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Anthonym
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Fingerling
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i have 5 brachish creen spotted puffers, i read somewhere on this site that they will some day turn in to full salt water fish, is this true, and is there any way to prevent this from happening
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Kim
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If you want them to be healthy and live out their normal life spans, yes. Are you aware that they will need 30gal each, and as they age they don't tolerate tankmates vey well. You could put 2 in a 55gal. You could get 2 55gal and 1 29gal and keep them.

www.thepufferforum.org/

Kim

Last edited by Kim at 17-Aug-2005 09:49
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Anthonym
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well what happends if i keep them inside the same tank there in now, how long will they last, and how long untill they need full salt water
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They live shortened, sickly lives and die in months, maybe a year due to being overcrowded.

On the other hand, if they're kept in a proper environment at the proper stocking level, they can and will live 15-20 years.

At 1-3 inches they need mid-level brackish water, 1.010 SG. Once they get larger than three inches, they do best in saltwater.

Last edited by puffer_archer at 17-Aug-2005 17:27
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