So over the weekend I decided to experiment due to the sheer fact that there is so much conflicting information on acclimating green spotted puffers into salt water, what age, what size, how long...etc.
I bought this little guy from a lfs about 4 weeks ago. During that time I slowly brought up the salinity from 0 to 1.010.
After 12 hours of drip acclimation I then brought the salinity up to 1.023 and he is now in my 72 gallon eating, nicely coloured, a little shy but doing great!
So for anyone wondering about acclimating a juvenile GSP into full marine conditions. Yes I agree do it slow, this again was fully an test to see if it really was possible to acclimate a gsp less that 4” into a marine aquarium.
since they are all wild caught I cannot confirm/compare age to size so that was my final factor in making the decision.
Anyway here are some photos and video of the little guy in the aquarium! GSP 72 Gallon
I bought this little guy from a lfs about 4 weeks ago. During that time I slowly brought up the salinity from 0 to 1.010.
After 12 hours of drip acclimation I then brought the salinity up to 1.023 and he is now in my 72 gallon eating, nicely coloured, a little shy but doing great!
So for anyone wondering about acclimating a juvenile GSP into full marine conditions. Yes I agree do it slow, this again was fully an test to see if it really was possible to acclimate a gsp less that 4” into a marine aquarium.
since they are all wild caught I cannot confirm/compare age to size so that was my final factor in making the decision.
Anyway here are some photos and video of the little guy in the aquarium! GSP 72 Gallon