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It had my daughters F8 and guppies. She took the F8 to school and then I put the GSP in and moved the guppies to a fresh cycled 10 with plants. The 30 gallon had been up for 5 months before the GSP ever went in. I have been slow about increasing the salinity. If I have any ammonia fluctuations then ...

Thank you for the reassurance!! I was nervous watching all the back and forth and was fearful I may have been duped. I will keep working on bringing up the salinity.

OK lets just start this, sorry for the freak out. I was on Facebook and saw some discussions where someone was sold an F8 but then some said it was schoutedeni and some said GSP. I am a newbie, so I think I have a GSP, but now I'm paranoid because I do not know how to tell the difference and do not ...

Thanks for all the help. My GSP is still doing great. Still does not have full body color but he is eating great and loves all food. Which is a relief for me. He explores and seems to be enjoying his environment. I have not witnessed any stress so I think he is happy. Still has a nice white belly.

Thanks Pufferpunk and astrid37! I am giving it one more go. The one healthy F8 went with my daughter to school. So last night I picked up a GSP from a LFS. This one is about 1.5" and partially bright. Made me slightly worried but the others were cream colored. I had read that they change color,...

I received a brand new F8 puffer on Wednesday. I had him quarantined and was monitoring water parameters morning and night as I did not want to put him in my big tank until I knew he was healthy and also I needed to get him introduced to the brackish water as he was shipped in fresh water. He was no...