I need more infermation on green spotted puffers

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GSP, and he will be a big boy..not a slow grower...

I was hoping for very small spots!
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purplecandle wrote:GSP, and he will be a big boy..not a slow grower...

I was hoping for very small spots!
sigh how can something so little get so big
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if fed good, they can go from a skinny two inches to a fat 3-4 inches in less than 8 months..
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purplecandle wrote:if fed good, they can go from a skinny two inches to a fat 3-4 inches in less than 8 months..
well i dont think fat is a problume then he wont eat anything unless i hand feed it to him. his just that way dont know why but he always wants me to hand feed him
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that is good you can hand feed..Watch your fingers!!

What do you feed him? What does he like?
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purplecandle wrote:that is good you can hand feed..Watch your fingers!!

What do you feed him? What does he like?
he loves baby srhimp i feed him frozen crille cubes and store bought frozen shrimp every so offten to keep his beack trimed and he no like the fingers some how i think he can tell the difrents between food and fingers
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krill is not good for puffers. It can cause lock jaw if feed to much
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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xrayjeeper83 wrote:krill is not good for puffers. It can cause lock jaw if feed to much
i just checked the package its brin shrimp
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Make sure the shrimp is not cooked (make sure it is not pink colored)

How are his fins doing?

Have you named him yet?

For fun, you can also feed him crab legs to help with the beak. Hammer them a little and then let him nibble a small section of the crab leg..
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ok thats good. You should try to get some snails to feed him too, maybe use the old 5g as a snail breeding tank
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purplecandle wrote:Make sure the shrimp is not cooked (make sure it is not pink colored)

How are his fins doing?

Have you named him yet?

For fun, you can also feed him crab legs to help with the beak. Hammer them a little and then let him nibble a small section of the crab leg..
his fins are doing great
his name is puffy
why not cooked shrimp and i have seashalls for him to do that to
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xrayjeeper83 wrote:ok thats good. You should try to get some snails to feed him too, maybe use the old 5g as a snail breeding tank
the five gallion was a friends i have a three galion that i probly can use for that but i dont know any thing about breading them :?
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some water and a cheap filter(small sponge filter would be awesome) other then that all you need is snails and some food. And for food, algae wafers, fish flakes, some veggys will be good. Snails are super easy to breed
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