Green Spotted Puffer Fish Care Tips
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- Click to subscribe: bit.ly/1Tb2yUt - The green spotted puffer can be a bit of a misunderstood fish because it is often sold as a freshwater fish. While this may be true at the time of purchase, it will require extra care to convert it to a brackish fish while also being aware of several other needs it has. First, you have to tend to its beak. You either have to feed it the proper feast of snails or clams…or trim its teeth. Speaking of teeth and food, they are messy eaters. Learn more about what I’ve learned from my time with this amazing fish.
I have had two for about 5 years. In pairs they are fine. Mine are very passive with each other and other tank mates. 6-8 months in fresh, 1 year in brackish, about three years in my full marine reef tank. They thrive in saltwater aquariums once mature. They are both about 3.5 inch's. To keep the beak down I feed Omega One shrimp pellets. They don't get soft, so the GSP's need to chew them. Works great, never have needed to trim beaks. They are like a salmon of sturgeon in the wild. Live i in the ocean lay eggs in fresh water of rivers. Jr's stay in fresh water and gradually move to brackish waters of river mouths, then out to sea at maturity. They also love dried sea weed. They go crazy for it when I put in for the Tang's. Great fish, very hardy and resistant to parasites and Ich
Such great info! I'm going to pin this for other's coming with questions.
Creative Fish Studio it will only grow as big as it can in the tank so it will stop growing if you keep it in that tank long enough
pher35 can you help me with mine? In a 30g i have it in brackish but i am concerned because belly is always white but the top where it should be green he is a bit grey with green but belly is still white...what can i do? Is he stressed? I have had him for about a little over a month...this is my first attempt at GSP's they are beautiful
Are the clams on the half shell food...frozen...or dried and shelf stable?
I like matching the environment, what plants would you recommend? Ps I don't like plastic!
I ust to have one... he was my favorite fish. His name was bubble and he played hide and seek with me all the time... i miss him so much... it has been about 5 years sence he died and i miss him so much! 😢😭😢😭
When mine sees me he starts chomping his teeth making them visible, loves snails that much..good show like a puppy
Do you know where I can get snails for my fish tank?
Some brackish fish seller said that brackish fish come from environments where the salinity is always changing making them very adaptable he said what’s more important then salinity is a high ph and water hardness (a high calcium and magnesium content ) ... what are your thoughts on this ? he said he found adult GSP miles up river where there is no salinity present
Mine is doing fine and that’s the same mentality I’ve had with them. They are born in freshwater because they swim back upstream where it’s low in salinity
Thank you for the information! I was considering adopting a freshwater puffer, but I had no idea they prefer saltwater. I’ll be sure to leave these little guys to the professionals
We bought a lil puffer the other day, we have a 35 gal tank, he didn’t eat from day one and passed away a few days later. 🥺
RIP Bubbles.
This seems common. Sadly my puffer had sane fate
Why is this i have 4 puffers in a 25/100l tank and there eating fine
Meanwhile in Murphy's aquarium...
When you had this puffer fish was your ph at an 8 And was ur general hardness (calcium and magnesium ) high like similar to an African cichlid aquarium ? I’m curious as to what exactly the requirements are for the longevity of this fish . I find it odd that it can live in fresh water as a baby but as it matures needs salt water ??? Is it the sodium , chloride in itself or is it the trace minerals like calcium , magnesium , potassium , sulfate , and carbonate that promotes the health of the green spotted puffer . How would a fish be able to survive in fresh water and then need salt water there has to be more to it maybe a specific mineral that it requires because the adult GSP go back to fresh water to spawn and then the process repeats itself
had some puffer fish cuz i like it i need to tack care of it and i have 4 fishies
Scats, Monos, bumblebee gobies are great brackish water tank mates 😎👍🏼
Awesome video! I've been wanting to keep one of these for a while now but I'm afraid of how aggressive they are said to be!
