I have two A. Modestus in a 55 gallon tank and are doing fine. I have had them both for close to half a year now and feed them daily meals of blood worms and a snail at evening. They both are only about 1.5" long. Is there anyway to give my puffers PGH (Puffer Growth Hormone)? do make them bigger? I love them both and they are great jumpers when I feed them and most of the day swim around and then relax on opposite sides of the tank under anubias leaves. Do they get more round, such as GSPs or other typical puffers?
How long until they get their full size about about 4"? I can't wait. They are still so small and cute but i want big hefty puffers.
on the side note...i fed them freeze dried krill and they were fighting over it furiously.
My Puffers: 1 GSP (Microfiche) RIP, 1 Monotrete Turgidus (Leon) in a 30gal. 1 Monotrete suvattii in a 40 gal FW. 120 gallon BW with 3 juvenile Dragon Gobies (so cool). 55 gal with a 2" GSP named Hank. 180 gallon being set up for a Fahaka in the next few months!
What else do you have in their diet and are you adding a vitamin supplement?
"Darwin swings...annnnnnd a miss. Boy Jim, Chuck's suffered at the plate tonight. He's 0 for 3 and I'm not sure he's recovered from that shoulder pull a few weeks ago. I'll bet the front office is re-thinking that contract."
Their diet is pretty much bloodworms daily until they are round and then a snail at night time. Their are small ghost shrimps in the tank to clean up debris and maybe be food. Other than that, i have the Freeze Dried Krill I give to them once a week.
What else should i feed my little guys? I hear a lot of talk of human seafood from a supermarket. Is it safe to just take a clam and put it in? I feel this would be too much food for them two? I am going to buy some live bloodworms tomorrow to see how they like food that squirms.
Are frozen blackworms good? daphnia? live brine shrimp? (this is stuff i see at the LFS)
*LFS fired/quit their main fish guy which i could tell he had left that week, all the expensive fish were gone and the quality of the tanks had declined heavily, real bummer*
My Puffers: Puffers I have kept: T lineatus T miurus A modestus T biocellatus C valentini C coranata C papuan C lorteti DPs suvattii burrfish T niphobles
I've had mine for about 4-5 years now & I think with the tail he's 4". He seemed to be a very slow grower. He loves vitamin soaked people shrimp, krill, plankton, mysis shrimp, live blackworms, earthworms & other shellfish.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
do make them bigger? I love them both and they are great jumpers when I feed them and most of the day swim around and then relax on opposite sides of the tank under anubias leaves. Do they get more round, such as GSPs or other typical puffers? 
