Not terrible. It could be lower (0-5 is ideal but pretty hard to accomplish without very heavy frequent water changes). I don’t think that will stunt growth.
Fhaka Puffer
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That doesn’t sound like a lot of food. Not a whole lot of nutrition w blood worms and brine shrimp. I would try human grade shrimp, clams, crayfish and mystery snails. I feed mine mostly carnivore discs but many puffers do not eat pellets. Feed more in my opinion. Soak food in vitamins like Boyd’s vitamin. I feed 1-2 x per day initially when Alice was 1/2 inch long. Now once per day. Hope this helps.
Def on skinny side. Did u deworm? Lots of wild puffs have internal parasite. I used praziquantel in food.
I think the tank as is is good. Puff doesn’t sound or looked stressed as puff is eating. I would add some dithers to such as live bearers. This is how I got my fahaka eating pellets. The feeding response from live bearers got the fahaka excited and started going after the pellets. I think smaller tanks may stress puff more…at least in my experience . Just my two cents.
I think your water params seem fine. Even if nitrates are a little on the high side (I don't think 10 is high) it shouldn't affect the growth. As mentioned above use better food. Don't even bother with blood worms or brine shrimp. Go for human grade shrimp and mussels on the half shell.
I'm honestly not sold on the fact that this is a Fahaka. The patterns on it seem different to me. I do not ever remember seeing that type of blotchy pattern on mine at any age (have had her since she was the size of a dime).
I'm honestly not sold on the fact that this is a Fahaka. The patterns on it seem different to me. I do not ever remember seeing that type of blotchy pattern on mine at any age (have had her since she was the size of a dime).