+dwsdarius they can be aggressive. The tank I got them from had a bunch with nice chunks taken out of fins and flesh. And then I've seen them in others where they might have an occasional nip, but seem ok together. This one is doing well on his own and has lots of character, so I don't want risk changing that and stressing him out.
dwsdarius definitely depends on the fishes personality and also the tank setup. I had a figure 8 puffer tank (2 in a 45 gal) and just added a gsp. Its so funny because the 8's rule the tank. My gsp doesnt seem to be to aggressive as of now at all. As long as you have lots of hiding spots amd tons of space you should be ok with specific mates. Going strong and had them all for over a year , well see what happens when the gsp grows bigger
Thanks, do you keep yours in brackish water?
Very helpful video, thank you. I am researching at the moment as I would love one of these, but need to load up the grey matter with lots of info first. I didn't notice you saying in the vid, but how long would you recommend leaving it before starting the conversion to brackish water, especially if the fish has been raised in fresh water? Also, how do these fish cope if bought online and posted? Thanks in advance!
When changing the tank, do it in the dark. (after water changed) just my 2 c) They think they have moved. Thanks for the vid
*******Sorry about the previous post! It was an accidental push of the button.*******
What I meant to say was....I’m so glad I came across your video! Not only was it extremely helpful, but you probably saved my puffers lives. Although, I am so pissed at the pet store (Pet Supermarket) that sold me my three GSP’s. I swear, I can’t believe they get away with some of the things they tell customers! I asked three different ways to make sure I was getting the correct information to be able to care for these fish. Now I feel horrible and not sure where to go from here. But, the lady that sold me my fish said “there is not extra care or different food needed for the fresh water puffers” and “ they can stay fresh water all through their lives. So I proceeded to buy four. One of them just died, I’m sad to say. They really are a cool fish to watch and look at. Unfortunately, I’m not quite sure of exactly what he died from but I have a totally fresh water tank with a variety of different fish in it and have had no intentions of having it converted or to start up a salt water tank. I just don’t have the time nor the patience. Plus I have all these others that are fresh water all their lives. I have a 55 gallon tank with blue cray fish, bumblebee gobies, a shark fish, guppies and snails (which now probably won’t have the snails for long by the sounds of it). I NEVER would have purchased them knowing what I found out today about the water needing to be converted and the different care they require. I feel horrible for them now and really....not sure what to do! In any case, thank you for your video. You did a great job of explaining and being smart enough to know to make a video in that other people may not know the same as you didn’t. ****to the comment about making a video after the other two died.... at least this guy had the b***s to try and inform other rather than put someone else down for trying to help others! Shame on the disrespectful cowards like you!****
Thanks again and you should make an update vid. For those of us who appreciate your kind/ness.
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I have had two for about 5 years. In pairs they are fine. Mine are very passive with each other and other tank mates. 6-8 months in fresh, 1 year in brackish, about three years in my full marine reef tank. They thrive in saltwater aquariums once mature. They are both about 3.5 inch's. To keep the beak down I feed Omega One shrimp pellets. They don't get soft, so the GSP's need to chew them. Works great, never have needed to trim beaks. They are like a salmon of sturgeon in the wild. Live i in the ocean lay eggs in fresh water of rivers. Jr's stay in fresh water and gradually move to brackish waters of river mouths, then out to sea at maturity. They also love dried sea weed. They go crazy for it when I put in for the Tang's. Great fish, very hardy and resistant to parasites and Ich
Great info!
Ive had the same reason originally i bought three of them but then they started attacking each other , they’re very aggressive towards any fish. So two of my GSPs died and there’s only one left. Ive had him for a year now and hes still going strong. My water is still mixe with salt/fresh water and hes loving all the live feeder fish/worms/snails i provide him weekly. If you feed them correctly they will survive longer :). Just dont forget about the mix of salt and fresh water.
