Pics Of Puffs

[phlawed]

Really nice GSP!
I'm in the look for one myself. Hopefully it will look as bright as yours.

usually the happier they are they brighter they are. But, most will darken with age to a degree. I have read that marine GSP's hold their color more than adult brackish GSP's. But dont have anything to back that up with either so dont quote me on that First month or so, dont expect a to happy of a puffer, as it takes them a good few weeks to get know you and settle in to the tank and captivity. Most are caught in the wild, making it a very tramatic first few weeks once purchasing one. But once they get to know you, they will beg for attention none stop.

Hi Phlawed

I was talking to the guy in my LFS yesterday about GSPs and he was saying that most of GSPs are breed in captivity and that's why they are so cheap to buy. Mabby he is wrong but he does do all the ordering for the shop. ( just a thought)

Sabby

Hmmm i might be wrong I know breeding them is not an easy task, but perhaps they have some better methods.

 

[liz2]

OK you have got to excuse my ignorance.
I am into bettas but used to have a figure of 8 puffer that I had for months but then did an unexplained death on me.
My aquatic centre had the spotted puffs but lots of them and some had very nipped tails. Can you keep them together?

My other lfs has dwarf puffers and they are so sweet, but surely they cant eat snails Its a good job I have no spare tanks at the moment!

 

[phlawed]

OK you have got to excuse my ignorance.
I am into bettas but used to have a figure of 8 puffer that I had for months but then did an unexplained death on me.
My aquatic centre had the spotted puffs but lots of them and some had very nipped tails. Can you keep them together?

My other lfs has dwarf puffers and they are so sweet, but surely they cant eat snails Its a good job I have no spare tanks at the moment!

well a betta is a cold water fish as where a puffer is a warm tropic water fish. Second, a Figure 8 is a low end brackwater fish meaning it prefers a little salt in the tank.

Spotted puffers are not a fish that prefers company. They are best kept single in a tank as with many other puffers.

As far as the dwarfs eating a snail? guess you have never seen a puffer go off on one yet

 

[liz2]

I have actually I used to love feeding my puffa snails, which is why my rain water barrel in the garden is full of water snails..left over from my puffa days. My bettas are not in cold water!


I do love puffs though!

 

[Torm]

I have actually I used to love feeding my puffa snails, which is why my rain water barrel in the garden is full of water snails..left over from my puffa days. My bettas are not in cold water!


I do love puffs though!

If you are considering keeping puffers don't plan keeping them in community tanks. I have puffer only tanks with more than one species and tanks with only one species of puffer. But I wouldn't keep puffers with other fishes. Fin nipping or worse will occur sooner or later.

 

[AMS]

well a betta is a cold water fish

Bettas are not a coldwater fish, nor appreciate cold water. They are in fact a tropical species, and even thrive in warmer than normal tropical tanks, around 80 dgrees F. Sadly they are kept in "cold water" because betta owners have no way to heat small bowls that they are sadly kept in. In these bowls they will tolerate the cold water, but are best suited in a heated aquarium.

 

[phlawed]

well a betta is a cold water fish

Bettas are not a coldwater fish, nor appreciate cold water. They are in fact a tropical species, and even thrive in warmer than normal tropical tanks, around 80 dgrees F. Sadly they are kept in "cold water" because betta owners have no way to heat small bowls that they are sadly kept in. In these bowls they will tolerate the cold water, but are best suited in a heated aquarium.

ahh i see, i thought they were more of a goldfish water setting of fish, my bad