Green Spotted Puffers pregnant?

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AngelFishGirl

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I really don't know much about these little guys. I knew they were brackish but I googled and it said you can change them to fresh or salt by slow drip acclimation. So that's exactly what I did. I got them from Walmart (*shivers* never would of done it but they're the only LFS I have around here that carries them)
They have a little bit of fin rot that's cleaning up nicely. You may see it in the pictures.

I got these little guys 2-3 weeks ago (got 2) and over the last couple days I've noticed one in particular has had a bit of a belly. Yesterday it was there. I fasted today until 10 PM to see if it was because of feeding, but it seems even bigger today! I'm wondering if it's prego, if the other is a boy, and how long until she delivers. I am freaking out can someone please tell me if it's pregnant and if the other is a boy??

And if so, how do I raise the fry?

Btw, I feel the picture kinda sucks at bringing out the belly. It is pretty big.
 

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No records of captive breeding? So what's wrong with her?

There's no chance she came in pregnant is there?
 
I just googled a picture of a prego GSP and it's exactly what mine looks like :/ and I guess on yahoo people are saying that it's happened to them before.... But I don't know what to do.. Yahoo is untrustworthy obviously but there's so many questions about it and people saying that they've had eggs before and stuff... I'm really confused now...
 

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I have a couple gsp and one of them has always looked like that since I got them. Not prego or anything just roundish
 
They get pregnant? They don't lay eggs? When it comes to puffers, terrance is the guy to pm!
 
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