Gsp tankmates

[bigben2057]

I have 1 green spotted puffer and was wondering if i could put a brown clown goby with it?

[jus85411]

welcome! in order to answer this correctly, we need to know about your set up and such

[bigben2057]

30 gallon with salinity of about 1.015, heater,bio-wheel filter, rocks,plants

[jus85411]

at 30 gallons your at your limit with just the GSP. they require atleast 30 gallons each with how much waste they produce, being a small nerf football sized fish, and they are messy fish. tankmates are a bit iffy with them as their attitude will depend on each puffer. some may allow tankmates, some may not and others might allow it for a little while even up to years and then one day decide it wanted to attack it. your best bet if you wanted tankmates would be to upgrade to something like a 55 or 75 and get a lot of tall decor for broken lines of sight and lots of little holes/caves for the tankmates to retreat to. fast moving fish like damsels have been the most successfully kept tankmates i believe, but they too can be very aggressive especially when they get older. i had one that i had to rehome because he started stressing my GSP out by trying to keep his territory

[bigben2057]

That's what I though. I guess I will just stick with him until I go bigger. I was also worried that he would just eat the other fish.

[Pufferpunk]

Clown gobies are a SW fish. viewtopic.php?f=68&t=28469

[bigben2057]

Yes I know they are SW. But eventually my puffer can live in full SW correct?

[Pufferpunk]

Yes but I wouldn't consider ANY small, slow-moving sedentary fish as a good tankmate for any puffer.