GIZMO THE FAHAKA 3 MONTHS LATER! [Archive]

View Full Version : GIZMO THE FAHAKA 3 MONTHS LATER!

RobD23

11-12-2006, 2:25 PM

heres my buddy, best personality any fish ever had:naughty:

The first two were taken 3 months ago when he was 1'' now he is 6''

ewurm

11-12-2006, 2:34 PM

Your puffer looks full!

Euge

11-12-2006, 2:56 PM

thats a bad ass looking puffer. What you feeding it? You still have your bleheris?

RobD23

11-12-2006, 3:21 PM

thats a bad ass looking puffer. What you feeding it? You still have your bleheris?

just one left the others are all gone...feeding the puffer cryafish and frozen shrimp

davo

11-12-2006, 8:01 PM

i love the bits of red in it. it would be awesome to keep that fish from 1" all the way to its monster adulthood

Mooker

11-13-2006, 12:22 AM

Great looking pictures. Greedy fellow :headbang2

Aquatic Dreams

11-13-2006, 12:29 AM

Cool looking Puffer.

Cheers
Aquatic Dreams

WyldFya

11-13-2006, 12:30 AM

Starting to really have some strong colors. Have you ever tried the red clawed crabs? Those are a lot of fun. Mine will also go after live clams from the local market. Definitely one of the best fish for personality.

AquataHolic420

11-13-2006, 12:36 AM

Things cool, how big they get? tank size to hold one for life? compatible fish or solo specimen tank setup needed>>?

WyldFya

11-13-2006, 12:39 AM

18" full grown. 100 gallon long minimum. Solo fish, except for fast and smart fish. Very few fish will survive being with the standard fahaka. Although there are occurances where they will live with other fish.

RobD23

11-13-2006, 2:18 AM

Wyld ...one question i do have is, do fahakas colour improve as they get larger?....Also i notice his colour pertrudes tramendously when i feed him and dies down alittle later, is this normal, should the colours always be really bright?:confused:

WyldFya

11-13-2006, 2:41 AM

Mine improved quite a bit over a few days, but he also went from a LFS to my home. His colors do vary though from day to day, and from feeding to feeding. Mine has never achieved the BRIGHT red that I see on many larger fahakas. Only time will tell.

RobD23

11-14-2006, 10:33 AM

well i have to take a risk...i just put in 4 smalll chinese algea eaters and and a baby royal pleco cross your fingers cuz i sure am....My algea problem is simply getting way to big to not have some cleaners in there

WyldFya

11-14-2006, 3:49 PM

I'd pull the royal, or throw about 5 lbs/gallon of wood that is very holy in there (and then pray for his survival :D). He will eventually become food. My common has no tail because he tries to hide, but leaves his tail exposed. I do have 2 arulius barbs in the tank with him that he won't bother. I also have 2 male cons, but they tend to attract his attention.

davo

11-14-2006, 4:22 PM

shame to waste a royal

fishcatch22

11-14-2006, 4:26 PM

4 CAEs? they are very territorail as adults, and get to a foot long each, plus chances are good your fahaka would beat the living crap out of them. I agree, a shame to waste a royal like that. I would return them all.

PufferXtreme

11-14-2006, 4:39 PM

IME they lose the red when they get bigger. The yellow on the belly gets better and better and the striping gets more defined.

Looking good!

Euge

11-14-2006, 4:41 PM

if you're having algae problems ever thought about using a uv steriliser?

fishcatch22

11-14-2006, 4:42 PM

if you're having algae problems ever thought about using a uv steriliser?or an algae scraper? I don't think he'd need a setilizer.

WyldFya

11-14-2006, 5:16 PM

Sterilizer would be good for keeping others away from a sensitive fish though. Fahakas will pull ich if you look at them funny. :D

davo

11-14-2006, 6:03 PM

just an algae scraper will do fine. that and keeping low nitrates and less light etc.

fishcatch22

11-14-2006, 6:09 PM

Sterilizer would be good for keeping others away from a sensitive fish though. Fahakas will pull ich if you look at them funny. :Dthis is true.:iagree:

RobD23

11-15-2006, 6:30 PM

took the royal out...left the algea eaters in there...i don't care if he eats those...plus i can't srape the algea cuz it's all over the rocks and plants

Reiner

11-15-2006, 7:03 PM

Up the water changes and try to keep Nitrates below 10 and your algea will disappear slowly.

