Hello all.
Decided to get back into owning puffers since my first GSP died due to ignorance over cycling [nitrite spike].
Having a 55-gallon freshwater tank for well over a month now, I bought three little GSPs.
They're adorable, and I've been learning a lot over the months. Moe, Larry, and Curly are doing fine.
Crickets, bloodworms, carpenter ants, brine shrimp, snails, ghost shrimp, and raw shrimp they adore.
They live with other fish, but I put a priority on the puffers. As their tank slowly transitions to brackish and then saltwater, I'm planning for the puffers to grow and prey on the other fish. I invited 12 ghost shrimp to play with my puffers. Only one shrimp sans three feet now lives in a burrow under a rock. I suspect shrimp can and do suffer from PTSD.
Bought 26 medium-sized crickets today. They mauled to death the five I dropped in. I'm so proud.
Fat little voracious things. I reward them with a large, plump shrimp... hand-fed.
I'd like to talk more with you guys about these little guys here in the future.
Green Spotted Puffers
- Pufftastic
- Green Spotted Puffer
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- My Puffers: 1 x C travancoricus
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T biocellatus - Location (country): California USA
Re: Green Spotted Puffers
I'm sure you're already aware of this, but your puffer Stooges (love the names!) will need a much bigger tank when they grow up.
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- eieio
- Mbu Puffer
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The Congo Puffer:
"olivia"
and.......
The DP:
"cream puff"
RIP cream puff :-( - Location (country): U.S.A.
- Location: Prescott, Arizona
Re: Green Spotted Puffers
don't know what kind of other fish you have in there, but salinity might be cruel to subject them to, and they are not good food for GSPsWake wrote:Hello all.
Decided to get back into owning puffers since my first GSP died due to ignorance over cycling [nitrite spike].
Having a 55-gallon freshwater tank for well over a month now, I bought three little GSPs.
They're adorable, and I've been learning a lot over the months. Moe, Larry, and Curly are doing fine.
Crickets, bloodworms, carpenter ants, brine shrimp, snails, ghost shrimp, and raw shrimp they adore.
They live with other fish, but I put a priority on the puffers. As their tank slowly transitions to brackish and then saltwater, I'm planning for the puffers to grow and prey on the other fish. I invited 12 ghost shrimp to play with my puffers. Only one shrimp sans three feet now lives in a burrow under a rock. I suspect shrimp can and do suffer from PTSD.
Bought 26 medium-sized crickets today. They mauled to death the five I dropped in. I'm so proud.
Fat little voracious things. I reward them with a large, plump shrimp... hand-fed.
I'd like to talk more with you guys about these little guys here in the future.
do the right thing
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- Pufferpunk
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- My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
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Re: Green Spotted Puffers
GSPs are not piscivores, they should not be fed fish.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
Re: Green Spotted Puffers
I'll relocate the fish to a new tank.
Saving up for a 150-gallon tank once they go full marine.
Dropping crickets in for them and they're like little puppies with beaks that tear them all the hell apart.
I can't get enough of these adorable fish! Their personalities are wonderful.
Saving up for a 150-gallon tank once they go full marine.
Dropping crickets in for them and they're like little puppies with beaks that tear them all the hell apart.
I can't get enough of these adorable fish! Their personalities are wonderful.
- itlagswrx
- Puffer Fry
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- Joined: Sat May 30, 2015 11:03 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Green Spotted Puffer (Pod)
Leopard Toby Puffer (Igor) - Location (country): Sonoran Desert
Re: Green Spotted Puffers
I feed my two GSPs bloodworms and snails (need to get more freebie snails ATM). Haven't tried crickets... lol... My one GSP actually will eat pellet food. It's quite odd.