Does anyone have a full grown GSP?

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thenewpufferintown
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Does anyone have a full grown GSP?

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Just about every gsp i see is young, and small. How many actually have large, fully grown puffers?
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many people on this forum have full grown GSPs that have lived many years, but i too have just a young one and only about 2 inches
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Wow, so you actually have 2 adults living together? Friendly by the looks of it too.

Looks like an old picture, do you still have them? Any tips on keeping 2 to adulthood together?

I have 2 juveniles that I've had for a little over a year now and I'm still pretty nervous that one is going to flip out some day and attack the other.
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Sadly, they outgrew my 55g.
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Post by Reaperpilot2014 »

I have a full-grown GSP that's about 5".
It's a crayfish! It's a snail! It's a... ah who cares?
Nom nom nom!...

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Ammonia, nitrites, nitrates: ?
Problem: Cloudy/muddy water
Can you help me?
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Post by El Scorpio »

I had a GSP that did grow to full size, unfortunately I never saw it. I did 8 years in the USMC and he died a year before I got out; the person who assured me that they would take awesome care of him for me did no such thing. He was probably 11 to 15 years old when he died, I don't know for sure but I wish I still had him.
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Fifteen years is not bad for a GSP. They likely can do better than that under good conditions, but it is not bad. That person could not have been a complete surlaW.

The cool things about PP's fish was that they were totally compatible, and held their colors better than most adults do. Good water handling in a visually complex environment really do work.
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Well, no, not a complete surlaW. Maybe a really, really fat seal, but not a complete surlaW.
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LOL
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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..with an under bite!
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Love it! :lol:
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