Hi i love these i have 2 dwarf puffers but ordered these Greenspots from my aquarium and picked them up yesterday after quarantine there amazing love them they ate straight away and taken to me straight away too not scared atoll like the dwarfs but mines did come in 1.000 salinity so thats gonna be abit of a challange but we'll get there! Mines don't really like the clams on a half shell they'll pick at it abit and leave it for bloodworms
Had mine (2) over 7 years so far. When I got them they were barely the size of my thumb now they are as big as my fists. Migrated them to full marine within the first 8 months.
I have mine in full marine. I don't have a problem with aggression mines very timid. They are Very smart fish and need a tank that is conducive to their needs.
+Chris Carney that's great! I'm moving mine toward full marine. Mine have attacked anything I've put in with them, including others of their kind. But they are very smart
What salt do you use? and where can I get those little snails for my spotted puffer, I have only been feeding him brine shrimp and blood worms.
Nice vid I hef 2 green spotted puffer in a 180 liter tank
Thanks for the video but WHEN EXACTLY must they be transitioned into the BRACKISH/SALTWATER environment? I purchased 2 GSPs and one died after about 3 months and then the other died about 5 months after they were purchased (as ~1.5" JUVENILES). I was going to start adding BRACKISH SALT approximately 1 YEAR AFTER PURCHASE - Is this TOO LATE? When do you start the transition and how Slow/Fast do you TRANSITION THE WATER BY ADDING SALT before it reaches FULL SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF 1.022? Thanks for your help!
I’ve been looking all over for those Clams in a half shell. eBay is currently out. Any suggestions?
Hey Tony... great to see you. I hope you are well. I just got 6 of these puffers. I was told they would be fine together. Now I realize I will have to Rehome some. Please stay safe... miss you!
People buy these fish at walmart and they say that they stay small, little did they know they get huge lol
haha. Yup! If you can keep the parameters right to keep them alive. Hardest fish I've ever kept. had better luck with saltwater tanks than with these guys. Just lost this one and am going to take a break from them. Hated losing it.
Maybe you should get a aquatic animal to fill in the loss of the puffer. Maybe a aquatic salamander/newt, or maybe a turtle?
Pea puffers are freshwater try them
Pea puffers are only about 1 inch at maturity
Huh you know its funny. my GSP Leapold lives in a 1.021 marine tank with 3 clownfish a firefish, and a 3 spot damsel and you know what? hes the least agressive fish in his tank! he never bothers them and actaully my clarkii bullies it sometimes! he dosent even eat the ghost shrimp i have... hes such a sweet little guy! hes full grown too! got him for 9.99 because he was apparently bullying the other fish? huh guess you get lucky sometimes!
How long before they died on you in freshwater? I keep mine in a community tank freshwater n he’s doing good
Hey bro recently I put my puffer in my reef tank and first month he was fine. Water is good I tested it and I have a Seachem ammonia tracker that checks water all day it’s in the safe zone have anemone in my tank so I don’t know if the light is stressing him out he is getting black spots on his upper body and has a white belly. He was eating but is not eating now how can I lower his stress.
Do you have to change the water from fresh to marine salt water? I really want one but I don't if I need to change it to salt water because I have no luck at all with salt water
get an amazon puffer fish because they are strictly freshwater or pea puffer
get pea puffers
Beautiful tank and puffer. What type of substrate you recommend? Sand? Or gravel?
hey man the one I bought has his tail all nipped up the guy I bought it from said it will grow back. is that true?
Hi, Great video! I just bought my first GSP and I'm in the process of converting the water over from brackish to salt. Just Love this little guy! In another tank I have a porcupine puffer who just turned 16. I am wanting to change substrates for my GSP tank and was hoping you would tell me exactly what substrate your using in this particular tank. Brand name, size of grains etc.Would really appreciate it! Also I'm desperately trying to find the Clam on a half shell you used in your video, hope I can find it. When I bought my porky puffer 16 years ago I was clueless about a lot of things and especially about the teeth/beak but Luckily, unbeknownst to me I managed to keep her teeth filed down by accident! She got hooked on the Tetramin tablets I was putting in the tank for my hermit crabs!
