Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
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samaragirls
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Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
I have 1 GSP in a 55 gallon tank. He is currently only about an inch and a half long. I am thinking of getting one or two tank mates for him. What fish are compatible with GSPs?
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Re: Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
A single tomato clownfish or small school of damselfish.
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Re: Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
Lol. Just realized I forgot to mention that the tank is light brackish water. Are those fish good for brackish?
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Re: Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
No, this will be for when you get the SG up to marine.
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Re: Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
What would be good tank mates while the tank is still brackish?
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Re: Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
I wouldn't worry as you should soon be marine. Wait till then
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Re: Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
but I thought GSPs are brackish fish?
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Re: Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
When GSP's are adults they need to be in full marine watersamaragirls wrote:but I thought GSPs are brackish fish?
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Re: Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
They are high-end BW fish. we suggest bumping them up to marine, so you can incorporate live rock & a protein skimmer to the system, for much more efficient filtration, saving you lots of $$$ on $alt with less water changes necessary. There are no tank mates that can follow your GSPs into marine.
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Re: Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
i have a brackish gsp tank .. i have sand at the bottom and a flounder they have been together 6 months and are fine tankmates.. u must have sand for the flounder to hide or hes gonna be puffer food... my puffer ate a goby dragon...
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Re: Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
I dunno why but I got some Red Clawed Crabs for food and my GSP's totally ignore them so I got a cleanup crew now. 
(While Fiddler and Hermit Crabs get picked to death, strangely enough.)
(While Fiddler and Hermit Crabs get picked to death, strangely enough.)
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Re: Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
What's your exact SG level.samaragirls wrote:Lol. Just realized I forgot to mention that the tank is light brackish water. Are those fish good for brackish?
Honestly, pufferfish prefer to be alone most of the time. Many of them will just eat their tank mates after a period of time, anyway.
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Re: Good Tank Mates for GSPs?
I am not trying to be nasty, but six months in the life of a puffer which should live 15-20 years is totally trivial. For starters, you are dealing with an immature puffer and an immature flounder. Without huge tank up up-grades soon both fish will be stunted and live short polluted lives.
As for the red-claw crabs, how big is the tank and the puffer? The red claws will make great snaks for a mature GSP.
Short term cohabitation versus total life cycle are really quite different things. In the time I have been on the web, I have begged lots of folks to give us follow-up after 2-5 years. To date no one has done so. That is still far from a full life cycle.
Here we do aim to keep puffer alive and healthy for as long as possible. Short-term co-habitations are really meaningless in the long run.
As for the red-claw crabs, how big is the tank and the puffer? The red claws will make great snaks for a mature GSP.
Short term cohabitation versus total life cycle are really quite different things. In the time I have been on the web, I have begged lots of folks to give us follow-up after 2-5 years. To date no one has done so. That is still far from a full life cycle.
Here we do aim to keep puffer alive and healthy for as long as possible. Short-term co-habitations are really meaningless in the long run.
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