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Acclimating a “Spotted” Puffer to SW & Keeping it with a Porc?

April 26, 2017acclimating keeping puffer spotted SW

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Acclimating a “Spotted” Puffer to SW & Keeping it with a Porc?

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I have a great marine predator tank and recently decided to attempt to acclimate a brackish water puffer to a full marine environment. I first tried a small figure eight puffer, who unfortunately after acclimating well became trapped in a temporary siphon and couldn’t free himself, he stressed too much before I could stop the siphon and died later that night. My second attempt seems to be keeping quite well a “true saltwater as an adult” spotted puffer probably a Ceylon or the actual main stream green spotted puffer. Anyway, onto the actual way to acclimate these guys: I