180 gallon puffer tank
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Too small for a mbu- Fahaka most likely will have to be a solo (they do not generally tolerate tankmates)
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Cycle tank- sand and caves- find a steady source to get crawfish if possible.
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Perhaps a separate breeding tank for marmokrebs? Looking into this for Ctenopoma snacks.
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Definitely do not get a Mbu with that size of tank. I'd get a Fahaka, if you wanted a puffer. Not many people have successfully kept anything alive with them for any amount of time though. I wouldn't try tank mates unless you were prepared to lose them. Puffers are very messy so be sure to have the tank "overfiltered"
I have a school of filament barbs in with my Fahaka. She hates the activity and just stays the hell away from them, usually buried in the sand. They are going away in the next few days. BTW, Fahaka like to bury themselves so use a dark sand in a deep bed. I have 100 lbs in a 4X2' tank. This is also the smallest tank footprint you should consider. You will need several colonies of marbles to feed it after it is a year or so old. I am going to order 30 lbs of live crawdads when they come back in season and freeze them individually because I can't keep up. I am going to need to trim my gals beak from not enough hard food. Also, some puffers will eat pellets. My Mbu competes with my aro for pellets. I don't feel they are hard enough to keep the beak in check. Good luck. They are very personable fish. (When they don't have crazy active fish bothering them)
Yeah from what I've been reading im going to have a large colony of marbled and snails ready to go for him, I've heard that it should also be only fed every other day as a juvenile is this true?
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