Puffer in a Tang Setup

[NewETown]

Exactly what Straightjacketstar said. They need brackish water and, I believe, can get right up to full marine (don't quote me on that thought). The green spotted puffers are also brackish, however both fish are awesome. I miss mine . Another thing to note is that both fish get pretty large.

If you had either a very large or very tall tank, it might be possible to keep some pea puffers with small, very mellow Tangs. Some low-key julis or calvus or something might work, but the calvus might get big and try to eat them.

 

[Nozebleed]

thanks guys i have someone who will take him off my hands if things go wrong...thanks for the feedback...in fairness i should have asked the question before purchasing..but you know what its like...you go the fish shop and it turns into a wet dream.
thanks again.

 

[Nozebleed]

jesus christ lads you wont believe this...i decided to give the puffer away to a friend of mine.... unfortunatey i just recieved a phone call to say...the puffer was gone and my mates lung fish is upside down thrashing around his tank!! i **** you not..the lungfsh ate the puffer and choked. ****in thing is dead. he's devestated..as am i.. im sure plenty of you are saying ("what did you expect")...but to be honest..this lung fish was over 2 foot long. the puffer was tiny...****in mad.

 

[straitjacketstar]

Taken from Wiki:

"Some puffers also produce a powerful neurotoxin in their internal organs, making them an unpleasant, possibly lethal, meal for any predatory fish that eats one. This neurotoxin is found primarily in the ovaries and liver, although smaller amounts exist in the intestines and skin, as well as trace amounts in muscle tissue and in its blood."

For those who are familiar with puffers it is common knowledge that a any fish that eats a puffer has slim chances of living past the ordeal.
This is yet another reason why housing puffers with other fish can be difficult.
Sorry to hear about your friend's lungfish and the puffer.

 

[Pharaoh]

That sucks.

 

[Muske]

Fish can get killed even from a dead Puffer. I had a Valenti Puffer that had died in a piece of live rock. I jarred it lose and before I netted it my dwf. lion inhaled it. He spit it right out, but died a few hours later. Puffers are best in species only tanks.

 

[willtang3000]

Thats It! Fahaka Puffer! Thanks. Saw it on "Jewel of the rift" Pretty cool puffer!

I think you will find that its a mbu puffer that's found in lake tanganyika.
Fahaka's are one of the most agressive puffers from the genera and will make a quick meal out of your fish.

Its not suggested that you buy a mbu either,since they can grow to 3ft, hence the common name giant puffer.

 

[willtang3000]

Taken from Wiki:

"Some puffers also produce a powerful neurotoxin in their internal organs, making them an unpleasant, possibly lethal, meal for any predatory fish that eats one. This neurotoxin is found primarily in the ovaries and liver, although smaller amounts exist in the intestines and skin, as well as trace amounts in muscle tissue and in its blood."

For those who are familiar with puffers it is common knowledge that a any fish that eats a puffer has slim chances of living past the ordeal.
This is yet another reason why housing puffers with other fish can be difficult.
Sorry to hear about your friend's lungfish and the puffer.

The poison is only found in the gall bladder, if it were to be found in the muscle tissue, blood and skin they would be totally inedible, no matter how skilled the sushi chef is.

 

[Marius]

Taken from Wiki:

"Some puffers also produce a powerful neurotoxin in their internal organs, making them an unpleasant, possibly lethal, meal for any predatory fish that eats one. This neurotoxin is found primarily in the ovaries and liver, although smaller amounts exist in the intestines and skin, as well as trace amounts in muscle tissue and in its blood."

For those who are familiar with puffers it is common knowledge that a any fish that eats a puffer has slim chances of living past the ordeal.
This is yet another reason why housing puffers with other fish can be difficult.
Sorry to hear about your friend's lungfish and the puffer.

I don't want to come across mean, or insensible to people's pain, but that's what happens when people get too excited and forget about mother nature's little "miracles".

Puffer = toxin = dead predatory fish. Once that little puffer hit the lungfish's stomach game over.

I think you will find that its a mbu puffer that's found in lake tanganyika.
Fahaka's are one of the most agressive puffers from the genera and will make a quick meal out of your fish.

Its not suggested that you buy a mbu either,since they can grow to 3ft, hence the common name giant puffer.

Indeed, the ones in the videos are the Mbu Puffers.

 

[straitjacketstar]

The poison is only found in the gall bladder, if it were to be found in the muscle tissue, blood and skin they would be totally inedible, no matter how skilled the sushi chef is.

The puffer in question is not a Takifugu sp., nor any species one would normally consider a food fish.
The article also references Tetradotoxin separately.
Trace amounts of the poison in the skin and muscle tissue may not kill anything, but eating the internal organs in which the toxins are concentrated will.