I have another question... when i bought my 2 GSPs one was much darker than the other. It was not as green on the top and very grey on the bottom. The greener puffer also has grey on its stomach. What should i do to treat them?
Ok so walk me through the brackish water please?
It’s where rivers meet the ocean. Has low solidity. I did 2 tablespoons of marine salt per gallon and it keeps the solidity at 1.006. Which is ideal for the two puffers I have. Figure 8s
good tips. my puffers like to eat freezed dried shrimp, snails and crayfish
Where do.you get brackish water
You make it. You have to mix in low amounts of Instant Ocean or some other brand of saltwater mix. The concentration is lower than a saltwater tank. Regular Aquarium salt will not work.
I saw one by itself in a tank at petco earlier... Instantly fell in love! Seems like it's pretty difficult to keep one thriving though...
Mine was great for 6 months, then after a usual water change...failed to thrive. I've felt guilty ever since but hearing these stories helps. Ready to try again.
@@Believer-jb7qq 😣 maybe you needed to start increasing the salt in the water? I heard that's a thing... Seems pretty high maintenance
@@tonyfffuuu I think you are right. Unfortunately we lost that one. Lots of research before next one. Thank you for suggestion.
When did u start feeding him clams
Doesnt it try to bite you while doing water changes?
My brothers spotted puffer always goes up and down
Casually says:" one of them was eaten to death by the other two".
What sand did you use for this tank?
I have mine in a 29 gallon reef tank at 1.023..... I feed him shrimp twice a day and has been doing great.
Awesome! Love to hear that
How long have you had him in your reef tank I want to get one I had a figure 8 but he was low end brackish.
Oh crap they wont eat flakes then 😂
Perfect for our aquarium!
Parrotfish tank mate pouffer fish
Possible?
+Susmita Das I wouldn't advise it. They have different water requirements.
What about giant danios ???
What if you put danios in with the puffer ??
New subscriber... I had my three amigos for about a year till they just started swimming in circles. My channel is all about guppies right now till I can find these again. Thank you
My baby’s name was Squishy. Green spotted puffers will always be my favorite! 💚🐡💚
I have 2 Oscars, 1 Red Parrot, 1 Yellow Parrot and 1 Topaz Puffer in the same tank. Today the Topaz died, this morning. Yesterday she was good and healthy. She was my favourite 😭😭. Can anybody tell me the reason for her death?
Show me the buck teeth
Maybe you have a camera shy puffer. 😆
Getting pea puffers first but maybe later down the line, I’ll get brackish or saltwater puffers.
Can I add saltwater fish with a big enough tank? (Cow puffer, gobys, tangs, etc.) what fish have the same water requirements? I want a puffer tank with all different species of puffer.
you can find pond snails in almost any pet store that sells fish. the pond snails are considered a nuisance, so you can usually get them for free. they are prolific breeders. I use to have a 1 gallon tank to breed them in. I would feed them lettuce, strawberries, and other vegetation. the tank gets smelly, and you should expect to do a full clean at least every other week if not weakly. but it is a great way to procure crunchies for your puffies.
Can someone tell me about gsp fish age by size ?? Because depends what i see n read here gsp fish need much attention about the water ( fresh as baby, brackish as juvenvile, full marine salt water while adult ) quite exciting fish to take care!
So, i want take care 1 in my 40 gal tank. My nearest local pet store sell it about 1inch. Is it a only 1-3 month age or ??
Please tell me if someone here have answer. Thanks.
