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[upstater]

I just recently became aware of this site so forgive me if the answer is buried somewhere. I'm sure it is and I am digging for it.

I have space for a 55ish gallon tank. Is there a larger FW puff that would make a good display fish? I LOVE fahakas but I just don't have the room and I won't do that to a fish. I guess my ideal fish is a fahaka that only gets to be about 7-8 inches. I have community tanks and this is my first venture into puffs. I feel like you have the dwarf (or similar size) or massive unless you go brackish, which I would rather not do at this time. Thoughts?

Thanks for any help.

[hadla]

I have a breeding pair of turgidus in my 55... There are a few others that stay about the same size, look in the freshwater section of the pufferpedia

[DMD123]

Hey upstater glad you made it over from MFK. Welcome to the forum! This is definitely the place to come for puffer answers. There are a lot of puffers that could work in a 40B or 55g, the problem..... most are inactive lurkers.

I think you would love a hairy puffer like mine but might not be as active as you want. If you were willing to go brackish a GSP would be an active puff for you.

[Arny]

Hey upstater. You say you don't have room for a fahaka tank. Is your 55g tank 48inches long. If you get a 48inch x 24inch x 24inch tank you could have a fahaka as it holds 120g of water which is the minimum sized tank for a fahaka.

[DMD123]

Hey upstater. You say you don't have room for a fahaka tank. Is your 55g tank 48inches long. If you get a 48inch x 24inch x 24inch tank you could have a fahaka as it holds 120g of water which is the minimum sized tank for a fahaka.

[hadla]

Hey upstater. You say you don't have room for a fahaka tank. Is your 55g tank 48inches long. If you get a 48inch x 24inch x 24inch tank you could have a fahaka as it holds 120g of water which is the minimum sized tank for a fahaka.

Huh? A 55 that holds 120g?

[RTR]

No, it is a 120 not a 55. The face size of the two tanks is close to the same, but the front-to-back sizes are quite different (~13 inches versus ~24 inches). The 120 is also a bit taller, but that is less noticeable.

There are also 75 gallon tanks which give a larger footprint with a similar face size but ~18" front-to-back. That is too small for a Fahaka to me, but does give more visual thickness front to back, and betteraquascaping possibilities.

HTH

[nzac]

I have found I really like abei and palembang as mid size puffers, both of which would do well in a 55. My abei is more active than the palembang, he reminds me of a mini fahaka on speed. No way either would replace my fahaka ever but they are more active than my true lurkers (arrowhead and congo). I had a few turgidus for a little while but they never really came out during the day for me (maybe too much light for them, was a planted tank).
FWIW my fahaka is around 12" and i couldn't imagine him living in a 4' tank

[RTR]

My female Fahaka lived in a 2x2x4' tank if I remember correctly. The 2x2x6 is obviously better, but they really eat space.