New 535 Gal Freshwater Puffer Fish Tank / Need Advice

[Perchmonger]

I have a 535gal Planted Discus community tank; but switching to a freshwater Puffer planted tank; most of the 50 previous inhabitants have been relocated. Now I need to know what kind of puffers you would put in it and how many. I know puffers are Il-tempered and like to be alone, but what if any tankmates would you also put in there. I was thinking maybe 2 or 3 Tetraodon lineatus "Fahaka Puffer or many more of the smaller puffer like the, Colomesus Asellus Peruvian Puffer; possibly 10 or 12 of them. I'm anxious to get started and I have started draining the tank and doing an 80% water change and my 75gal sump has 3 Gen-X PCX150 2250 GPH External Water Pumps ready to push this beast. Need suggestions! Tank Dimensions are 8Ft Long x 4FT Tall x 3FT wide Video of the previous Occupants 1) http://www.youtube.c...h?v=pULK2sUBdLs 2) http://www.youtube.c...h?v=_CIxvlESHzwThanks George

PICS of my new Fahaka Puffer Jabba in his scary big tank http://s1089.photobucket.com/albums/i35 ... 20arrives/

[Pufferpunk]

What are the dimensions of that tank?
No multiple fahakas!
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[Perchmonger]

8Ft Long x 4FT Tall x 3FT Wide 750lbs Empty and 4000lbs Full!

[Pufferpunk]

So you got rid of all those fish without plans of what puffer you wanted in there?

[Black Widow]

Thats quite a big tank your planning to put just one puffer in there would seem a bit overkill I thinks even for just one Mbu but thats just me

[Pufferpunk]

I think not, considering most folks here consider a 1000g tank for a mbu. Better go read that article by RTR I was referring to in that previous PM.

To the OP, look over out Pufferpedia (under the Learn tab, above) for ideas.

[Flutter]

I'd almost be interested in making it a heavily planted SAP tank. I think that if you bought a large number as juveniles (30ish perhaps) and kept them in a tank that large it could be very neat. You could keep some other fish in there with them too as maintenance workers which is unlikely with something like a fahaka.

I agree that it's too small for an mbu as well. They're big fish, it just wouldn't be fair.

[Perchmonger]

You think 20 or so SAP would work and I have even more plants going in. Very interesting! What other tankmates then?

[Perchmonger]

The old inhabitance can alway go back in, because they are not to far away!

[xrayjeeper83]

200 DP's!!!!!! LOL

I like Flutters idea, a HUGE school of SAPs

Problem with that size tank is that its a huge tank for a fahaka(though Im sure one would love that much room) and to small for a mbu. And HUGE for just about every other puffer.

What about going SW with the tank?

[Perchmonger]

SW is to messy and to much work with this big mutha!

[Pufferpunk]

I was thinking SW too. I see lots of SW tanks that big & bigger.

Problem with all those SAPs, is you'd have catch each one every 4 months for teeth trimming.

[Perchmonger]

Wow! I did not think about that, catching the old inhabitance took forever. You guys are scaring me a little. But I need the imput.

[Perchmonger]

One Big fahaka, But that would be sad, for 15 years.

[PolishPuff]

LOL

That 200 Dwarf Puffers idea sounds cool