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I bought three gsp 2 weeks ago and after doing some research i found out they needed to eat snails. so i went to get some from my local aquarium store and they gave me alot of them for free but wen i got home i put some in the tank and the fishes didnt want to eat them! plz someone tell me if this is normal or what i can do!

don't worry ... they were probably fed soft foods while at the store. They will get into them after a while if no soft food is available. But keep an eye on them, you don't want to starve them by accident

Welcome to the forum!!

Please tell us about your set up. GSPs are some of the most ill cared for fish and the place where you purchased them from most likely gave you incorrect information.

thank you... i have them in a 30 gallon tank and i have them in brackish water... i bought them at walmart but those people who work there gave no true information.. i dont know much about them but i feel bad if i return them cause of the condition they had them in. would you please share some helpful information i need to know about them?

I personally didn't have luck with them... they LOVE blood worms, but try different foods. Shell on raw shrimp, muscles ets... just no raw fish. Shelled crustacean are the way to go. Variety is best if you can get them to eat it.

Others will chime in and offer other options

Can we help you? You bet You've come to the right place.

I have no experience with GSPs but I'll give you some links to start you off

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library/puffers-in-focus/an-introductio ... d-puffers/

library/feeding/feeding-your-puffers/

library/puffer-care/the-story-of-puffy- ... ed-puffer/

can someone plz tell me some information that i should know about gsp

Flutter gave you some links ... they are worth the read

I agree read the articles. Alot of your ? Can be answered. Ask away if you still have anymore ? I have some gsp and so do others here.

thanks that really help and answered my questions. i just didnt know these little guys could be so hard to take care of!!

welcome to the club!

I started with 6 GSPs .. and ended upgrading... who knew?

Take care of the fish and they will provide YEARS of happiness for you! They are not the "normal fish"

They are sweet fish. But as said above " be prepared to be there slave". I highly recommend taking them to full marine. What are you intentions? You may have to give one or two up. I kno you thought they need a buddy but when I gave my extras up to a well known fish store( I made sure they'd sell them as marine fish too but mine was already acclimated to sw). The ones left in my tank got much brighter.

so how many do you recomend i give up?

They need 30 gal minimum per GSP bc of their bioload and territorial/aggresive
behavior. Please read the links posted above it will answer most of your ?s. It's not a ton of reading either. How did you cycle this tank??????? If you have them in bw walmart has em in fw? What's your sAlinity how'd you increase it? Sorry for typos I'm using my crappy iPhone.

my salinity is 1.15 and i just put them in after two weeks of cycling. so just to keep all three i need a 90gal tank???

Yes 90g minimum. I have two in a 55 should be 60 but 55 is what I got. But it marine now so I gained some water volume with my sump. How did you raise the salinity so quickly without crashing the tank. What are your water parameters like??? Was it cycled with other media or fishless?