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Green Spotted Puffer
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Green Spotted Puffer (Tetraodon nigroviridis) (Grows to 6')
Housing: Provide an aquarium of at least 20 gallons. 30 to 40 gallons is ideal. Provide standard power filtration or even canister filtration as these fish are messy eaters. You can use any aquarium gravel, or a marine based aragonite gravel. Decorate with plastic plants, if you decide to use live plants you may try some anubias, java fern, or moss balls.
Tank Mates: These puffers are aggressive and are ideal candidates for "species only" tank. They can even be aggressive toward their own kind in the form of nipped fins. They seem to be less aggressive when young and more aggressive as adults.
Water Conditions: These fish live in brackish water and should have some salt in the water. We recommend you use Instant Ocean Sea Salt at about 1 tablespoon per gallon. The hydrometer should read 1.005 to 1.015. This is a tropical species, so maintain a temperature of 70-80 degrees.
Feeding: Feed a variety of meaty foods including Bloodworms, Mysis shrimp, frozen squid, krill, and freeze dried shrimp are good choices. They like to eat snails, crunching on some snails periodically will help them keep their teeth properly trimmed. They also enjoy live ghost shrimp, while adults will even eat fiddler crabs. Sometimes, you can get puffers to accept dried foods, most usually pellets. Try offering to them when they are young. We recommend Hikari Carnivore Pellets as well as Hikari Massivore Pellets.
Behavior: They will spend a lot of time near the bottom of the tank. They will quickly come to the surface when you feed them. Pufferfish are a very personable fish, they will learn to recognize your face and they will come out to see you when you approach the tank.
Housing: Provide an aquarium of at least 20 gallons. 30 to 40 gallons is ideal. Provide standard power filtration or even canister filtration as these fish are messy eaters. You can use any aquarium gravel, or a marine based aragonite gravel. Decorate with plastic plants, if you decide to use live plants you may try some anubias, java fern, or moss balls.
Tank Mates: These puffers are aggressive and are ideal candidates for "species only" tank. They can even be aggressive toward their own kind in the form of nipped fins. They seem to be less aggressive when young and more aggressive as adults.
Water Conditions: These fish live in brackish water and should have some salt in the water. We recommend you use Instant Ocean Sea Salt at about 1 tablespoon per gallon. The hydrometer should read 1.005 to 1.015. This is a tropical species, so maintain a temperature of 70-80 degrees.
Feeding: Feed a variety of meaty foods including Bloodworms, Mysis shrimp, frozen squid, krill, and freeze dried shrimp are good choices. They like to eat snails, crunching on some snails periodically will help them keep their teeth properly trimmed. They also enjoy live ghost shrimp, while adults will even eat fiddler crabs. Sometimes, you can get puffers to accept dried foods, most usually pellets. Try offering to them when they are young. We recommend Hikari Carnivore Pellets as well as Hikari Massivore Pellets.
Behavior: They will spend a lot of time near the bottom of the tank. They will quickly come to the surface when you feed them. Pufferfish are a very personable fish, they will learn to recognize your face and they will come out to see you when you approach the tank.
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