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Alleycat
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Hello,
Been into this hobby for several decades, but mostly breeding and raising Tanganyikan Cichlids. Along the way I've kept a puffer or two, and always enjoyed their oddities and personalities.
Now I find myself with a couple of spare tanks, and I've begun collecting a few different species that I find available in my LFS.
That being said, I have a spare 125g that's screaming MBU ... So my search is on.
Time to dig into some of the many threads and get caught up....

Cheers!
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Welcome :)
WARNING: Puffers are mischievous little blimps with enchanting powers. You may not be content with having just one.
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Rather than getting a mbu you'd be better off getting a fahaka with a tank that size
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Welcome :) I vote for a huge swarm of dps!!! The sheer cuteness would kill me XD
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Arny wrote:Rather than getting a mbu you'd be better off getting a fahaka with a tank that size
Thanks Arny for your input, and after reading many posts here last night, I don't want to squeeze a fish into a tight space, and a 125 appears to be too small for the MBU ... so, 2 options. Choose the Fahaka which I have had before and enjoyed a lot, or sell off 4 x 125 and put a 410g in their place. :lol:
Decisions...decisions...
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hadla wrote:Welcome :) I vote for a huge swarm of dps!!! The sheer cuteness would kill me XD
dps? I need to check into those :shock: Thanks!
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Welcome to the forum. A Fahaka would be a great puffer for that 125.
300g Pearsei x1, Bala Sharks x 3, Dabola endli (Tinkisso river) x1, Ansorgii x1
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Can't you have more than 1 tank? I have lots!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Pufferpunk wrote:Can't you have more than 1 tank? I have lots!
Says you with an evil grin ...
Alleycat wrote:I'm revamping my thoughts on my fishroom, and entertaining the thoughts of removing 4 125 on one wall, and replacing them with 1 410g to house some larger fish.
Anyway, here goes:
125g - 5 Geophagus Winemilleri, 5 Mesonauta festivus, 15 Giant Danios ( housed inside for the winter )
125g - 5 Myaka Myaka, pair Astatoreochromis alluaudi , pair Chalinochromis popelini
125g - 8 Cyprichromis sp. Speckleback and fry, pair Lamprologus Ornatipinnis + fry, pair Lamprologus Brevis + fry
125g - Trio Archocentrus centrarchus + fry , Veija Synispilum fry ( 25 growing out ), Synodontis Brichardi.
75g - 6 Neolamprologus Tetracanthus , Trio Cyprichromis Pavo
75g - 5 Cyprichromis Zonatus + fry, 6 Synodontis Petricola + fry
75g - Pair Neolamprologus Nigriventris + fry
75g - Trio Cynotilapia sp. Lion's Cove + fry
75g - 8 Neetroplus nematopus
75g - 10 Tropheops sp. "Chilumba" Mphanga Rocks + fry
75g - 5 Geophagus Altifrons, 10 Buenos aries tetras, 5 L-201, 1 American Bullfrog ( indoors until winters over )
75g - 8 Cichasoma sp.
40b - 1 Australoheros sp. "red ceibal
40b - 5 Gymnogeophagus Balzani
40b - 1 Colomesus asellus
40g - 9 Assorted Pterophyllum scalare
40g - 8 Astatotilapia aeneocolor

18 10g tanks housing assorted fry of all the above.

Yep it's just a hobby, but it's darn addicting. :)

Yeah I have MTS too, and have started to reduce what I have so I can enjoy the occasional Friday night out.
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And my husband thinks I have too many... -.-
Never trust big puffers. The fingers you save may be your own. -RTR
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Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
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Well then, what's 1 more???
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Never trust big puffers. The fingers you save may be your own. -RTR
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