3.5" long GSP Malasian Trumpet Snails (MTS). For those who would like to benefit from my experience, I offer the following: I purchased a half dozen adult MTS from my local (reliable, clean) fish store. They sell for $0.50 each. I set up a separate 2 ga...