Green spotted puffer
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loopy
Member
Looked him up...he's cute! Found this info:
Compatibility
Not overly aggressive, but may still show some aggression towards their own kind, other puffers, or other fish. Keep in a species tank or with larger brackish fish, such as monos and archerfish.
Temperature
24-28oC (75-82oF)
Water chemistry
Brackish, hard and alkaline.
Feeding
Live and frozen meaty foods: bloodworm, mosquito larvae, cockles and mussels, snails
Compatibility
Not overly aggressive, but may still show some aggression towards their own kind, other puffers, or other fish. Keep in a species tank or with larger brackish fish, such as monos and archerfish.
Temperature
24-28oC (75-82oF)
Water chemistry
Brackish, hard and alkaline.
Feeding
Live and frozen meaty foods: bloodworm, mosquito larvae, cockles and mussels, snails
slvrfrosty
New Member
Not sure what tanks you have..but they live in BRACKISH water- and don't do well in salt water tanks. Most LFS also keep them in freshwater for easier sale since few average fish owners have a brackish tank!
We have been researching them and getting our tank ready for a few months now. They're cuties huh?
Oh, and a random fact that I found kind of weird--- if they don't get enough hard foods, their beak will overgrow and they won't be able to eat. I have read about people doing fish dentistry with clove oil and cuticle nippers!
We have been researching them and getting our tank ready for a few months now. They're cuties huh?
Oh, and a random fact that I found kind of weird--- if they don't get enough hard foods, their beak will overgrow and they won't be able to eat. I have read about people doing fish dentistry with clove oil and cuticle nippers!
slammy16
Member
A firend of mine had a green spotted puffer. He bought him thinking he was a saltwater fish, he had him in a tank with a Blue line Trigger. He prabably had him for over year with no problems he fed him krill. The Trigger would boss him around a little bit but, they seemed to be fine together. I have heard of some of these Puffers being aggressive but, i did not see it in this one.
masala4080
Member
a mix between fresh and salt. Basicly salt water with low salinty and SG. The salinity level needs vary with almost every brackish water fish.
jeremyglen
Member
The little puffers your talking about should be kept in a mix of brackish water that is around a cup of salt to every 5g of water. I believe this keeps them in about 1.007-1.010 water.
The beak thing is true. I had one brought into the LFS I worked for that had been eating only flake type food and it's beak was so big it couldn't close it's mouth. Kinda sad.
The beak thing is true. I had one brought into the LFS I worked for that had been eating only flake type food and it's beak was so big it couldn't close it's mouth. Kinda sad.
loopy
Member
we have a hawaiin puffer, he's a calm as can be, likes to be hand fed. BUT...they are not reef safe....keep that in mind if you are thinking reef, the puffer is what is keeping us from going reef right now. Also keep in mind that they all have will get the big teeth sticking out of their beak if they don't get something crunchy to eat, and mine won't take the crunchy so I feed him off a rock, which is keeping his teeth 'filed', so far so good. Good luck!
(a funny thing...I put sea weed in on a clip and he goes right for it, and I can hear him biting it off if my head is at the top of the tank....suppose I could go in for a dip, but....na, sw would dry up my old skin!)
(a funny thing...I put sea weed in on a clip and he goes right for it, and I can hear him biting it off if my head is at the top of the tank....suppose I could go in for a dip, but....na, sw would dry up my old skin!)