Can you please put malaysia subtitle just so my brother can watch. Its just a request so if you feel like u dont want to do it its up to you im fine with it
The bottom two fish on the clam on a half shell picture is a harlequin tusk hogfish and a clown trigger fish
One of their favorate foods are live ghoste shrimp their relitivly cheap and super fast so they will have a blast stalking and trying to get behind them or heard them towards a corner to block their escrape
I have the same puffer fish too but I don’t know how to take care of it
Such a cute fella! :D I want to try the dried shrimps because my snail supply is getting low. My puffers are the biggest gluttons. :D
Violent way to go lol. Cool looking fish though glad he made it!
Your puffers swim a lot against glass sometimes top?
I have two green spot puffers and they live in saltwater
how long does it take for them to reach 6 inches mine is 1 and a half years old
Where can i purchase one!? I am really wanting a pair
Can it get fat because when I touched mine it did not
What happen if you leave it at freshwater the hole life?
WOW! I that sold me my three GSP’s!
Hi! Someone just gave me a green spotted puffer, and I am not prepared for that. The saler told my friend that they do well in freshwater but I know that they are brackish.... I have no experience with brackish water tank so I want to know how fast you increased the salinity of your tank? How do I know the fish is ready to go brackish? How to control the salinity and so on.... thank you for your help! I’ll try my best to take care of my fish. Usually, I do long researches (weeks of researches) before I buy a fish to have the right set up, but this one just fall from nowhere... what I have are some community freshwater fishes and some pea puffers.
Yuu AK supposedly they can do fine in fresh water as long as the ph and hardness is high ... as long as the water has minerals in it like calcium and magnesium the puffer should be good
I have three spotted puffers. All of them are babies and are in a 20 gallon tank (for now). I'm just wondering, when should I get the 55 gallon tank for these guys? I'm planning to have a 100 gallon tank to house three of these guys in the future once their full grown, however, transitioning from tank to tank is hard and I'm confused when to move them.
The sooner the better on the 55 gallon. It's a lot easier to keep your water parameters in check with a larger tank...and these guys are messy eaters. :)
Beginner Green Spotted fish owner... If I have a really good filter, should I still replace/ clean the tank every week?
They are messy eaters. I'd at least clean out uneaten food and do a partial water change each week.
I've had these for years, not hard to keep & can be kept with other brackish fish, I've never had a problem.
'Like jaws the film?' What kind of crappy budget remake was that? Lol.
David Harrison how often did you trim their teeth?
Can I let them eat baby shrimp?
Used to have one of these fish, let someone sleep on my couch after a party and he poured a huge bottle of hot sauce in my 105 gallon connected 4 tank setup for some reason (for which I don't understand) and it died. Found out what happened the next day after finding red residue around the tank and seeing the hot sauce bottle empty.
Era Random did you kill them?
And I got it from Bagel
And I have a 5 gallon tank
He has nothing on the *ãëügh*
very nice puffer :)
How cute,i have 2
Just had a red lobster ad. Kinda weird
+rob lol. That is weird
It is so cheap 75pesos each
Bought from canal
I have a green spotted puffer with 7 other fish in a 10 gallons
I’ll show him
nice video!
Salt water 😐
Great video! Thanks for sharing. I was researching this little guy to keep but you turned my mind around. Lovely fish nonetheless. Keep up these great videos.
How fast do gsp grow?
My mom came home with 3 of them, and I need help ;-;
How'd it go?
I have 5
Can a Kuhli Loach stand kinda brackish water? Because I want a false salt water thank that is fresh/brackish but looks like it's fully salt water, and eels would fit that picture.
if youve got a tank for it.. dragon gobie.. if not bumble bee gobies (ive got bees and orange chrimides with gsp and theyre awsome)
There are species of brackish moray eel. I have an Indian mud moray in my brackish tank, and video of it on my channel.
I have my puffer in a marine tank one question? If I put freshwater snails in the tank even if there dead will he eat them? I'm just asking because salt water snails are expensive
+Daniel Pippitt I haven't gotten mine to full marine yet, but it eats the frozen clams I give it. Not sure about the freshwater snails. It seems like they would live long enough to get devoured.
