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Mubu Puffer Info
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:01 pm
by toofazt
How long could a Mubu puffer be kept in a 5' x 2' x 2' 150gal tank for? How aggresive are they compaired to Fahaka puffers? Could they be kept with fish their own size or larger? Thanks, Steve.
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:18 pm
by RTR
Strictly solitary is the safest, and that tank size is going to require a lot of upkeep in any case, as the fish are massive.
They are generally not nearly as aggressive as fahakas, but as with all puffers, individual behavior cannot be predicted.
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:23 pm
by toofazt
So are you saying that I will have to do water changes more often and watch my parameters more closely? But other than that a Mubu would be fine in an aquarium that size?
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:50 pm
by Pufferpunk
Please read the sticky on them at the top of this forum.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:55 am
by Feathers&Fins
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:22 pm
by touie2
There are 2 LFS near me that keep Mbus in community tanks with small fish like tetra and one was with a Siamese fighter!
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:07 pm
by Pufferpunk
But for how long?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:46 pm
by Tleilaxu
Pufferpunk wrote:But for how long?
A few seconds
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:50 am
by touie2
I wonder, every time I've looked the puffers are not bothering their tankmates but who knows what goes on at night!!! These puffers are 4-6" I think!!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:47 am
by RTR
And when they get to 2'?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:25 pm
by touie2
Exactly one of them I've always considered to be quite a reputable shop as well, but they're selling them for £100 as a community with caution fish!!!
I just hope that anyone paying that much for a fish will research them thoroughly first!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:32 pm
by Pufferpunk
Yeah, a community of 1,000 gallons!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:19 pm
by RTR
Puffers are unpredictable. My mbu lived several years with a pajama cat, they grew up together. One day I found just the pectoral girdle - head gone, body gone, only a slice of Synodontid with those nice sharp pectoral spines left in the tank with a well-fed puffer.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:52 am
by touie2
Nice!
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:09 am
by Jager
musta had the munchies........
yeah mbu's are like porc puffers they should never go to just anyone. i had one come in and its still sitting round(porc that is) cause we are bout 95% that its a histrix thats been dyed. the blotches dont line up right the symmitry is off ...... so yeah anybody got a 1500 gallon tank to put him in