The Puffer Forum

My fahaka puffer loves to eat crayfish, snails & clams. I read somewhere that raw crab legs can be good for them as well. I just want to get some more variety in his diet & also something new to keep his teeth down..I'm assuming if it's safe I would need to cut the crab leg into like 2 or 3 ...

Tank: 125 gallon Fish: Fahaka puffer (6 months old, 7 inches) Opaline Gourami (6 months old, palm sized) Pearl Gourami (6 months old, palm sized) Pleco (age unknown, 8 inches) I was wondering if anyone could help us with our plants in our tank. About 2 months back we switched our tank over to all li...

I've got about 3 inches of black sand & substrate mixed...is this ok to have in my tank? My fahaka puffer is 7 inches & is just now getting too big to bury himself to hunt. I also see everyone has light colored sand for their puffers...is the black sand I have safe? We've used black sand sin...

I've got a fahaka that's about 7 inches long now. This guy can put away some food but we try to never get him to the point he has trouble swimming. He's in a tank with 2 palm sized gouramis & a 8 inch pleco. If we don't feed him twice a day he gets pissy & rips up all of the plants & som...

I haven't got that particular filter but I do have fluval external and it's a good filter. You say the FX6 is 'overrated' for your tank but if you use the spray arm it should work great, the water turnover will help to prevent algae as well. the two external 70 gallon filters I have are fluval &...

This is my baby Malkin a few months ago post feeding. He downed 5 medium sized feeder goldfish & a crayfish & a half. He's even bigger than this now & still has just as much of an appetite!

Hello everyone, Tank size: 125 gallons Filtration: 2 70 gallon power filters Tank mates: 7 inch Fahaka puffer, 2 Gouramis, 8 inch Pleco, & feeder fish We currently have our 125 gallon tank running with just two 70 gallon power filters that sit on the back of our tank & are looking into a can...

Hey this is Courtney & Matthew, we check these forums all the time for advice on our fahaka puffer named malkin & we figured it was time to make an account of our own! We have a Fahaka who is about 7 inches in length now in a 125 gallon tank with 2 gouramis & an 8 inch pleco. Can't wait ...