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by breadfan
Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:41 am
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: Young GSP's in full marine?
Replies: 172
Views: 151329

Re: Young GSP's in full marine?

hi all, at the moment i am keeping my 2 gsps ozzy and eric in a 200l apprx 60 uk gallons 1.010 brackish set up using an exterior canister filter containing similar filter media and sponges etc as my freshwater setup. the larger of the two puffers(ozzy) is about 1 year old, while eric is about 8 mont...
by breadfan
Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what is normal behaviour?
Replies: 10
Views: 938

Re: what is normal behaviour?

thank you all for that great advice. i am thinking along the lines of some sort of hardy marine species once my s.g. is high enough. one of the clown varieties would be cool.
by breadfan
Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what is normal behaviour?
Replies: 10
Views: 938

Re: what is normal behaviour?

would another gsp be a good idea? the tank is 55 uk gallons,and has lots of rock caves and artificial plants.
by breadfan
Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what is normal behaviour?
Replies: 10
Views: 938

Re: what is normal behaviour?

yes iam aware of the monos growth,and they are a temporary addition,to ozzys den. i intend to rehome them soon as i can understand how their quick movements would be a distraction and indeed intimidate ozzy. maybe another gsp?
by breadfan
Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Feeding Behaviour of 'lurkers'
Replies: 14
Views: 2536

Re: Feeding Behaviour of 'lurkers'

my juvenile gsp is alurker and will venture out of whichever cave he is in to grab food as it falls. when he is in the mood,he will swim up to one of the monos he shares a tank with,and take a chunk of food out of their mouths as if to say get it back if you think your hard enough..... he will also ...
by breadfan
Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what is normal behaviour?
Replies: 10
Views: 938

what is normal behaviour?

hi, ozzy my gsp pal has been living in a 200 litre brackish tank for around three months. about three weeks ago i added three monos. in many of the topics on this very informative forum,i have read about different behaviour with puffers, and they seem to have a massive range of personalities and moo...
by breadfan
Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's your puffer's name?
Replies: 768
Views: 257577

Re: What's your puffer's name?

my gsp is called ozzy after mr.osbourne who is also crazy.
by breadfan
Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Overfeeding Puffers
Replies: 202
Views: 177761

Re: Overfeeding Puffers

i had a problem with my gsp ozzy. he is in a 200 litre tank with three monos. they are very fast moving fish who tend to reach any food in the tank before poor old ozzy could get any. rocker mentioned this in one of his articles, where owners overfeed in order to provide their puffer with adequate f...