spotted green puffer fish?

[luvlee11]

Ok I would love to have a couple spotted green puffer fish. can they be with tank mates of separate species? and what do they eat. I am prepared to have a separate tank for them if needed.

 

[mathas]

PFP wrote an article for one of the semi-recent Fishlore magazines that addresses a lot of basic information:

https://www.fishlore.com/aquariummagazine/nov08/greenspottedpuffer.htm

 

[luvlee11]

sadly I couldnt click on that, my computer is blocking it. any more advice?

 

[mathas]

sadly I couldnt click on that, my computer is blocking it. any more advice?

That's odd.

But to address the two questions you asked in your original post:

Compatible Tank Mates : Must be chosen with caution. Most will just be eaten. Some possible companions are: mollies, scats, monos, archerfish, bumblebee gobies, and other green spotted puffers.

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Diet / Fish Food : When young: snails, brine shrimp, plankton, krill, crickets, cockles, prawns, whitebait, worms, ghost shrimp. When larger (about 4" or so): all the above, and also clams, mussels, squid, scallops, shrimp, crab legs, oysters, lobster, and crayfish.
https://www.fishlore.com/aquariummagazine/nov08/greenspottedpuffer.htm

edit: she also wrote a general puffer care guide that's a sticky in the puffer forum: https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/general-guide-to-puffer-care.33066/

 

[luvlee11]

thank u

 

[pinkfloydpuffer]

Personally I'd suggest no tank mates for GSP besides possibly other GSP.... I tried mollies with them... one ended up as breakfast one morning

 

[AmongthePuffers]

they should probably be left with their own species. They tend to find other fish "tasty", if you know what I mean.