fahaka puffer

[large_cichlids]

any body here keep these beasts.some some at the lfs for 39.99.FRom what i here they are hard biters.anybody have pics of theirs.

[proaquatics]

have had them no pics sry. how big is the one for 40? if its small then they should be like $20.my buddies bit him at 16" it drew blood

[large_cichlids]

they were around 5 inches.They look awesome.I want one,but i have to set up another 75,which i have no time for now.

[proaquatics]

thats a good size for $40,i had one in a 40 until 8 inches then i moved him on up to 150.then i sold it

[cszachury]

I've kept a couple, very hard biters, very sharp. I sent my other laptop in for repairs so I'll have to find my backup disk and put some pics up, but they are a very beautiful, personable species.

[fwlion]

I've had at least 4 of em I've got one now almost 7-8in. long KRAZY AGGRESSION and Good ACTIVE COLORFUL FISH

CAN'T GO WRONG WITH A FAHAKA IF YOU'VE GOT THE ROOM

[dmopar74]

excellent fish to own, mines roughly 6" now and the most interactive and aggresive fish i have. 75g is going to be too small for life, a 120g is bare minimum, and you need a ton of filtration, these things are like aquatic pigs!

[Charney]

I have one now about 13 inches. One of the best fish I have ever kept.

[catfishlover106]

yea...they are great fishes to own...and have very nice personality...=) i have one and a video of him eating a live crab with true aggression....like he goes crazy with it...lol i get it up and posted

[catfishlover106]

here's the video but you have to skip most of the video to 5:00 in the video to see him feeding on the crab....or you can just watch the whole 6: something minutes...but its quicker to skip... enjoy lol

http://youtube.com/watch?v=I8-4ce_5618

[catfishlover106]

mines only 6" ryt now....he grew since ive taken this video of him and my other fishes...this video was made 5 months ago...but posted on youtube a couple of weeks long

[ScallyWag]

You should clip off the claws of that crab before feeding, if it gets a hold of your Fahaka's eye, theres a high chance that he might lose an eye.

[Bogwoodbruce]

have had them no pics sry. how big is the one for 40? if its small then they should be like $20.my buddies bit him at 16" it drew blood
He was lucky they can go through bones when big!

[ibjhb]

I have a young one... only 2" long now. He's getting moved to a 95 gal this week.

I can't wait to see how big he gets!

[Tigriuns™]

here a picture of mine...
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0022edit.jpg
eat snail..small fish and ..ghost shrimp...
growth rate seem to be fast...bought at 1" now is about almost 2" in less than a month

[Pufferpunk]

Here's Filbert smiling!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/Pufferpunk/Pufferpics/FahakaSmile.jpg

[unstopable4700]

crappy pics but heres mine

[stamperbuster]

this is mine..only 2" in size ..ive got 2

first beebee:

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r34/stamperbuster/beebee001.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r34/stamperbuster/beebee002.jpg

and the 2nd is PeyPey :

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r34/stamperbuster/peypey001.jpg

just have it for 4 days

crappy names..i know guys :ROFL: :headbang2:headbang2:headbang2:headbang2

[sevendreamz]

Nice looking fahakas....;)

[stamperbuster]

Nice looking fahakas....;)

thanks mate :headbang2

[dmopar74]

heres mine close to 7"TL

[jw_deuce]

Has anyone kept these with rtc or peacock bass, of my fish are babys and i would like to add one of these to my 240gal tank, any sugestions??

Thanks!

[yoimb0b]

get a mbu if you wanna do that. Fahaka's in my experience kill everything

[Pufferpunk]

Cute lil fellas! They're not together, are they?

[jw_deuce]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[Pufferpunk]

240g isn't nearly large enough for a mbu, nevermind with tank mates. You'll never be able to keep nitrates under control in there.

[myles]

great fish, heres mine.

[Pufferpunk]

Beautiful markings! I put this crappy-colored pin/maroon/fushia gravel in my tank, hoping it would make my fahaka get those nice marooon stripes. Now I'm just stuck with crappy-colored gravel!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/Pufferpunk/Pufferpics/FilbertHome.jpg

[stamperbuster]

Has anyone kept these with rtc or peacock bass, of my fish are babys and i would like to add one of these to my 240gal tank, any sugestions??

Thanks!

strictly no tank mates for Fahakas !!!...except food :p

[Touzer]

My fahaka is doing fine with my peacock bass and tsn all together. Pbass and fahaka around 3-4 inch now and tsn around 4-4.5

[Pufferpunk]

There are about 1% of the Fahakas that do allow tank mates. Even though, everyone needs their own territory & the tank has to be large enough. I happen to have a 12" fahaka that was moved to a 55g (at 5") with 2 with plecos & a soft-shell turtle. Within 2 days, the whole back rim of the turtle's shell was scalloped, so he got his own tank.

He now lives in a 125g with:
12" Goldspot pleco
6" sailfin pleco
10" Yellow-finned chalcius
2 7" Clown loaches
9" Lancer catfish
5" Rainbow shark
6" Redtail shark
5" Bosmani rainbow
7" Frontosa
8" & 9" Elephant noses (18 years old)
12” Black Ghost Knife

Occasionally there is a fin nipped but all in all, he's a wimp & the Goldspot & Frontosa are always kicking him out of his cave. After living with all these guys for years, my stepdaughter needed somewhere for her large parrot cichlid, since she was moving. I watch them for about an hour, went out that evening & within the 5 hours I was gone, it was dead--tail & eyes missing. Moral of this story: You can never really trust a fahaka!

Most killings will happen overnight.

[Danger_Chicken]

I've only had a fahaka for 2 months. That whole time he had a 1-1.5" white convict as a tank mate (he had 2 but the first one was breakfast within the first 2 weeks). Last week he finially caught the other one. I found him with big chunks missing. That con was great as a clean up crew....until I had to clean im up.

here's the video but you have to skip most of the video to 5:00 in the video to see him feeding on the crab....or you can just watch the whole 6: something minutes...but its quicker to skip... enjoy lol

http://youtube.com/watch?v=I8-4ce_5618 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=I8-4ce_5618)This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by a third party.

[harris777]

My fahaka won't eat. Hes been good eater for about 6 months. He did this one other time for about a week. He has been eating raw shrimp soaked in fishtamine. He eats a snail evey few weeks. Now a week and he is getting skinniny. Has your puffer every did this?

[Pufferpunk]

http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=3

[Hicks]

If you are only feeding him the shrimp and snails he is probably sick (bored) of the same food all the time. Give him a variety of foods

I feed mine

Frozen:
Shrimp
Clams Mussels
Crab meat

Live:
Fiddler crabs
Crayfish
Snails

[heavyhitter]

I had one that I raised to the size of a football. He was not very aggresive but would take "sample" bites out of other fish so he was kept alone.

Any way at that size he took and "exploritory" bite out of my python hose and cut a perfect dime size chunk out of it.