Tank mates for a Green spotted puffer in a 34 gallon tank?

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Puffers are just like all other fish it tottally depends on there personality. For the most part in my exsperience they love to kill things and there mouths are so set up to take out chunks. But i had a ceylon puffer that was 7 inches that lived in solitude with a mono in a 55 for a couple of years. And he never bothered the mono it had perfect fins they even shared blood warm and shrimp cubes both eaten opposite side of it with out fighting. I allso over fed the hell out of them. In alot of causes in my own personel exspereince well fed fish are happyier and more peicfull fish. And im sure those shrimp will disapear. I am surprised they havent been a snack yet. I used to feed mine ghost shrimp for snacks and they were pretty much eaten up emmedietly. I would think thow that a goby might be ok in with the little spotted puffer. Gobys hide alot. Move around the tank slow and usually hug the bottome of the tank. And puffers usually dont spend much time on the bottom. And from my exspereince get pissed of by fish who move around fast make noise in the water and piss them off so they get smashed. Again this is my exspereince with my old fish so it will very with your fish and his temperment. But the spotted puffer stay small and are not as aggressive as other puffers. One key i would do if you want to keep him with other fish. Is redecorate the tank every time you do water changes so there is no territory for him to claim as his own. Which is what i did with my previously mentioned tank. Simply becuase doing gravel vacs you gotta move everything any ways. Go luck and enjoy your puffer they are in my top 5 of my all time favorite species of fish.
 
As a general rule of thumb, tank mates are a bad idea. I have heard many instances of bizarre tank mates with puffers working, but it is always a gamble. If you try it, just be prepared to accept if the puffer kills it's tank mates, even after a while of them getting along... AKA don't get attached. ;)
 
I can't imagine the mono was a happy fish, considering they are a schooling species. Also, GSPs get quite large--6+".
 
You are getting some weird advice. Truth is, you don't have room for another puffer. You could try 3 BB gobies but swim at your own risk there. GSP makes for a great single fish tank though. Lot's of personality! Good luck with your venture!
 
+1, I already told her no tank mates at my forum. GSPs will eventually eat BBGs.
 
Pufferpunk;4808905; said:
+1, I already told her no tank mates at my forum. GSPs will eventually eat BBGs.
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And trust me, pufferpunk knows what she's doing. You should check out her articles. Good stuff.
 
Ok I guess I'll keep my GSP alone in his own tank. I really hope he will get to his max size. How long does it take GSP's to get to 6"? In the future I might get a bigger tank, for now I'll keep him as a single fish with some ghost shrimp. Yeah I'm surprised that he hasn't eaten the ghost shrimp yet. But I think he is just too lazy to chase after them because they even try to get his food and hold on to it until it's in the gsp's mouth. That's why I thought it might be possible to have some BBG's with him, but I know this might change when he is full sized. When I got him he came with three panda cories (he was in a fresh water community tank), now the cories are in my sisters tank and my GSP is in the 34 brackish tank.
 
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