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mudskipper
05-13-2006, 9:20 PM
One of my favorate fish I can't have is T. Mbu. ***hakas are also large puiffers, but grow smaller. how big will they get? whats the min. tank size? Is $30.00 a good Price?
Mourinho18
05-14-2006, 12:37 AM
One of my favorate fish I can't have is T. Mbu. ***hakas are also large puiffers, but grow smaller. how big will they get? whats the min. tank size? Is $30.00 a good Price?
Fahakas are pretty cool fish with great personalities. THey're definetely, and let me stress this, definetely a one fish per tank type of fish. No tankmates at all. 18" max size in captivity and you probably want a tank in the 125 gallon range. What size is the puffer?
Jason_S
05-14-2006, 2:35 AM
yeah, I've always heard a 125 is minimum though I think a 120 (4' x 2' x 2') might be even better giving more width and therefore turning space. I've heard they often max out at 12" in captivity but I'd suspect this is due to improper water quality and/or tank size. I think a healthy fahaka in a large enough tank should get to at least 16-18". :)
repair
05-14-2006, 9:38 AM
I got one 5 or 6 months ago and he is a joy! He is around 7" now and eats live cray fish and freeze dried shrimp.
The first time I ever fed him live was neat! I got him at around an inch so I don't think that he had ever seen live food but he instinctively knew to come at it from the back and at a 45deg angle.
Right now he is in a 55 with a 1gph drip but when he gets a few inches longer he will go into a 125 for a while and then he will go into a 265.
Last night he let me feed him by hand!:grinyes: If you have space for one I would recommned one.
RobD23
05-14-2006, 12:52 PM
by the end of this summer i plan to have a 150 i think the demensions are 4 by 3 by 2 and i plan also to put one fahaka puffer in there solo:thumbsup:
mudskipper
05-14-2006, 10:53 PM
its 3-4". there has to be some leanway with tankmates right?
repair
05-15-2006, 9:25 AM
Mine had some 4" cichlids as tankmates until I started to see round pieces being taken out of their tails.
Mourinho18
05-15-2006, 12:45 PM
its 3-4". there has to be some leanway with tankmates right?
30 dollars is a reasonable price for a fahaka that size at a lfs. The problem with tankmates is choosing them. Cichlids are naturally curious so they tend to forget that some non cichlids can be incredibly non forgiving and aggressive. Like Repair said, I was starting to notice some of my fish missing bite sized pieces of fins and I knew something was up. During feeding time, my cichlids DID NOT CARE whatever else was in the tank, they wanted that food no matter what, but just so happens that an aggressive fahaka wanted the same piece, uh oh.
Michael H
05-15-2006, 8:29 PM
Tetraodon lineatus (fahaka) can grow up to 20"! This Puffer 19,7" in two years ;). I got it with 3"
http://www.aquaristik-kugelfischforum.com/album_pic.php?pic_id=61
Michael H
05-15-2006, 8:32 PM
Sorry, here are the correct link
http://www.aquaristik-kugelfischforum.com/album_pic.php?pic_id=61
Whenever I see a Fahaka post, I LMAO. "Fahaka" is funny, I use it as a swear word.
mudskipper
05-17-2006, 6:27 PM
I guess this is a monster i will have to wait on. when i get a bigger tank, it will be for my 10" kk parrot, and 12" carapo!
Datnoid101
05-18-2006, 9:35 AM
Anybody ever see one puff up?
PufferXtreme
05-18-2006, 3:58 PM
I kept one with black neon tetras and danios. But it was 16-17 inches and not fast enough to catch them. Nor was it interested in eating them as it ate only the finest local prawns from Whitstable Bay!
redtailfool
05-18-2006, 4:03 PM
Anybody ever see one puff up?
mine got scared by a neighboring kk parrot and puffed up.. it was very amusing. ;)
Datnoid101
05-18-2006, 9:35 PM
mine got scared by a neighboring kk parrot and puffed up.. it was very amusing. ;)
Was the parrot in the same tank? If it was did it die? I heard that puffers release a poison when they puff up that will more than likely kill everything in the tank.
PufferXtreme
05-19-2006, 6:11 AM
Not true, the poison is in the ovaries and skin musculature. Marine Boxfish are known to release poisons when stessed or dying.
RobD23
05-19-2006, 6:20 AM
Anybody ever see one puff up?
when i had mine i saw it puff up twice....the first time was accidental the second was out of ignorance. The first was when it got attacked by my florida gar, after that the faaka made the gars life a living hell and it was only 3 inchs the gar was 10...second was because i took it out of the water.