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Re: How do i make my gsp more agressive?
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:43 pm
by linbeg
Aslo, how fast should my puffer be growing? He's only been with me for 4 months and it seems like has grown one bit.
Re: How do i make my gsp more agressive?
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 5:03 pm
by El Scorpio
He won't grow very much in only four months. My old GSP didn't really start to take off growth wise until I got the salt in the high-brackish range, but when he did he grew to be 5 inches long. Also, keep a sharp eye on the nitrate levels in the water; high nitrate levels can cause growth stunting in puffers.
Re: How do i make my gsp more agressive?
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 9:39 pm
by linbeg
sevenyearnight wrote:Balki gets mussels, shrimp in the shell, squid tentacles, red wrigglers, clams, scallops, mysis shrimp. He won't eat anything with eyes.
How large is your gsp, and how big of a meal do you give him? do you just drop the whole piece into the aquarium or slice em' up? If so, how small do you slices them up to?
Re: How do i make my gsp more agressive?
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:03 pm
by sevenyearnight
Balki is 2.5". Other than the shelled bivavles, I cut them in small pieces and feed him with tongs. I leave the shell on the shrimp . When his belly is slightly rounded, I take the food back out. He eats 6 days a week.
Since he's not so afraid anymore, I make the food swim away from him so he has to chase it.
Re: How do i make my gsp more agressive?
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:20 pm
by linbeg
sevenyearnight wrote:Balki is 2.5". Other than the shelled bivavles, I cut them in small pieces and feed him with tongs. I leave the shell on the shrimp . When his belly is slightly rounded, I take the food back out. He eats 6 days a week.
Since he's not so afraid anymore, I make the food swim away from him so he has to chase it.
I do the chasing thing when i feed him ghost shrimp too! but he gets lazy sometimes. Did you get your Balki when he was as small as 1'' because i'm finding difficulties in acquiring snails. Or should can i also feed him shelled bivalves?
Re: How do i make my gsp more agressive?
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:32 pm
by sevenyearnight
Balki has gotten just a little bit bigger than when I got him, but not by much. I used to have 2, and the other one was about an inch though. I rehomed him with a lfs as a store pet.
I have trouble with the snail thing too, I'm setting up a five gallon right now to breed them.