Green Spotted Puffer help !

bsmith · 07-09-2005, 04:03 PM

ok i just bought my new Tetraodon fluviatilis, right now he is in a little tank until i can get a bigger one for him. but i am wondering are there ANY tankmates that will go with him, i mean ANYTHING ! i will probably get a 10gallon for him, can i keep another one of them, or what else ?
and how hard is it to care for this little guy, i will feed him brine shrimp and he has a fake plant and a rock ! I have seen that he needs brackish water, the guy told me freshwater, but whatever, i saw that i should add 203 tablespoons of some kind of salt to make it brackish? is that all i do, jsut add the salt and im done? haha sorry i just dont get it !

**Scuba Kid** · 07-09-2005, 05:39 PM

first off, you shouldnt have bought the fish before proporly researching...

second, it's going to need at least a 30 gallon tank. a ten gallon will never be enough for a gsp. and it should either be kept alone, or with something like bumblebee gobies that it wont mess with. gsp dont really tolerate their own kind, so let him stay by himself.

as for salinity, you need to buy a hydrometer. then you can actually measure the salinity instead of guessing.

bsmith · 07-09-2005, 06:20 PM

im sorry im sorry, he just looked so cute ! and i was lied to, darn wal-mart specialests . so tommorrow im going to get a hydrometer and some salt, what kind, and is that all i need to buy ?

**Scuba Kid** · 07-09-2005, 06:25 PM

and a 30 gallon tank...

bsmith · 07-09-2005, 06:54 PM

what kind of salt ?
i cant get a tank until someone has a cheap one or a free one.

**Scuba Kid** · 07-09-2005, 07:15 PM

i thin you should consider getting rid of the puffer if you cant take care of it...

bsmith · 07-09-2005, 07:47 PM

now your going to make me cry

Pufferpunk · 07-12-2005, 12:18 PM

The GSP is not a T fluviatilis but the T nigroviridis: http://www.thepufferforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=12

Mr Aquarium · 07-13-2005, 07:28 AM

GSPs will tolerate their own kind, Ive seen several together in a few thanks, will all kinds of fish, but nothing that will work with it in a 30 let alone a 10g.......
It;s better to cry takin it back bsmith then cry when it dies for lack of propper care....

Mr Aquarium · 07-13-2005, 07:30 AM

OOps, cute that short,

If you really really want to get a puffer, take that one back, come home a research dwarf puffers, they can live in a 10g and I do think are plain freshwater fish.

Pufferpunk · 07-15-2005, 10:39 AM

Yup, strictly FW. Go to www.dwarfpuffers.com, for more info.

07-09-2005, 04:03 PM	#1
bsmith fish n00b Join Date: May 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 406	Green Spotted Puffer help ! ok i just bought my new Tetraodon fluviatilis, right now he is in a little tank until i can get a bigger one for him. but i am wondering are there ANY tankmates that will go with him, i mean ANYTHING ! i will probably get a 10gallon for him, can i keep another one of them, or what else ? and how hard is it to care for this little guy, i will feed him brine shrimp and he has a fake plant and a rock ! I have seen that he needs brackish water, the guy told me freshwater, but whatever, i saw that i should add 203 tablespoons of some kind of salt to make it brackish? is that all i do, jsut add the salt and im done? haha sorry i just dont get it ! __________________ * 40 Gallon BR Tank * 2 Blue Ram 2 AngelFish (gold & marble) 4 Green Cory 3 Neon Tetra 1 Pleco 4 ghost shrimp 1 Golden Apple Snail * 10 Gallon Tank * 2 juvi Albino Cory Cats 4 Neon Tetras http://community.webshots.com/user/bsmith000

07-09-2005, 05:39 PM	#2
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 4,142	first off, you shouldnt have bought the fish before proporly researching... second, it's going to need at least a 30 gallon tank. a ten gallon will never be enough for a gsp. and it should either be kept alone, or with something like bumblebee gobies that it wont mess with. gsp dont really tolerate their own kind, so let him stay by himself. as for salinity, you need to buy a hydrometer. then you can actually measure the salinity instead of guessing. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

07-09-2005, 06:20 PM	#3
bsmith fish n00b Join Date: May 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 406	im sorry im sorry, he just looked so cute ! and i was lied to, darn wal-mart specialests . so tommorrow im going to get a hydrometer and some salt, what kind, and is that all i need to buy ? __________________ * 40 Gallon BR Tank * 2 Blue Ram 2 AngelFish (gold & marble) 4 Green Cory 3 Neon Tetra 1 Pleco 4 ghost shrimp 1 Golden Apple Snail * 10 Gallon Tank * 2 juvi Albino Cory Cats 4 Neon Tetras http://community.webshots.com/user/bsmith000

07-09-2005, 06:25 PM	#4
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 4,142	and a 30 gallon tank... __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

07-09-2005, 06:54 PM	#5
bsmith fish n00b Join Date: May 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 406	what kind of salt ? i cant get a tank until someone has a cheap one or a free one. __________________ * 40 Gallon BR Tank * 2 Blue Ram 2 AngelFish (gold & marble) 4 Green Cory 3 Neon Tetra 1 Pleco 4 ghost shrimp 1 Golden Apple Snail * 10 Gallon Tank * 2 juvi Albino Cory Cats 4 Neon Tetras http://community.webshots.com/user/bsmith000

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07-09-2005, 07:15 PM	#6
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 4,142	i thin you should consider getting rid of the puffer if you cant take care of it... __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

07-09-2005, 07:47 PM	#7
bsmith fish n00b Join Date: May 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 406	now your going to make me cry __________________ * 40 Gallon BR Tank * 2 Blue Ram 2 AngelFish (gold & marble) 4 Green Cory 3 Neon Tetra 1 Pleco 4 ghost shrimp 1 Golden Apple Snail * 10 Gallon Tank * 2 juvi Albino Cory Cats 4 Neon Tetras http://community.webshots.com/user/bsmith000

07-12-2005, 12:18 PM	#8
Pufferpunk Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 34	The GSP is not a T fluviatilis but the T nigroviridis: http://www.thepufferforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=12

07-13-2005, 07:28 AM	#9
Mr Aquarium Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Southern Iowa Age: 43 Posts: 499	GSPs will tolerate their own kind, Ive seen several together in a few thanks, will all kinds of fish, but nothing that will work with it in a 30 let alone a 10g....... It;s better to cry takin it back bsmith then cry when it dies for lack of propper care....

07-13-2005, 07:30 AM	#10
Mr Aquarium Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Southern Iowa Age: 43 Posts: 499	OOps, cute that short, If you really really want to get a puffer, take that one back, come home a research dwarf puffers, they can live in a 10g and I do think are plain freshwater fish.

07-15-2005, 10:39 AM	#11
Pufferpunk Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 34	Yup, strictly FW. Go to www.dwarfpuffers.com, for more info.

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