Puffer thread #6

Nice now we got another puffer expert in the team.

Anw i can confirm that the fahakas are still there, its in the corner in one of the upper tanks...not on the floor anymore.

Lightly BW. Freshwater for young adult should be ok. Less aggressive compare to other puffers.

Try build up his stomach by feeding more variety at young stage. A picky eater.

just added to my tank few hours ago...seem to be searching the substrate for food..tomorrow more sailfin mollies or if lucky i could find a green spotted puffer

Originally Posted by jake800

just added to my tank few hours ago...seem to be searching the substrate for food..tomorrow more sailfin mollies or if lucky i could find a green spotted puffer

Monitor if communiting f8 and gsp. Gsp at a smaller size compared may be a bully too.

You can consider keeping a "black" gsp, it grows a little faster than gsp and sometimes grow at irregular or "out of shape" body shapes. You can try luck at jurong east Blk 260 nearby LFS or Yishun chongpang Blk 111 nearby LFS.

Pic for "black" gsp:

Originally Posted by qqsad

Monitor if communiting f8 and gsp. Gsp at a smaller size compared may be a bully too.

You can consider keeping a "black" gsp, it grows a little faster than gsp and sometimes grow at irregular or "out of shape" body shapes. You can try luck at jurong east Blk 260 nearby LFS or Yishun chongpang Blk 111 nearby LFS.

Pic for "black" gsp:

Din know theres a variant called a 'black' GSP. Im pretty sure its the same as the normal GSP and the black is either due to nitrite poisoning or basically stress.

that is new, so what is a black GSP??? any diff from the normal GSP???

nice i use to hve two gsp.. but they passed away a couple years back.

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Thats nice. I really want to keep puffers but I'll have to wait till I ORD to keep them. And it isnt anytime soon. Sad..

Originally Posted by shagy382

Din know theres a variant called a 'black' GSP. Im pretty sure its the same as the normal GSP and the black is either due to nitrite poisoning or basically stress.

If puffer are stress out they would likely turn black at their stomach and slightly lose brightness in their colour pigmentation, very unlikely to turn black whole body. It's just like Congo puffer have some red colour "variant" if u call it to be. "black" Gsp slightly pricier by 50cents to 1 dollar to normal yellowish gsp.

Originally Posted by Discus Ø

that is new, so what is a black GSP??? any diff from the normal GSP???

read post on difference I earlier posted. Basically nt much difference.

Sorry bro i do not agree with you on this. You should have seen the sick 10 inch fahaka which i bought back last time. It was literally black, entire upper body black but the belly was still abit white. This fish was stressed as hell, camullanus worms, shedding of slime coat, jagged fins etc..

Frankly, i do not find the blackening of the belly a great indicator of stress n its more to do with the upper body colour. Even my mbu which passed away, did not show any darkening of the belly but hes upper body pattern was extremely blotchy as compared to the normal beautiful separated patterns.

Based on my knowledge, blackening of the skin is due to nitrite/ammonia poisoning & basically stress. A black line forms across the eyes of my fahaka (avatar pic) when he is stressed.

As for the congo puffer, their colour change accordingly to the colour of the surroundings. It doesnt mean different colour means its a congo variant. If the substrate is white, den e congo turns to that colour n if e substrate is red den it becomes red. I have seen my congo change colour before based on the substrate its in. Once you off the lights, hes body turns black den when u on it, it slowly brightens up.

So there is no such thing as a 'black' gsp or 'black' fahaka, the price difference is mainly due to the LFS allocated price. Do refer to my previous posts for the pic of my sick fahaka.

Happy Puffing bro