The Puffer Forum

I finally got to bring my new GSP home. My fishless cycle finished last weekend and I went puffer shopping.
The little guy has been a little timid at first. He had a little black moustache and ran away when I was in looking at the tank.
Now he buzzes around and watches me on the PC when I'm in the room. I can almost hear him saying "Psst, hey... food guy. I could use a snack."
I've been giving him a variety of foods to see what he likes. Frozen krill, mussels, shrimp and some small snails I picked up from the LFS.
Are the parasytic snails from the LFS ok, or should I be looking for a specific type?
I currently have him in a 10g brackish (1.008) by himself and will be upgrading him to a bigger tank in the next few months when he gets a little bigger.
How soon should I set as a timeline for the upgrade? Do they grow quickly? Would it be quicker in a 30g?
He seems quite happy in his new digs, he was crammed into a 20g with about 15 others at the LFS and has lots of breathing room now.

They grow slowly, BUT they stunt quickly. Read the Library article on stunting.

What a cutie you have there! If the mustache doesn't go away soon, start looking for triggers of stress.

I took a look in the library, but can't find an article on stunting

His moustache is gone most of the time now. He just uses it as his pouty face when he's hungry.
He's an amazing fish and I can't help but sit and watch him all the time as he buzzes around the tank.
Its fun to see what foods he likes. I haven't found any he doesn't like actually.
He even devoured the salmon sashimi I gave him last night.

hahahahahha

just wait...your fish will eat better than you do.

dont just read the articles, but check the board as well (use the search feature) about stunting.

I could have sworn there was a stunting article in there... yeah, search the forums. There've been some posts on that.

There is a thread on stunting stickied here.

Congrats on your new friend!

Xeroid wrote:Now he buzzes around and watches me on the PC when I'm in the room. I can almost hear him saying "Psst, hey... food guy. I could use a snack."

Haha, that's soooooo cute! Congrats on the new guy!