The Puffer Forum

hi, iv not been on a while because iv been coverting my 55 uk gal tank from brackish 2 full marine with sump etc.
iv got 2 3" gsp in there and woundered if anyone had ever kept a dogface with them?
my gsp are very plasid!! they dont even eat the river shrimp!!
iv had them with columbion catsharks 2 with no probs,
would the 2 mix ok??
also i have a few corals etc in there, wat other fish have people kept with gsp? as im in the process of sorcing some oddballs!!
iv been told that a picasso trigger would b fine?? any views on this??
im new 2 marine so any help would b fantastic
thanks

Hey there Chilly! Do you have a 150g tank for this? As it is, your 2 GSPs will find a 55g to be a bit tight for them when they become 6" adults. Mine nipped at all corals.

Not sure its a risk I would take! Anyway, the tank would need to be mahooosive - now I know you lost a dining table already, but can you really do without a sofa!!
I like the idea of clown fish with GSPs - I know people have done that combo, but have no experience (as you know).

Mine seem great with the corals. One bite and that's it!!
Tank size will increase as and when necessary, there's always room 4 inprovement lol, and who needs a sofa anyway lol, wat a waiste of space!!
Yeah iv considerd clowns, but I fancy something a littel off the wall, does anyone have any strange fish with there gsp??

Tank is too small to start with IMO

Shakespeare got stressed during a water change and did some damage to my narrow lined puffers fins. He tolerates Jillybean, his life partner GSP, perfectly well.

thanks nick is shakespear a dogface?

no im sorry uv got me wrong, i want 2 start a diff tank if poss+ keep a dogface, then when i eventually move home + get a larger tank, big enough 2 hold them all. then put them in 2gether, but i dont want 2 start keeping a fish if i cant mix it it eventually, im just thinking about the larger goal, rather then at the minute!!

i hope u understand what my thinking is

sorry nick, just read ur fish!!

The best way to try keeping more than one of the same species is to raise them together from juvies. It is always very iffy to keep different species together. Raising 2 different species in separate tanks & then trying to put the adults together, is a disaster waiting to happen, IMO.

lol ok cool, thats all i needed 2 no thanks!
i think my bigger tank will be the start of another puffer species!! (so many 2 choose!)

bigfatfish wrote:Not sure its a risk I would take! Anyway, the tank would need to be mahooosive - now I know you lost a dining table already, but can you really do without a sofa!!
I like the idea of clown fish with GSPs - I know people have done that combo, but have no experience (as you know).

thanks 4 clowns idea, i no i seemed a littel dismissive! but im comming round to it!!