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great article ! -- only one question -- how on earth do you catch a puffer with your hands ? my figure 8's are speed demonds hell bent on staying as far away from my hands as possible -- is it easier to first catch them in a smaller container and then grab them ?>?? You can use a jar, I often use a...

Cool project. Have you tried varying the SG to simulate the "wet season"/breeding season? Yes. But as I said, I keep them all in separate tanks. At no time is their more than 2 GSP's per 90-gal, kind of hard when you can't tell what's male and what's female... ya know?! :) I really prefer...

Gizmo only lived to 2 years? i think it takes more than that to reach adult size. Why did he die so young? I meant I believe He was about 2 years old when I *got* him. He lived over 10 years in *my* care, I'm really unsure how old He was when I got him. Gizmo is the only GSP that's died in my tanks...

White dots are *generally* a sign of Ich. Read this: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/hospital/fwich/ P.S. I'm not sure if its' mentioned or not, but this is *usually* caused by high amounts of stress, and can be a result of transportation, constant water parameter changes, and it is high...

Nick and Mareva are right. Also, you can get 10gal tanks for less than 10 US dollars in most stores in America (not sure where you live), and filtration and lighting say another $20, $60 if done right and as for the rest of the decorations and plants say another $15, and hopefully you'll be able to ...

Wow, now that's impressive! Do they all have names? Absolutely! Of course some of them I had to give numbers as well (e.g. Spot 1, Spot 2 -- Gizmo is my original one, He passed 2 years ago, was about 6 1/2" when I got him so my belief is He was around 2 years old.), I keep documenting their be...

Not a good fish to buy on impulse, but they'll snare you... my thought is its' in their eyes, they cast a spell on you if you watch them too long... 12 years ago, I stood at the pet store for 2 hours before buying my first puffer (a GSP) just watching them move around the tank. Of course the conditi...