The Puffer Forum

Did u do any thing to the tank? Change Deco and stuffs? Mine hate changes. And, he goes into mood swings pretty often and would refuse food. From my experience, 3" growth in 9months is extremely slow. Mine had explosive growth before it hits about 15" then things slowed down. Appx 1"...

FW puffers are generally not a community fish. IMHO, T. mbu is never a community fish. With that bioload, the parameters are pretty much as expected for that bioload, but at that level you likely need to do the same volume 2x per week and/or isolate the puffer. The later would be my choice. FWIW, Y...

Yesterday i placed 1 big piece of shrimp in front of him, he wasn`t doing anything until i hid on the side of the tank then he bit it but just one bite then left it alone, could it be that his teeth are overgrown? How do I know if that is the case?

With regards to upgrading, I have 180, 300 gallon tanks running with ny arowana, tigers for further growing him out until they need something bigger which I will have made when the time comes.. right now he`s too small to join the fish in both those tanks...

Thank you both your inputs.. Answering the question above: 1. Just checked my parameters and results are as follows: ammonia - 0, nitrite - 0, nitrate - 10, ph - 7.4 2. Tank size is 100 gal (60"x20"x18"). Now with 1 moba frontosa, 2 freshwater eels. 2 fronts died a week from each othe...

The tank is 100 gals.. water changes at 50% per week.. I've check water parameters (using API) on occasion and it has always shown good results: ammonia - 0 ; nitrites - 0; nitrates - 40; PH - 7 to 7.2 .. I usually check after 1 week when I'm about to do my water change.. I'll try to check again lat...

guys need some help and advise on my mbu puffer.. this guy has been with me for about 9 months now and is currently about 7" tip to tip (from about 4") feeding on shrimp with shell, raw mussels (i open it up since he can't break it yet if they are closed) and boiled mussels removed from sh...

thanks.. well if i can't find any alternative $2-4 a week would be what it'll come down too.. but what is the proper interval of feeding foods for teeth maintenance? would feeding let's say 1 crayfish once a week and using de-shelled shrimp & cut up fish fillet as staple.. would this do?

appreciate the replies guys..

so at what size would you guys say is my fahaka big enough for me to try trumpets?

thanks.. i just tried 1 superworm and fed it shrimp & cut up fish fillet after.. crayfish are the only ones that are readily available here but they cost around $2-3 so kinda expensive for a feeder.. they are usually sold as pets (fortune lobsters is what they are called here).. none at the mark...

whats mts?

thanks guys.. no trumpets then..

about the apple snails, Which apple snails do you suggested? Pomacea canniculata or pomacea bridgesii? If bridgesii, that might seem expensive right? also don't they get to golf ball sizes?

my fahaka is still about 3" .. can they crack apple snails?

thanks guys.. guess i have to scratch the planted tank idea then.. just bogwood

guys, just got myself a fahaka.. any ideas what alternate foods i can give this guy to make sure its teeth don't outgrow besides snails? the only thing i can source here with any regularity is market shrimp (dead) do you guys think the shrimp shells would be enough for maintenance of its teeth? i fe...

guys, i've seen a lot of people having planted setups with their fahakas.. question though, are plants safe with these guys? i have a semi planted tank with anubias and was wondering if it would be possible for me to put my fahaka there with no problems with damaged leaves and all..