As you all probably know I have a nice planted tank in which I am housing my pet fahaka Master Yoda. A known fact about fahakas is that they tend to disagree with your ideas about plant decoration and especially young fahakas just pull out plants with roots and everything and Yoda even bites the plants in 3 pieces, just so I cant relocate it.
In the past year I have tried buckloads of different plants in his tank and came across a plant he seems to tolerate, the Amazon Sword plant (Echinodorus amazonicus). Since I discovered he liked this plant, as he often hides in it to sneak up on a little distracted Danio, I have not bought anything else then the Sword plant (well and some valesneria here and there). So my tank has been filled with this Amazon Sword plant for months now and my Fahaka has not touched a single one of them.
So just a little suggestion to all you Fahaka owners with planted tanks, the Amazon Sword plant is the way to go!
Echinodorus amazonicus (Amazon Sword plant)
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I have lilly pads in my Fahakas tank. I also have java moss, this lettus sword bulb, and mint. My puff loves to nip at the mint.. ((regualar spearmint.)
Tanks I currently own:
125g freshwater tank w\ 30g sump, 840gph pump, ocean clear canister filter,
20" fire eel, and Dib the Fahaka
55g freshwater tank w\ Magnum 330 filter
Tigger the South American Puffer
5.5g nano saltwater tank
Clean up crew + coral + a strawberry dottyback
My Puffers: Tetraodon lineatus = 1 (Ronin) Tetraodon nigroviridis = 3 (still unnamed) Tetraodon miurus = 1 (unnamed...can't find a name worthy of his awesomeness!)
We are attempting live plants in our fahaka tank...again. When we first got him he was about 1.5 inches & wouldn't tolerate any live plants. Now he's grown up a bit, he's about 5 inches now, we have wisteria planted. He's left it alone so far. But I'm glad to hear your sword plant is doing well - I really like swords & that was the next plant to go in if he did ok w/ the current plants. I don't know about the rest of you but amazon sword plants are a bit pricey around here so I didn't want to risk it on a first (well more like second...) try!!
Fahaka------------------- Had to give it away Auriglobus modestus-----Traded Auriglobus silus ---------Died during transport. Figure Eight Puffers -----Sold and or traded Dwarf Puffers ------------Traded Congo Puffer ------------Traded South American Puffers -Traded Carinotetraodon lorteti --Died under my supervision :(
My puffer wont tolerate much in his tank, certainly not plants lol, ive tried and failed many many times ..... now the tank is pretty plain, just sand and a couple of bits of wood lol and every time he decides to flap his tail when feeding he re- aquascapes the tank : /
My Puffers: Puffers I have kept: T lineatus T miurus A modestus T biocellatus C valentini C coranata C papuan C lorteti DPs suvattii burrfish T niphobles
carlov2004 wrote:My puffer wont tolerate much in his tank, certainly not plants lol, ive tried and failed many many times ..... now the tank is pretty plain, just sand and a couple of bits of wood lol and every time he decides to flap his tail when feeding he re- aquascapes the tank : /
How big is his tank? If large enough, there should be plenty of room to put decor on the sides & still leave lots of open swimming space in the middle.
Fahakas like a cave to hang out in:
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
My big puffers did have their own ideas on landscaping. If something was in their way, they destroyed it, but all of them had no objection to at least one corner clump of Crinum - they would rest and/or sleep in the shade of the foliage.
My Fahaka tank has a piece of driftwood in one corner and 2 sponge filters in the opposite corner. He never goes under the wood... he just swims around the open area all day. The only times he "hides" is when I do my weekly water changes. At that time he goes and hides between the 2 sponges.
"Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish." Mark Twain
"Fish recognize a bad leader." Conan O'Brien
I take it from the posts keeping a planted tank with a fahaka is really up to the fish. I would like to plant the tank but I dont want to buy the equipment/plants and he just tears it up.
