My Green Spotted Puffer aka Leopard Puffer

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Neofish2

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I've owned a Spotted/Leopard Puffer for a few days now, and so far so good. I have it with 17 Cardinal and Jumbo Neon Tetras, 3 Clown Loaches, and 3 Gold Veil Angelfish. I plan on adding about 6 Boosemani Rainbows in a few weeks.

I have them all in freshwater and he seems to love his new home. He was in freshwater at the pet store with some Clown Loaches. All of the fish are too fast for him and I think they know he has the potential to be trouble, because they saw him rip apart a freeze dried krill. All of the fish stay out of his way for the most part. Every now and then my biggest Angelfish will peck him and the Clown Loaches seem like they don't care about his aggressive side. The Tetras just swim around him.

My logic is to keep him well fed to prevent any trouble. My tank is a 70 gallon bowfront, so there is plenty of room for all these guys. I have lots of plastic plants, rocks, and caves.

Please feel free to give me any advice or comments.

Thanks,
Neofish2
 

onepawnup

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Im far from an expert but think you may be over stocked and the puffer is brackish
the clown loaches will get over a foot long

just my 2cents
 

Roan Art

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GSPs are high end brackish/marine fish and very aggressive. They need to be kept in a minimum of a 30g species only tank and they need to be fed snails several times a week to keep their teeth worn down. If they do not get the snails their teeth will overgrow, they will be unable to eat, and will die.

By 2" in size it needs to be in brackish water and by 4" needs to be in marine strength water. They grow to 6" and will live 15 years if kept properly.

Here are two links to the best puffer information on the net:

http://www.thepufferforum.com/articles/puffer/introtogsp.html
http://www.pufferlist.com/puffer/brackpuff.php?puffid=15

My advice is for you to return the GSP to the store or buy him his own 30g tank. They stunt *very* easily in a smaller tank.

Roan
 
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