The Puffer Forum

Jay.B. wrote:I have had mine for a little over a year now and he has grown a good 3 inches.

Strange, I wonder what the average growth rate is?

That's what we like to call the casual use of terrorism

wow that's great, makes me want to write to my local Wal-Marts as well.

pinkfloydpuffer wrote:I believe it was about 1" per year.
I've had my guys for almost 8 months now and they haven't grown very much at all.

Ah that's great news, thanks

Awesome, while I have you here how fast do GSPs grow if kept in pristine conditions? =) Thanks

Hey guys, I'm new to puffer keeping, but I got a GSP from Wal-Mart. I know, I know what your thinking, but I did do research beforehand so I am prepared. I have him in a 20 gal tank (for now, I will purchase a new tank for him as he grows up) and the SG is at about 1.002 right now. I added about a 1...

Damn... and of course these are infesting my main tank.... sadly I used to have thousands of pond snails in a 1g aquarium with some java moss. I never changed the water (only added it) for months and the snails kept thriving. Bah, MTS.

I have a new GSP, he is about 1 1/2 inches and I have been feeding him very small MTS ( I will be going to pick up some frozen bloodworms soon ). I have been picking the smallest ones I can find from my main tank and tossing them into his smaller home. He now knows exactly what snails are now and wi...