Tankmates

[marksrush]

I just added a 1.5" picasso trigger to my 55 gallon that has been home to my 3.5" GSP for 8 months now. (Don't worry: when the trigger gets to about 4" I'll find him another home, or get a larger tank.) I was prepared for disaster, thinking that since my GSP instantly tried to kill two mollies I tried putting in her tank several months ago, she'd probably go for the trigger and try to kill him, too. It took a while for her to notice him when I put him in her tank, and when she did, she seemed totally uninterested. In fact, it was the trigger that swam up to her - and she didn't like it one bit! She zoomed away from him over to the other side of the tank and stayed there, and when the trigger came over to inspect her some more, she splashed and splashed in a top corner like she was trying to get out of the tank. I need to watch them some more today, but last night it seemed like they'd pretty much sorted out who each other was and both were going about their business. It's funny that a fish that has such a vicious reputation as a GSP lets herself be intimidated by a little guy less than half her size. I guess I will have to give her a good talking-to.

[Pufferpunk]

Those are the coolest fish! I hope you get a bigger tank so you can keep it.

[pufferfreak]

Picassos can be pretty nasty fish. But i hope it works out.

[marksrush]

Those are the coolest fish! I hope you get a bigger tank so you can keep it.

You are so right, they are very very cool! And no wonder we like them: the order they come from is Tetraodontiformes, which is the same family as puffers and filefishes as you probably already know. Plus they are simply beautiful.

I hope I can get a larger tank for the Picasso and GSP, too. Larger tanks are definitely coming in the future: Corny, my Ceylon, will outgrow his 55 gallon tank within 6 months easy if he keeps up the current growth rate - and he's my pride and joy, so he gets the first new big tank. I'm hoping the Picasso has a slow growth rate like my GSP does so I can put upgrading their tank off for a bit, because already I like the little critter and it would be hard to give him up.