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natalie

Just a question, new owner of puffers

Post by natalie »

I am afraid to hear the answer but I have a feeling after browsing this site that I know the answer. I have a 29 gallon tank set up with brackish water and I have the following fish:
2 GSP about 1.5 inches each
1 Ceylon puffer about 1.5 inch
2 butterfly gobies or waspfish about 1 inch each
1 knight goby (or fan dancer) about 3 inches

How overstocked am I?? What size tank is required to keep these fish together? I have not had one sign of aggression from any of the fish as of yet and they have been together for about a month. Also, what does it mean if a puffer spends countless amounts of time going up and down the glass?

Thanks!!
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Post by perek »

WAYYY overstocked. I would guess IF you could keep them together about 80G or so would do it.
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Post by Hilly »

Puffers repeatedly going up and down the glass usuall means they are bored. If you've not got a lot of tank decor i'd think about adding some more or if you've already got a lot in there i'd think about re-arranging it to give them something new to explore. That should do the trick.
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Post by Malie »

theres an article about GSPs in the library section of this site you should check out
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Each of your puffers requires at LEAST 30 gallons. To house all of them, and the gobies, you need a tank 90 US gallons +.
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Post by Pufferpunk »

Since Ceylons generally grow to 7-8" (GSPs 6"), they require 40g ea. That would require a 100g for all, as adults.
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I did not know Ceylons grew larger. :shock:
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The body mass difference betwen a 6" fish and an 8" of the same build is not trivial at all. The Ceylon is a significantly more massive fish.
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Post by ChesapeakeSwellfish »

RTR wrote:The body mass difference betwen a 6" fish and an 8" of the same build is not trivial at all. The Ceylon is a significantly more massive fish.
Hence the importance of properly identifying this species before
getting it home from the LFS.
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