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Puffiness
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New to this... Size of my tank??

Post by Puffiness »

Hi everyone!

I've had tiny baby green figure eight puffers in the past, I have a 24",20",20" small tank for my yabbies, but I have a 60",20",24" tank and I was wonder what gallon size would that be? It's empty at the moment but I have been doing research on fahaka puffers and I'm interested in one ATM. I was just wondering if my tank size would be big enough or would I need bigger? I've tried asking people here in Hong long about gallons but not really understanding the language is hard to figure a lot of things out here! Hope there's some replies! Thanks
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Re: New to this... Size of my tank??

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[welcome]
That tank sounds about right, for a fahaka. :)
Use this calculator: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... p?tabid=75
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Re: New to this... Size of my tank??

Post by bertie 83 »

124 gallons gross, if my maths skills still work
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Joined: Tue Feb 03, 2015 2:30 am
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My Puffers: Looking to get a Fahaka (2month wait ATM)
Non-puffers- eel thing, yellow cichlids, neon tetras, yabbies, shrimps, parrot fishes.
Location (country): Hong kong

Re: New to this... Size of my tank??

Post by Puffiness »

Thanks people! It's a bit sad ATM in that tank just spent 5hours putting countless buckets of water in! Any one know the biggest difference between a mbu puffer and a fakaha now? Is it just mbu grow bigger? If it is I will stick with the fahaka! The problem is being in hk it looks like a two month wait for it to come in to stock!! and it's sick that my filter is bigger than my dog
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