The Puffer Forum

Pufferpunk wrote:Always a bad combo. Get a tomato clown.

Or a maroon so it can eat my puffer's fins off?! j/k

A clown would make my girlfriend happy. Although not so much if it gets eaten.

So I ended up getting a 55 gallon for him. Planned on getting a bigger one but I found this with a nice stand really cheap on Craigslist so I went for it. Would like to get him one tank mate. May try some sort of clown or angelfish. Maybe a hawkfish. I really want a lionfish. There are a few types t...

Not sure all of this is helping, lol.. So what would be safer, a GSP with another GSP, or a GSP with another type of puffer? Or the same, or just depends on what other kind of puffer? Also, where would one find those tiny snails for them to eat? I only see larger ones in local stores. Colonel Poofme...

Yeah I had to read the emergency cycle page because I didn't have time to do a regular one. I am keeping an eye on nitrate levels, etc. Looks like there is no for sure answer on tankmates..so we will see. I will probably get him his own 29 gallon tank soon.

So I have a 1.5" GSP from WalMart, was told it was freshwater, blah blah there are plenty of WalMart GSP stories. Wish I'd researched the fellow beforehand, butI have since done plenty of research. Right now I have the GSP in a 10 gallon tank, since obviously being in a 29 gallon community tank...

It will be in the 10g this evening.

Not sure what I want to do yet, but I have been thinking of a saltwater tank anyway. Now that I know there's a saltwater fish store in town, I'm going to go tomorrow and talk with the guy and get options, may keep the GSP in the 10 if we don't return it save up some and in a few months set up a big ...

Pufferpunk wrote:Maybe she should have done some research on this fish 1st then. Tell her to swallow the $6 & do right by this living creature.

Yeah. Told her they flush them, so it won't be going back to WalMart. If we didn't care if it lived we would have flushed it already.

jus85411 wrote:tell the lfs to let it drip acclimate over a few hours to saltwater and they got themselves their own SW puppy

Should have thought to tell them they could get it to live in full SW. Why does WalMart just flush them, and are we sure they will? GF wants her money back if she's taking it anywhere.

Ok I just found out the fish store moved, called them and said they are saltwater only, but PetCo should take it..

For some reason there's no longer a fish store where I live. There was not that long ago and it was closed when we drove by the other day. Two Walmarts, a PetCo, and a PetSmart..that's it.

So my girlfriend and bought a 1" GSP and put it in a freshwater tank. It immediately attacked a Bala Shark and frog..So we got it out quick and put it in a one gallon tank and I did some research. I'm the type that researches everything in advance but it's her tank, she just upgraded to a large...