Price of mbu puffer?

[mr. luke]

what should i be looking at paying for a young mbu puffer?
Im digging out the old 8X3 tank stand for him lol,
I got quoted at £500 for a 8x3x4 tank so im going ahead with it lol,
would this be a sufficient size for an adult?
putting ema and my young savers account to good use lol :p

[The Bruce]

i don't know british and american money conversion but i've seen them for $120.00 at 5 inches, $89.00 at 3 inches, and $400.00 at 5 inches.

[riggers]

That's about £64 for 5 inches, £48 for 3 inches and 215 quid for 5 inches. but don't forget that over here they dont seem to change the actually digits of numbers they just change the currency sign. So a puffer at $120 will probably end up being £120. To prove my point, you are paying £500 which is $926! Well, that's what you get when you live over here - High prices for everything, especially petrol at the moment!

[dmill82]

rigger is right,i see 3 for £75 each the other day and they was 3in.
they had for at 4 to 5in at a £100, it was in maiden head aquatics in coton cambridgeshire.
i really wanted 1 but dont have quite big enough tank for it when full grown,so im getting a fahaka instead.
ive been reading up on mbu's and by what ive red the size tank your getting is fine.
so good luck and enjoy the puffer

[flash.dan]

that size tank is ideal for a mbu. I have 2 of them 16" + 2" baby. what area in the uk are you? the season for importing them is at a end this year ive only seen about 40 come in the midlands anyway usually around 40-60 pounds each. The price for that tank is good i imagine thats without lid + stand etc. If you need spec on how to build a strong stand i have all this and i can forward my specs i have 2x identical solid pine stands 8x3 + 6x2

with a tank that size youll need 2x large external filters like eheim 2080's and a good few powerheads to circulate water so you dont have any dead spots. To be honest youll be better off looking of Aquatics-classifieds.co.uk for 2nd hand systems 6x2 ++ youll get a full setup for the same price just as adequate as doing it by buying it all seperate. I purchased a 6x2 with stand lid 2080 t5s sand etc etc etc for £300 last year. I sold it on after a while.

a 6x2 will be fine for a mbu but idealy a little bigger. if you have a 8x3 you can have a good communit ytank.

if your local i can always help if its yourf irst tank setup and give advice on how to rasie mbus as ive had 4 over the past 8 years. lovely rewarding fish but defenatly not for beginers.

get in touch

[mr. luke]

Thanks for the help guys, particularly dan,
i currently have a 6x2x2 community and the stand and hood for a 8x3, thats why im going for that size,
ive got a few tanks going at the minute and have kept mbu's in the past for a while, i love em,
im in the east mids, about 20 minutes from lincoln.

[flash.dan]

well im only down the road im in coventry

ive currently got 2 of them the baby is in a 6x2 community with almost everything you can imagine that isnt agressive. there are some good tank manufacturers ive seen tthat will make you a 8 foot tank for around the £400 mark. 10mm glass w double base sliders are a extra £10 i believe. ill edit this later with his details

[mr. luke]

thanks, The reason its so expensive it because its bieng made from very thick glass as its 4 foot deep lol

[flash.dan]

jesus i hope you have a concrete floor! my 6x2 +8x3 are in the same room cost me a small fortune to get the floor strengthened

[groovitudedude]

I wonder why they're so expensive? I guess it's good since only a small percentage of hobbyists can handle a fish that size.

[flash.dan]

well there almost impossible to breed in aquaria
the wild population is dwindleing
and they dont travel too well

i have heard of some being bred in japan in sectioned off rivers but no evidence......

im glad there more expencive because its a crying shame when people cannot house them. is your profile pic your puffer?? i love bronze puffers!

[mr. luke]

Yeah, we have a concrete floor, we do now anyway, we moved house so we had an inside room to keep all the tanks with a floor that could take the weight lol,

[groovitudedude]

well there almost impossible to breed in aquaria
the wild population is dwindleing
and they dont travel too well

i have heard of some being bred in japan in sectioned off rivers but no evidence......

im glad there more expencive because its a crying shame when people cannot house them. is your profile pic your puffer?? i love bronze puffers!

Yeah, it's a shame that like RTCs and other big fish are so readily available . And yeah, that's my golden puffer/ A. Silus. Thanks for the compliment!

[flash.dan]

yea i love my big fish appart from mbus i got this baby too.....



i thought she was a Tung Hu Chilli but shes a Violet Fusion Super as far as i cna tell got her for a barginous price though.

I would love to win a lot of money and buy a massive monster tank. make it as natural as possible!

[mr. luke]

Damn, nice arro there, ^^^
The only time ive ever had a decent one was when my mum co-owned a fish shop and we got 4 super reds from the wholesalers for a grow on,