My girlfriend just got a new spotted puffer yesterday and man that thing is meaner than a gut shot grizzly! We had it in with some guppies but that didnt last long at all. The puffer would just stalk the guppies and then nip their tale. We had to take the guppies out and put them in with a male betta that we have.

there nasty little buggers alright! only ever had one n had 2 keep on its own from start 2 finish! really aggressive non-community fish

Keep in mind they are brakish water fish.

if what you have is a thorny spotted puffer, be careful,
i believe there is a poison in the thorn and fins.

artemis1 wrote:


I realize that they are brackish but i have read that they can live fine in freshwater. What do you think about this?

gut shot grisleys are very nasty though !!!!!!!!!!!!! lmao

bowhunter wrote:


When young, sure. But as they mature the salt level must gradually raised.

lolol that comment really should suprise me...but its from BGH so i imagine he knows exactly what hes talking about!

askhammatt wrote:


yep matt your absoloutely correct i have seen one or two that were REALY pissed off !!!!!!!!!

biggamehunter wrote:

haha. i thought it was a good comparison. lol

awesome little comparison!!!!!!!! i will be using it myself a lot..

BGH, i bet they were pissed off too, in my early days of using ******** i had a bad miss one day n hit a roe buck at a funny angle n that was bad enough!!!.......bad shots r very few n far between now but al ul know they really get 2 ya n ya dont 4get them! ....

Matt


sory i had to remove a small detail from your post as the action in the uk is illegal and you dont know whos looking at this !!!!!!,........ and im classed as deer police here in the uk and duty bound to uphold the law for the animals welfare............. so i havent read ANYTHING !!!!!!!!!!!!!