My Fahaka - Pickle

[radioaktiv]

just a thread for me (and anyone else who might be interested) to keep up with my new addiction

7-24-2008 arrival day:
about 1.5 inches
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/Radioaktiv3737/IMG_2544-1.jpg
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/Radioaktiv3737/IMG_2538.jpg



8-14-2008
about 2.5 inches
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/Radioaktiv3737/IMG_2627.jpg
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/Radioaktiv3737/IMG_2629.jpg
-after a good meal :D-
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/Radioaktiv3737/IMG_2744.jpg


this was 3 days ago :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V51N_DKy-NY





thanks for looking

any comments/suggestions/criticism is welcome. this is my first puffer and trying to do everything i can to make his life a good one.

[benzjamin13]

Very cool! I've always wanted one of these.

[dark_knights_99]

Very cool! I've always wanted one of these.

I have one, and you can't have it. :p

[Pufferpunk]

Nice fattening up of the skinny guy! Don't overfeed him though.

[radioaktiv]

i let him go after what he can in about 2-3mins, once a day...removing the excess

i hope thats not too much

of course, planned on slowing down once he gets a little bigger

[J-SPOT]

nice puffer...love the name also...

[proaquatics]

like those last shots

keep us updated on this beast

[Horiyoshi III]

Never owned a puffer.
I will soon be diving into this class.
Tetraodontidae!

Yours is a cute little ham!

[radioaktiv]

thanks for the replies

i can do nothing but recommend these guys to an experienced fishkeeper. they are full of personality and charm.

[SonsOfLeda]

Geez - I remember when my fahaka, Beaker, was that big. I used to have to find the smallest piece of krill I could in the block and even then break it into pieces for him to eat. Now, he's the worst begger on the planet (worse than any dog or cat I've ever had) and can pack it in like no other. Yesterday, for example, he put down four red claw crabs and was still looking for more.

I guess that story only makes sense if you know that I've only had him for 7 months. Needless to say he's growing very quickly all alone in his 135G. :headbang2

Enjoy yours! They're way too much fun. :)

[radioaktiv]

can you post some pics SonsofLeda?

always nice to see more puffers :)

[niblit]

i love all my puffs my fahaka is growing really fast

[SonsOfLeda]

can you post some pics SonsofLeda?

always nice to see more puffers :)The most recent (as in from early July), are on pages 7 and 10 of the puffer picture thread at the top of this forum if you're interested. He's grown up a bit since then though, but at least you get to see the "little guy".

As a fun side note, I picked up a 165G (72 x 20.5 x 26 - strange size, I know) today that's going to be Beaker's new home in a few months. That way I can use his current 135G as the sump for the 300G+ that I have in the works. And then get to the 75G reef that my girlfriend has been dying to get once I move in with her. Side projects are nice... :grinno:

[radioaktiv]

hah, guess i should have checked out the sticky for your pics

will do :)

[89hatcher]

really nice looking puffer. i will have to take more pics of my fahaka and make a new thread. soon.

[radioaktiv]

thank you

and please do. the more puffer nerds we have the better :)

[sabotage]

SWEET Pickle!!!!!

[Pufferpunk]

This is turning to be a great forum here, for us puffernuts!

[J-SPOT]

This is turning to be a great forum here, for us puffernuts!

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[radioaktiv]

got one of Pickle eating some small shrimp / krill from my hand

he is really warming up to me, and im loving it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Wox3hPwx4

excuse the dirty sand...i hadnt vaccumed today