WyldFya

11-15-2006, 7:19 PM

RobD23

11-16-2006, 11:58 PM

I have a better idea for removing algae in a fahaka puffer tank. Get a large (by large I mean 100+) snails, either ramshorn or mystery, and toss them in. The puffer won't be able to eat them all, and they will continue to breed, and provide a constant source of food for the puffer.

i've heard many stories of fahakas dying due to overeating so i dunno if i wanna risk that...but it's funny cuz i just bought 2 pounds of live snails at the chinese grocery store near my house...oh and i fed the bugger a live blue crab as well 1.99 a pound it was only 0.27 of a pound. (don't worry i cracked off the claws before i put it in)

Dovii dude

11-18-2006, 6:13 AM

Is this a fresh water Puffer???

WyldFya

11-19-2006, 1:16 AM

Is this a fresh water Puffer???
Yes, it is one of the two large FW puffers.

WyldFya

11-19-2006, 1:17 AM

i've heard many stories of fahakas dying due to overeating so i dunno if i wanna risk that...but it's funny cuz i just bought 2 pounds of live snails at the chinese grocery store near my house...oh and i fed the bugger a live blue crab as well 1.99 a pound it was only 0.27 of a pound. (don't worry i cracked off the claws before i put it in)
I love feeding live crabs to the puffer. He loves to bite their heads off, and they hardly ever make it to the bottom of the tank.

fishcatch22

11-19-2006, 1:20 AM

I love feeding live crabs to the puffer. He loves to bite their heads off, and they hardly ever make it to the bottom of the tank.you evil man! :irked:
:D
I know they're already dead. my betta is the same way with crickets. just keeps crunching it into smaller pieces untill it goes down.

WyldFya

11-19-2006, 1:32 AM

Hey thats the best part of owning a fahaka. It is WAY to much fun.

RobD23

11-21-2006, 6:01 PM

just started feeding this little bugger live clams ...he gobbles them up like nothing ...he loves them:drool:

JeffLeMay

11-23-2006, 11:16 AM

beautiful fish! how big do fahaka's get? are they brackish?

WyldFya

11-23-2006, 1:22 PM

I believe I've already answered this question once in this thread. Again 18" SL and freshwater only.

WyldFya

11-23-2006, 1:24 PM

Rob, do you have any feeding vids of him yet?

RobD23

11-23-2006, 2:22 PM

Rob, do you have any feeding vids of him yet?

not yet i'll try to get some for you:D

WyldFya

11-23-2006, 2:31 PM

I'll throw one up in a few days. I just fed him 4 red clawed crabs yesterday, and video taped it.

Xite

11-26-2006, 1:36 PM

WyldFya

11-26-2006, 3:17 PM

Nice looking little fahaka.

fishcatch22

11-26-2006, 3:19 PM

I think as he grows he might start picking on your bichir.... I'd move that bichir of yours out if you want to avoid inevitable aggression.

davo

11-26-2006, 3:27 PM

nice looking fahaka Xite, careful you dont loose a finger lol

Fella

11-28-2006, 4:40 AM

heres my little fahaka(25cm) and his tankmate, a Monopterus albus(65cm)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery//watermark.php?file=27328&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery//watermark.php?file=27328&size=1)

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery//watermark.php?file=27327&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery//watermark.php?file=27327&size=1)

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery//watermark.php?file=27329&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery//watermark.php?file=27329&size=1)

That's a very tidy looking puffer, you seem to have got the mix right for feeding him, he's not too big and not too small in the belly.

Here's mine with his solo tankmate, a Panda Garra.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b382/fellasfish/DSCN2502.jpg

I'm lucky to get away with the combination, and I certainly wouldn't recommend anyone to do it long term.

filiportela

12-08-2006, 9:54 PM

sweet!:headbang2

Silven

01-31-2007, 1:22 AM

Those are some pretty cool pictures.