I have a 4 or 5" arrowhead and I want to put him into a 120g with a silver aro, about 20", a rt giant gourami, about 16", a kissing gourami and a flowerhorn both about 5". With very fine sand. Wil he be ok, and will the other fish be ok? I really wanted to know if hes poisonous or not. thanks
Are arrowhead Pufferfish poisonous?
- Thread starter Sabre_Tooth
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idk about poisonous but that puffers gonna rip giant holes in all your fish and kill them. they are serious killers.
Wildcaught arrows are poisonous and contain tetradotoxin derived from the foods they eat in the wild. After some time, they lose their toxicity.
ANd, arrows are pounce predators. If a tankmate swims near their "stakeout" position, the puff will most likely eviscerate its tankmate.
ANd, arrows are pounce predators. If a tankmate swims near their "stakeout" position, the puff will most likely eviscerate its tankmate.
Ive had him for a year now, is his poison strong enough to affect the big fish? I dont think the arrow is big enough to make a large enough bite on the fish to kill it though. they have thick flesh.
Well, If I cant put it in there FOR SURE, how much would i be able to sell it for, he/se is very healthy, eats live and frozen, and sometime flakes. is hand traned, and i bought it for 65$
Sabre_Tooth;1257184; said:
Don't bet on it. I've had a 6" arrow gut a large 16" redtail gouramie that I only intended to keep in its tank for a short bit of maintenance. These puffers can get all the meat from a large clarkii crayfish in about 5 minutes. They bust up the carapaces like it was tissue paper.
