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Since changing my gsp's tank around he is a different fish! He now spends his days exploring, attacking the decor and eating the plants! I honestly thought gsp's were strictly carnivorous but not my little chap! At first I thought maybe a snail had escaped his clutches and was devouring the greenery...

Some of the plants are fake, the vallisneria and the carolina fanwort are supposed to do o.k in brackish tanks but only time will tell, they can always be replaced with plastic if they don't do well. The pacing has stopped for now anyway,he's been investigating all day so hopefully he likes it!

Thanks Nick, I've taken your advice, what do you think?
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I have a gsp in a 3 ft 35g tank. It has sand substrate and plenty of rocks, a few plants around the back and sides. It looks lovely but my puffer paces the glass quite a lot, how can i make it better for him?

Oh o.k, bad idea!

How about a large snail? I thought i could get one of the big apple snails, i don't think he could eat it, it would take care of any algae and watching it would give him something to do.

I've had my gsp for nearly a week now and he's doing great. The only worry i have is if he's bored? He's in a 35g tank with loads of plants, rocks and a bubble curtain but sometimes he swims up and down looking lonely. I know the tank isn't big enough to accommodate another gsp but is there anything...

He continued to throw himself at the glass and you are right, his mouth was staying open all the time so we returned him to the store. They didn't seem too bothered, said that was normal behavior for a puffer acclimatising, yeah right.

The lfs said to add 2g per litre so have added 260g marine salt, hope that won't destroy my filter. Is he likely to recover? He is still ramming the glass and decor and his mouth looks swollen.

I used a strip, then separate dropper tests to confirm, and yes i did thaw and drain worms first. Anyway, i think i have found the problem. I just called the shop where i bought him and they told me he was in salt water, all their fish are. As you can imagine i am fuming and also kicking myself for ...

No his tail is all there. Should i try to return him do you think? He must've brought this infection with him from the store.

he is no more than an inch, maybe a little under.Yes he is in freshwater at the mo, he was in fw at the lfs too. I was planning on waiting couple of weeks and then starting to gradually up the salinity. What do you mean by chewed up? I don't think he'd been attacked at lfs as he didn't look this way...

Here are some pics, i know they're not fantastic but you should be able to make out the white stuff round his mouth and left eye. http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m93/abijones_2006/puffer003.jpg http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m93/abijones_2006/puffer004.jpg http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...

Sorry i just thought this was a more relevant place for it and i wanted to mention the other symptoms that have appeared. My reply to nick seems to have dissapeared so i will just state again that it is a mature tank and todays water test results were ammonia and nitrite 0, nitrate 5.0ppm He has cha...

We bought our gsp yesterday, he's about 1 inch long. He seemed fine yesterday and happily ate the snails i gave him, seemed very active buzzing around the tank. Today is a different story, he's just sitting on the bottom, he wouldn't eat the frozen blood worm i put in and i'm really worried. I lost ...