@Daniel Pippitt From my experience my GSP eat anything I put in the tank. Mine is full marine and i often drop some freshwater snails. Either alive or just with the shell, he will eat it.
I have 2 of these that are only about a inch long. When should i start raising the salinity?
at 1 inch you can start to very slowly increase salinity during water changes. I did small water changes with 1.005 salinity. This would dillute when added to the tank. I kept adding that amount until the tank reached 1.005. Then I added 1.010 until I got the tank to that point and stayed there.
What’s the deal?
I bought a Green Spotted Puffer and it's still a juvenile, but it will only eat bloodworms. That's the only thing the pet store's owner said they were feeding them. I tried to feed it snails and dried krill, but it wont eat any. Help?
I would say to keep trying. With the freeze dried krill, try breaking it up with your fingers underwater. That helped mine start eating it. Then I stopped doing that and they would eat it from the surface. Instead of snails, get frozen clams...the half shells that already expose the meat. If you drop that in...it should go crazy for it.
Creative Fish Studio. Any site you recommend that doesn't cost a lot for shipping?
Not sure for frozen food. I buy mine from local pet shops of fish stores. Here's what I get www.bulkreefsupply.com/hikari-bio-pure-frozen-clam-on-a-half-shell-4-oz.html?gclid=CjwKEAiAirXFBRCQyvL279Tnx1ESJAB-G-QveV6H80kHYAvd8cSTYJB78_7PCWhwybP-M2cCt0keohoCMVfw_wcB
Creative Fish Studio thanks
temperature?
75-82 degrees
Mine is about to progress into salt. Thing is i have no space for a sump. What do I do about filtration?I was just going to get a protein skimmer and a coupla powerheads. Is this ok? I thought about live sand and rock but got told the gsp would pick out the life from it so it would be a waste of money. is it True¿
Awesome to hear about the progression. I don't run a sump on either of my saltwater tanks. It's definitely the way to go if you have the room. I'm just running a protein skimmer and HOB filter that I put my bags of carbon and ChemiPure in. Not sure about them picking the life from the live sand and rock. They might eat your corals if you add any of them. I'm no expert...just a guy learning with everyone else. :)
Thanks for reply.
I heard that running a filter with foam\sponge inside is bad in a salt tank. Is this true?
Unfortunately I can't use a hob. Filter either due to the lid\hood. The brackish tank that it's currently in is just running a foam filter with a weekly water change.
I've heard multiple things on that. It doesn't work the same way with beneficial bacteria and the focus of pristine water quality is much higher with saltwater tanks. The foam or filtration used in most HOB filters needs to be cleaned regularly to remove the suspended particulate that gets caught in the filter. Otherwise you it starts decomposing on the filter and your water gets out of whack. That said....I run a HOB filter on my 40 Gallon Breeder and have a foam insert in my 29G BioCube filter in the back. Everything seems to run fine if I keep up with water changes and rinsing the filters...if not...I come back from a work trip to recovery stage.
Which has happened 2x to me this past year.
+Creative Fish Studio
o.k. thanks. suppose laziness is not an option when you have life dependant on you.
ive decided to keep him in high brackish for a few more months.
im going with a fluval canister filter, power head, live rock, and sand. for when the final change happens.
im off to clean some sponges :)
How many gallons per puffer
10 minimum
30 gallons 10 is way to small they should be housed 1 puffer per 30 gallons
Mine keeps biting my other fish!!! And I don't know what to do!! I have another tank but no bubble thing for them to breath
Daniel ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ Move your puffer fish or your other fish into another tank. Puffers should be keep alone or in the species only tank (if you provide many hidings in the tank). Also buy another aquarium air pump :)
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can i use food salt for This puffer?
Are you aware there are THREE GREEN SPOTTED PUFFER species? One is fully freshwater, the second is brackish & third marine. So you need to know which it is. Start with its correct scientific name.