stunted gsp ?

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SammyDee
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Re: stunted gsp ?

Post by SammyDee »

I kinda agree. It seems as thou the ones with larger meshed together like spots grow quickest whereas the ones with round spot grow slooowww...IDK
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Re: stunted gsp ?

Post by RTR »

GSPs are about the most variable puffers we see regularly. They cover a huge geologic area, which makes them ripe for subspecies and/or simple geographic variants, depending on their degree of isolation and locale variations in conditions.
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davew
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Re: stunted gsp ?

Post by davew »

i've noticed that the bigger one has spots that are also on his tail where the smaller one doesn't not sure if this makes a difference :)
Brandon8521
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Re: stunted gsp ?

Post by Brandon8521 »

I think they all get spots on there tail fins the bigger they get.
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