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Old April 8th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
Green Spotted Puffer Success?

Has anyone had any success with a green spotted puffer in a community tank? In my tank, I have White Mollies, Swordtails, Pictus Catfish. Do you think the puffer would do ok with these fish? Thanks for your help!
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Old April 8th, 2009  
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I wouldn't think so.
Plus they're a brackish fish, while the others are not.
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Old April 8th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
What does brackish mean? (sorry im new to this fish thing
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Old April 8th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
Nope, bad idea.... I had GSPs with mollies, one ended up as lunch...
Plus GSPs can only tolerate FW for a short amount of time.
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Old April 8th, 2009  
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dodgers948 View Post
What does brackish mean? (sorry im new to this fish thing
Brackish is a combination of saltwater and freshwater.
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Old April 8th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
Brackish water means that there is marine salt present in the water.
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Old April 8th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
Ok so I will probably get a 10 gallon tank and make it brackish will all puffers. Is it ok to put puffers together? And how many for 10 gallons?
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Old April 8th, 2009  
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The only puffers you could have in a 10 gal. are dwarf puffs, and they are FW.
GSP puffers need at least 30 gal. a piece.
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Old April 8th, 2009  
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Ok so I will probably get a 10 gallon tank and make it brackish will all puffers. Is it ok to put puffers together? And how many for 10 gallons?
Sorry to have to tell you this, but the minimum requirement for one GSP is 30 gallons... they get much too large for a 10g.
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Old April 8th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
Wow so they aren't as easy as I thought! Haha. Would I be able to put a dwarf puffer in my original tank that I was talking about?
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Old April 8th, 2009  
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Puffers are definitely not a 'beginner fish'
I wouldn't put them with anything besides otos, really. They're pretty mean little fin-nippers.
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Old April 8th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
Ok thanks for a the help. I have my sister who is a very experienced fish keeper, so tell me if all of this would work. I get a 10 gallon tank, fill it with fresh water, put in 1 dwarf puffer and it should be fine?
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Old April 8th, 2009  
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Yep You could even get 2 dwarf puffers in the 10g.
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Old April 8th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
Awesome. What do you recommend feeding them?
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Old April 8th, 2009  
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Lotsa pond snails, frozen bloodworms, frozen brineshrimp... they can be picky at times, but usually they'll eat at least 2 of those foods.
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Old April 8th, 2009  
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Thank you so much for your help! I will definitely give you 5 stars reputation!
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