The Puffer Forum

what should i be looking at paying for a young mbu puffer?
Im digging out the old 8X3 tank stand for him lol,
I got quoted at £500 for a 8x3x4 tank so im going ahead with it lol,
would this be a sufficient size for an adult?
putting ema and my young savers account to good use lol :p

i don't know british and american money conversion but i've seen them for $120.00 at 5 inches, $89.00 at 3 inches, and $400.00 at 5 inches.

That's about £64 for 5 inches, £48 for 3 inches and 215 quid for 5 inches. but don't forget that over here they dont seem to change the actually digits of numbers they just change the currency sign. So a puffer at $120 will probably end up being £120. To prove my point, you are paying £500 which is $926! Well, that's what you get when you live over here - High prices for everything, especially petrol at the moment!

rigger is right,i see 3 for £75 each the other day and they was 3in.
they had for at 4 to 5in at a £100, it was in maiden head aquatics in coton cambridgeshire.
i really wanted 1 but dont have quite big enough tank for it when full grown,so im getting a fahaka instead.
ive been reading up on mbu's and by what ive red the size tank your getting is fine.
so good luck and enjoy the puffer

that size tank is ideal for a mbu. I have 2 of them 16" + 2" baby. what area in the uk are you? the season for importing them is at a end this year ive only seen about 40 come in the midlands anyway usually around 40-60 pounds each. The price for that tank is good i imagine thats without lid + stand etc. If you need spec on how to build a strong stand i have all this and i can forward my specs i have 2x identical solid pine stands 8x3 + 6x2

with a tank that size youll need 2x large external filters like eheim 2080's and a good few powerheads to circulate water so you dont have any dead spots. To be honest youll be better off looking of Aquatics-classifieds.co.uk for 2nd hand systems 6x2 ++ youll get a full setup for the same price just as adequate as doing it by buying it all seperate. I purchased a 6x2 with stand lid 2080 t5s sand etc etc etc for £300 last year. I sold it on after a while.

a 6x2 will be fine for a mbu but idealy a little bigger. if you have a 8x3 you can have a good communit ytank.

if your local i can always help if its yourf irst tank setup and give advice on how to rasie mbus as ive had 4 over the past 8 years. lovely rewarding fish but defenatly not for beginers.

get in touch

Thanks for the help guys, particularly dan,
i currently have a 6x2x2 community and the stand and hood for a 8x3, thats why im going for that size,
ive got a few tanks going at the minute and have kept mbu's in the past for a while, i love em,
im in the east mids, about 20 minutes from lincoln.

well im only down the road im in coventry

ive currently got 2 of them the baby is in a 6x2 community with almost everything you can imagine that isnt agressive. there are some good tank manufacturers ive seen tthat will make you a 8 foot tank for around the £400 mark. 10mm glass w double base sliders are a extra £10 i believe. ill edit this later with his details

thanks, The reason its so expensive it because its bieng made from very thick glass as its 4 foot deep lol

jesus i hope you have a concrete floor! my 6x2 +8x3 are in the same room cost me a small fortune to get the floor strengthened

I wonder why they're so expensive? I guess it's good since only a small percentage of hobbyists can handle a fish that size.

well there almost impossible to breed in aquaria
the wild population is dwindleing
and they dont travel too well

i have heard of some being bred in japan in sectioned off rivers but no evidence......

im glad there more expencive because its a crying shame when people cannot house them. is your profile pic your puffer?? i love bronze puffers!

Yeah, we have a concrete floor, we do now anyway, we moved house so we had an inside room to keep all the tanks with a floor that could take the weight lol,

flash.dan wrote:well there almost impossible to breed in aquaria
the wild population is dwindleing
and they dont travel too well

i have heard of some being bred in japan in sectioned off rivers but no evidence......

im glad there more expencive because its a crying shame when people cannot house them. is your profile pic your puffer?? i love bronze puffers!

Yeah, it's a shame that like RTCs and other big fish are so readily available . And yeah, that's my golden puffer/ A. Silus. Thanks for the compliment!

yea i love my big fish appart from mbus i got this baby too.....



i thought she was a Tung Hu Chilli but shes a Violet Fusion Super as far as i cna tell got her for a barginous price though.

I would love to win a lot of money and buy a massive monster tank. make it as natural as possible!

Damn, nice arro there, ^^^
The only time ive ever had a decent one was when my mum co-owned a fish shop and we got 4 super reds from the wholesalers for a grow on,