New Fahaka Puffer

[Ryan25]

He has plenty of space right now. The tank is 13" wide, and he is only 11. His larger tank is in the process of being prepared, gotta get a new filter for the big one. Fahakas can live in a 125 for life correct?

Thats not plenty of room at all. He's gonna need larger real soon

 

[WyldFya]

He has plenty of space right now. The tank is 13" wide, and he is only 11. His larger tank is in the process of being prepared, gotta get a new filter for the big one. Fahakas can live in a 125 for life correct?

Thats not plenty of room at all. He's gonna need larger real soon

Read what you quoted. There is plenty of space for him for the time being the next tank is going to be running with 2 fluval 404s by the end of the month. There is more than an excessive amount of space for him to turn in. When he is facing straight out, he doesn't touch the front and back, he has about and 1" to 1 1/2" in front and behind.

 

[meiling]

nice pickup Chris

 

[WyldFya]

He is so much fun to have!

 

[Fishyfan]

dude that puffer is awesome!!! I want one

 

[meiling]

I think we need a vid clip of him eating! by the way, how do you pronounce that? I used a word starting with F to decribe my puffer......

 

[focker]

Fahakas have been known to reach 18" which is the normal width of a 125 gallon tank. Something that is 24" wide would be much more suitable and would make the puffer a lot happier. I agree with everyone else I would get it into a bigger tank as soon as you possibly can. It's an awesome looking fahaka. I miss mine.

fahakas have been known to reach 18 inches in the wild but very rare in captivity . they say normal max size in captivity is 10 to 12 inches and a 125 for one fish is plenty of room. ur tank gives him 8 or more inches to spare for turning around. u have plenty of room. I have my 2 incher in a 10 gallon which will be going to a 75 gallon for life unless he outgrows the normal captivity size. but i would deffintly say a 55 is too small just because of its 12 inch width.

 

[WyldFya]

Yeah, it is to small, but I'm just waiting on my new pro 3 to go on my 135 gallon aquarium, and my pro 2 can come down to a 75.

 

[Hilly]

fahakas have been known to reach 18 inches in the wild but very rare in captivity . they say normal max size in captivity is 10 to 12 inches and a 125 for one fish is plenty of room. ur tank gives him 8 or more inches to spare for turning around. u have plenty of room. I have my 2 incher in a 10 gallon which will be going to a 75 gallon for life unless he outgrows the normal captivity size. but i would deffintly say a 55 is too small just because of its 12 inch width.

I've seen plenty of Fahaka's that are over 10-12". 15-18" seems to be all too common given the correct tank conditions. If your Fahaka goes into a 75g for life he's never going to attain full size. Puffers are very prone to stunted growth due to being kept in incorrect tank sizes.

 

[focker]

I've seen plenty of Fahaka's that are over 10-12". 15-18" seems to be all too common given the correct tank conditions. If your Fahaka goes into a 75g for life he's never going to attain full size. Puffers are very prone to stunted growth due to being kept in incorrect tank sizes.

i dont know were u live to be seeing all these monster size puffers. all i do know is just about any website u can find say 10-12 inches in captivity and believe me there is alot of sites with the same information.