PUFFERS!!!

[drobbins27]

I bought two Green Spotted Puffers today, and have a few questions which were not clearly answered with research:

1. The man said I should keep the tank FW for a bit then slowly add salt as they get older. Is this true? They are in FW but I hear they are brackish

2. What can I feed them besidessanils from my pond?

3. How large do they get?

4. How many can I keep in a 29g planted tank?

5. What other fish can I keep with them?

6. What bottom feeders are tolerant of salt?

 

[drobbins27]

I bought two Green Spotted Puffers today, and have a few questions which were not clearly answered with research:

1. The man said I should keep the tank FW for a bit then slowly add salt as they get older. Is this true? They are in FW but I hear they are brackish

2. What can I feed them besidessanils from my pond?

3. How large do they get?

4. How many can I keep in a 29g planted tank?

5. What other fish can I keep with them?

6. What bottom feeders are tolerant of salt?

 

[CFC]

I have just bought a GSP too and this is what ive discovered from research so far.

They are a brackish species and need to have the water they are kept in slowly brought up to have 6 tablespoons of salt to each 5 US gallons of water.
They will eat all meaty foods, bloodworms mussels cockles shrimp snails and fish will all be eaten, it is important to include some crunchy foods such as snails and cockles in shells to help keep their beaks trimmed.
The average adult size is around 6 inches.
In a 29 you can only keep one, these are a very territtorial aggressive species that will inflict a lot of damage on each other and other fish in the tank, best kept alone or with nocturnal bottom dwellers, due to the high salt content needed you will need to have plants which tolerate strong brackish water.
Brackish bottom dwellers would include gobies eels and shark cats, however many of the latter two will need very large tanks to be kept.

 

[Opcn]

You didn't research first! there is no way for us to know what kind of puffer you have seeing as how there are three puffs comonly sold as GSPs I would start by asking about them in the oddballs institute and looking them up online till you can make a positive ID one is Brackisj one is Light brackish and the third is true fresh. I'll talk more later its late now and I'm tired.

Opcn

 

[silver]

Geeez OPCN, you always seem to have an attitude with people!

Dang.......


Drobbins,
I have NO knowledge on puffers besides they are fin nippers and can be a little mean sometimes. Also, you can't put any salt at all with corys or plecos.........maybe some sort of small loach!!

SUEMACK...........where are you??

 

[drobbins27]

Opcn, I didnt research but I was at Big Al's, probably the most respected LFS for 100 km all around. As I bonus, I knew the guy from the St. Catherines Aquarium Society.

I was thinking maybe Otos or something...Also, how well do plants survive in brackish water? will they be fine (I bought two large Hygro Difformis )

 

[kevin007]

Opcn, I didnt research but I was at Big Al's, probably the most respected LFS for 100 km all around. As I bonus, I knew the guy from the St. Catherines Aquarium Society.

I was thinking maybe

ontario..u live in ontario..big als..which one did u go to? i think u go to the same one i go to, it's always good to have someone in ur location who also owns fish...


is it the one.beside centerpoint mall?

 

[drobbins27]

mine is on centennial parkway in hamilton

 

[CFC]

please do not start the same thread in two different forums.