new baby fahaka.
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new baby fahaka.
I just got my fahaka puffer in. I was expecting a 2-3 incher, and he's less that an inch. He's in a fully cycled 120 gal. I'm not new to puffers, but I never had one this tiny. Needless to say I was prepared to feed a slightly larger fahaka. What should this little guy be eating? And how often?
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- Tim
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Re: new baby fahaka.
Small pond snails, frozen bloodworms/brine shrimp and live blackworms come to mind. I am not that familiar with Fahaka puffers though.
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Re: new baby fahaka.
Most of those foods listed are bigger than the puffer. I do have some blood worms. How often should a fahaka under an inch be fed?
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Re: new baby fahaka.
under an inch is what my dwarf puffers were, and I fed them the above.Mr puffington wrote:Most of those foods listed are bigger than the puffer. I do have some blood worms. How often should a fahaka under an inch be fed?
I think you feed juvenile puffers 6 times a week.
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Re: new baby fahaka.
Yes 6x weekly for now is fine. The foods suggested are also good options, not too much brine shrimp tho mysis is better
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Re: new baby fahaka.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: new baby fahaka.
well i seem to have lost my fahaka. hes in a six foot tank filled with gravel the same size and color as he is. i removed all the rocks and decor carefully and still cant find him. he likes to sit on the bottom still and blend into the rocks. like i said before.....i was expecting a larger puffer. the site i ordered him from said they ship at 2-3 inches.
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Re: new baby fahaka.
I bet he's buried himself.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: new baby fahaka.
Actually, after pulling my whole tank apart and still not finding him. I decided to check the canister filter. And even though I had a screen on it he managed to get in there. My only guess is he was chasing some food or something. He would of had to work at getting in there. But he's ok. I now have him in one of those little floating quarantine deals. The filter opening now has foam on the end. But ill probably keep in in the floating thing for a few days to make sure he's eating.
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Re: new baby fahaka.
Crikey! Hope he's ok, good job you found him that could easily have gone bad
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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Re: new baby fahaka.
Wow, that must've been quite a ride!!!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: new baby fahaka.
Yeah, he was in there for the better part of a day. He seems to be just fine now. In a year it will be funny to think he could have ever fit in the filter tube.
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Re: new baby fahaka.
heres a few pics of the little guy.
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Re: new baby fahaka.
Wow the little guy sure does look a lot like a DP!
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