The Puffer Forum

I think it's unethical to keep fish knowingly in too small a tank to satisfy some curiosity. Your findings will hardly do anyone any good, as it is already well known that 8 green spotted puffers in a 20 gallon tank is an overstocked tank and improper care/housing. You will not cure a disease, you ...

unfortunately, you will not find much sympathy here. If you want to document a science experiment it is best done on personal papers / your blog. Doing so on a pet forum will cause people to get ... testy, to say the least. We welcome your findings, but the documentation of such may arouse members....

bertie 83 wrote:whats the average size of a 7-8 month old gsp? just curious

about 4~5cm's long on average

thanks so much for all your advice! i did know the minimum requirement for the tank size, but i just want to take a try or an experiment to see how fast and how big those little GSPs can grow in such an overstocked tank. i will keep monitoring their state, and send them back to the natural enviromen...

8 GSPs living in a small tank（60cm*35cm*40cm） 。they have been living here for 7 months. tank condition: 1 1000L/H aquarium pump for filtration and cycling BW have water changed evey two weeks, and change half of the tank water each time. some rocks，shells pickep at the beach, and sand http://www.the...

well, for my case (8 GSPs in 80L tank），these fat boys live well with their tankmates - 4 cichild fish. i guess gsp attack the other smaller fish mostly because their belly are not stuffed enough! so feed them well and see if something's gonna change.