Runt

[Shikkapow]

I have a runt puffer (i think) its a GSP and I have had it almost a year and it is still about 1"
I feed it mostly bloodworms, but I do have a 45 gallon fresh tank that I grow snails in and feed to him every once in a while, I feed them ghost shrimp about once a week.
I maintain usually 1.004-1.008 SG but he isnt growing at all...
I bought a crawfish about 6 months ago and was worried who would be the dominant animal in the tank because thay were about the same size, now the crawfish picks on the puff, and is about 4 times the size of the puff..

do I have a runt or are gsp's just really slow growers?

 

[Pufferpunk]

First of all, are you sure it's a GSP, or could it be a dwarf? See: http://chunkypuff.net/projectpuffer/t_nigroviridus.htm
http://www.rr.iij4u.or.jp/~kohda/en-index.htm
It sounds like you're doing all the right stuff for it.

 

[cdawson]

Sounds like you don't have a GSP bud, but an indian dwarf puffer. My GSP that I got about 8 months ago was 1.5 inches when I got him and he's about 3 inches now, and that was just living in a 10g for most of that time.

 

[Shikkapow]

From the pics in the link you sent PP it looks like the pic of the GSP, it doesnt look anything like thw dwarf puffers in the secod link

CDawson.. it also looks nothing line any of the pics on pages dedicated to that type of puffer either... hmmmm

No idea...hes healthy tho