Help! My Puffer....?

Question

I GSP and I have been watching him closely since yesterday morning. He has turned a very dark green. His spots are still visible. My other Puff Oden seems to be intently watching over him. If he is not eating he's resting on the bottom in hiding. I know they can change colors but it reminds me of ones that were dying at the store. I need to know what measures I can take other than buying a entire new aquarium for just him. He's in a mixed community now. A 45 gal. tank w/ (1) African Cichlid ( no aggression toward the GSB's), (2) Blood Fin Tetra's, (4) Sail Fin Platy’s, and (2) of eight Fancy Guppies that were food but has survived to reach a astonishing 1/2".
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Please help is he sick? Going to die? What can I do to prevent it if so?

I am will be stepping up the salinity over time as the GSP's grow. right now just a tbls spoon per 1gal. is pleny of salt. GSP's are born in fresh water and live there adult life in estuaries.

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Answer 1

hmm an interesting fish tank mix.

green spotted puffers do best in a brackish set up, it could be that keeping him in purely freshwater is causing him to be sick. or that he has some kind of parasite if he's acting lethargic, however, if he's still eating that's a good sign.

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Answer 2

Well, there can be a couple of reasons

One to be that a GSP is a brackish puffer and not a freshwater one, it might be able to live in a freshwater setup as a juvenile, but it needs brackish after that

Also another one could be, that he's not getting enough food, which might be from overgrown teeth, as they need a constant supply of snails to wear down their teeth, if you don't give them snails, they will die of hunger



Hope that helps
Good luck