What care does a Nile Puffer need.
As in minimum tank size etc ? iv been told 4x2x2
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Tim
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from viewtopic.php?f=4&t=25707&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=0RTR wrote:48x24x24, 120 gallons, or better 72x24x24, 180 gallons.
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bertie 83
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Bigger the better. Over filtration is a must and lots of decor essential
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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i know about over filtration, and im guessing not just to feed them the same foods all the time. Change the food all time ?
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bertie 83
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A varied diet is very important
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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Dodsy
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What other fish can i keep with it ?
I have a 8 - 9 inch Albino Plec in my 4 foot tank, would that be able to live wiith a nile puffer ?
i hear their very nasty
I have a 8 - 9 inch Albino Plec in my 4 foot tank, would that be able to live wiith a nile puffer ?
i hear their very nasty
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read my signature below lol
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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bertie 83
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Mine attacked a plec 4x its size. Mine will tolerate my cae however i doubt it will last forever. I am looking into at least a 6ft by3ft footprint tank for mine, the 5x2 doesnt seem big enough
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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REALLY?? I was told many a time plecs can live wi puffers due to their hard skin 
obviously not then hey :/
obviously not then hey :/
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Their armour is no match for a puffer beak, they rip chunks out of anything
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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iirc Pufferpunk had a 12 inch pleco with her fahaka at one point that was nothing but a head or something like that one morning.
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Not mine but my friend had an 4" fahaka who bit an 8" pleco in half!
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LoL from now on, I am just assuming that puffers in general cannot have any tank mates. Denzil told me to do research on a golden puffer, because when we get our own place, he wants me to set up a tank for a BIG puffer. It's either a golden or fahaka at this point, but that is still waaay in the future. It's not just fahaka's that have swimming food reserves, it seems like that applies to all of them hahaha
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10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
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5.5g: Red Cherry Shrimp and Rams
10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)
RIP Yoshi, you are dearly missed <3