I got a puffer about 2 weeks ago and just recently hes been causing me problems, hes killed two of my bass and just killed my dollar sunfish, that was the last straw, I dont know what to do, there must be a way to get him to stop nipping the fins off all my fish? Should I have more cover, have have some plants in there, its not a ton but it helped with my jags aggressiveness. help me out guys, I want to start a salt tank for him but I could never keep any fish with him if he keeps doing this.
My puffer is killing all my fish, help
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There's not really anything you can do with a fish like that. Most puffers are aggressive and territorial and will constantly nip at your other fish until they are the only one left.
I had a similar problem a couple years ago. This is the puffers special way of telling you "dont put me in a community tank" . He left really cool circular bite marks but the novelty wore off and I found him a new home.
Its a Gsp in a 55 growout tank, I plan on moving him to a thirty where I will acclimate him to brackish then salt, I wanted a salt community tank but if hes going to be a problem then I dont know what to do.
Puffers are generally not community fish. There are a few that do ok in a big predator tank, but not a GSP...
GSP's do VERY poorly with tank mates...as do most puffers..
Your only chance of having a tank mate with a GSP, is to bring the GSP to full marine...and TRY fish like damsels and clowns (not maroon clowns)...but then he would need to be in a big enough tank to do that...and it would depend on the temperament of the fish.
Article on why they can't have tankmates
http://www.**************.com/forum...onely-the-importance-of-keeping-puffers-solo/
Article for the care of GSPs
http://www.**************.com/forum...cus/an-introduction-to-green-spotted-puffers/
And just in case you do not know, they need hard shelled foods to keep teeth down
Here is a puffer feeding article
http://www.**************.com/forum/library/feeding/feeding-your-puffers/
AND....If you got this fish from WALMART..do not take it back there, they will most likely flush it...instead donate it to a mom and pop pet store.
Your only chance of having a tank mate with a GSP, is to bring the GSP to full marine...and TRY fish like damsels and clowns (not maroon clowns)...but then he would need to be in a big enough tank to do that...and it would depend on the temperament of the fish.
Article on why they can't have tankmates
http://www.**************.com/forum...onely-the-importance-of-keeping-puffers-solo/
Article for the care of GSPs
http://www.**************.com/forum...cus/an-introduction-to-green-spotted-puffers/
And just in case you do not know, they need hard shelled foods to keep teeth down
Here is a puffer feeding article
http://www.**************.com/forum/library/feeding/feeding-your-puffers/
AND....If you got this fish from WALMART..do not take it back there, they will most likely flush it...instead donate it to a mom and pop pet store.
Thanks for the threads, I did quite a bit of research prior and figured hed be alright with my larger fish as they wouldnt allow him to nip, but i recently added some smaller fish and hes causing havoc. I am considering taking him to the local lfs but my girlfriends attached to him, but I dont keep solitary fish, seems like a waste to me.