Well i have 2 young green spotted puffers that are growing up right now they are in a freshwater tank but ill soon add aquarium salt to make it brackish..
So my idea is to slowly go from freshwater to a marine tank, are there any hermit crab that would fit this??
Or they are strictly marine?
Hermit crab and GSP
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LongGrain
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
aquarium salt will not make a brackish tank, you have to use marine salt.
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
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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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
Sorry meant marine saltLongGrain wrote:aquarium salt will not make a brackish tank, you have to use marine salt.
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
Crabs = food.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
I read some where that if you put lots and lots of snail shells in the tank and a hermit the puffer would get confused and give up on trying to eat it, is that totally wrong?Pufferpunk wrote:Crabs = food.
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
I wrote that, before the puffers finally ate the hermit.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
Oh im sorry, i guess then ill give up on the hermit crab idea thanks for the info!
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
I've had 3 hermits and 1 snail for the last several months. My GSP just likes to knock them off the rocks from time to time, but never even tries to nip at them, I say that since hermits are pretty cheap drop a couple in and if they get eaten then it was just a snack for the fish and if not you get some new pets.
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
Back to the original question then, can they survive a freshwater to marine transformation?
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
Marine only I'm afraid
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
I had a fiddler crab that survived the transition. He died about a month after I reached marine conditions, I think it was because I didn't provide a place for him out of the water. I think the fiddler is the only one that can survive the salinity swing, but again you need to give it some land or it won't live too long. Also, my puffer took one of his legs when I first got him but never bothered him after that.
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
Pufferpunk wrote:I wrote that, before the puffers finally ate the hermit.
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
I wish Yoshi would hurry up and eat the hermit that I have. The hermit has now killed the other hermit, two turbos and 3 zebra nerites >< he needs to be food....
5.5g: Pond snails
5.5g: Red Cherry Shrimp and Rams
10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)
RIP Yoshi, you are dearly missed <3
5.5g: Red Cherry Shrimp and Rams
10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)
RIP Yoshi, you are dearly missed <3
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Re: Hermit crab and GSP
Found a cool video regarding this:
I think that is an adult GSP BTW.
I think that is an adult GSP BTW.
WARNING: Puffers are mischievous little blimps with enchanting powers. You may not be content with having just one.