My new Fahaka Puffer!

[spottedpee]

found new homes for 2/4 of my GSP still trying to find 2 more homes! i traded two of mines for this little cute fahaka!

[Puffer King]

cool , nice looking young fahaka ........be sure to treat for ip's ...

[spottedpee]

this is my first fahaka, can you give me more detail on what "ip" is?

thanks

[Pufferpunk]

Internal parasites. He looks a bit thin.

[Terrance]

Great pics! What size tank is he currently residing?

[spottedpee]

he is currently in a 30 with 2 gsp and a molly.. the gsp will be leaving as soon as i find a home for them and the molly is going with them. hopfully by the summer ill have the 120g tank i been wanting! my friend works at petsmart so i can get a discount

[Pufferpunk]

Don't expect any of your other fish to be alive in the morning.

I don't get it--your tank was overcrowded, so you moved out 2 puffers. Then, you added another one without doing any research on it??? A murderous killing machine?

[Puffer King]

Fahakas should be on there own and especially not with conspecifics .....besides which fahakas are fresh water and gsp are high end brackish to marine !
You may well end up with one fat bellied fahaka !!!

[Pufferpunk]

Do you know conspecifics means of the same species? Fahaka & fahaka.

[Terrance]

Fahaka will grow pretty fast. You need to get a bigger tank way before summer.

[Pufferpunk]

Can you put some kind of divider in there overnight & bring him back in the morning? I do not believe you are prepared for a fish like this at all.

[trekenk]

+1 to PP.
Spottedpee I don't want to sound harsh here but are you taking in or listening to any advice you are being given here by long time experienced puffer/fish owners?
You came to the forum back at the end of November with 3 F8 and 3 GSP in a 30 gallon. You were informed at that time that you would need to separate them and that you would need an 80 gallon min. just for the GSP's. Your reply to that was

WTF I don't have that kind of money

. People here then suggest that you rehome or return most of the fish ASAP, except for 1 GSP or 2 f8 which would be good for the 30 gallon tank you had.
A month goes by with no mention of rehoming any of those puffers but instead at the end of Dec. you buy another larger GSP. At this time you do mention that you will try and rehome some of the others. As of January 11th from the videos you posted you still had 4 gsp (?) puffers in the 30 gallon, and 4 f8 in another I don't know what size tank? You now say you have found homes for 2/4 of your gsp still trying to find homes for 2 more but you went and added a Fahaka. You have already stated that you don't have the kind of money to upgrade to 80 gallons never mind the possible extra work of floor support (if needed) for a 120 gallon. I don't know if you live in an apartment, parent’s home, or have your own home but most apartments and parent’s homes don't allow for that size tank ( I have seen your "studio" from youtube).
Friendly piece of advice as PP mentioned. Return fahaka, rehome rest of puffers and keep one of the GSP for your 30 gallon tank. Down the road you will be more knowledgeable and prepared for the big guy to give it the home it deservers.

[bertie 83]

That fahaka is gonna shred those other fish. They will take on anything even much larger fish. I would get a divider in as pp suggested and return the fahaka now.

[Puffer King]

Do you know conspecifics means of the same species? Fahaka & fahaka.

sorry half asleep at time ! , i meant to say especially other puffer fish . thankyou for pointing that one out

[Puffer King]

Take the fahaka back to the shop from where you purchased it .............take some time researching pufferfish , and listening to the good folk on here before making any more purchases......its not just a case of sticking a fish in a tank of water ! , theres considerably a lot more to it than that !