New Puffer Owner...Need ID

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gringa_54
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New Puffer Owner...Need ID

Post by gringa_54 »

Hey guys I just got my new baby puffer yesterday, but I am having a hard time figuring out which species he is, he was sold to me as a spotted puffer, but i think he is a green spotted puffer. Can anyone help?

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I know a lot of pics, but he is tiny so it might be better if there are more pics...
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Bred
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Post by Bred »

Yes, that is a Green Spotted Puffer (GSP). You might be interested to read about them in the Library, here: The Care and Feeding of Green Spotted Puffers
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gringa_54
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Post by gringa_54 »

Hey thanks!! that was quick!!
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Pamela
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Post by Pamela »

He's a cutie..looks well and healthy. Have you got him in freshwater?
Have you kept a brackish tank before? If not, come straight back for advice on raising the specific gravity of his water, as he'll need to go quite salty over the course of his life.
Ask away!
Pami.
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Woland
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Post by Woland »

Stunner, he is!
As Pami & bred sez; read and ask away!
Regards

Woland
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gringa_54
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Post by gringa_54 »

hey guys thanks for all the help! i have kept a brackish tank before, but when i moved i had to take it down and sell it. right at the moment he is in freshwater, i am waiting for my lfs to get a shipment of the aquarium salt so i can start up his new home
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Woland
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My Puffers: 1 X Tetraodon nigroviridis, 1 X Monotrete palembangensis.
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Post by Woland »

Be sure to make that a commercial salwater mix, not the aquarium salts that am intended for medical purposes.
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Woland
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Feathers&Fins
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Post by Feathers&Fins »

gringa_54 wrote:i am waiting for my lfs to get a shipment of the aquarium salt so i can start up his new home
This may just be semantics but you need to use marine salt, not aquarium salt.

Good luck with the little Puff!
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YBeNormal
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Post by YBeNormal »

Welcome to the GSP club! :D
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perek
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Post by perek »

ybenormal wrote:Welcome to the GSP club! :D
welcome to the sickness :shock:
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gringa_54
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Post by gringa_54 »

Thanks guys!! glad to be here...This little guy is definitly entertaining to watch!! In his tank there are baby kribs...i was breeding them, i traded the parents in for this guy, but there were still babies in the tank, surprisingly he isn't constantly trying to eat them, only when i feed him some freeze dried krill, he will take a couple bites out of the krill and then start trying to get the babies!!
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