The Puffer Forum

can Ceylons live peacefully with GSPs?

Yes, if the tank is large enough & heavily decorated. Best that they grow up together, starting them as juvies.

great! . wheres the best place to buy them at? (online)

if youre thinking of putting one with your gsps, you will need a MUCH bigger tank.

Ceylons require 40g minimum, and they're rarely available anywhere.

What about SG? are celyons High end Brackish like gsp (1.016-1018)? that is something i´ve always wanted to confirm.

Identical care& feeding, just add 10g to the GSPs suggested housing.

yeah they are hard to find, i think ive only seen 2(mislabeled of course) since i had kirby.

90g is good 1 GSP and 1 ceylon. Bigger = better. 75g a little too small IMO.

I can't find any ceylons in my area.

From my experience they get along wonderfully! I have a 5 year old GSP and a 3 year old Ceylon. The Ceylon, Valentine, is probably 2" or 3" bigger than puffy, the GSP. They started in a 29g, moved to a 46g and now a 55g. They dance together whenever you go up to the tank, always bright and beautiful and never a problem together. When we got the Ceylon, he was much smaller than the GSP, not sure if that helped. They are currently in full salt water, ranging from 1.0021-1.0023 and I started that off slowly raising the salinity years ago. They are in about 78 degrees. =)

thats super cool thanks for the info!

i dont think 55g is big enough in the long run for both of them.

You have your flag fish in saltwater?

if you have the right water conditioners then it'll be fine *very important that they also get along*

PufferBabe wrote:if you have the right water conditioners then it'll be fine *very important that they also get along*

The right water conditions and that they get along is important but I don't think you understand that it is NOT fine to house them in a tank long term that is to small. 55 gallons is to small for both of those fish, in the end it will result in a shorter life span.