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Fahaka Puffers
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:06 pm
by $pikez
has anyone heard of fahahka puffers going brackish, please let me know i was told ( by fish store) fahakas eventually go brackish and right now my 10/ 11 inch puffer seems good. salinity is at 1.004 do you think it will be ok
Re: Fahaka Puffers
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:43 pm
by indie
Have a look at the fahaka article in the pufferpedia. I believe they are strictly freshwater and dont do well in brackish. If I were you i would gradually move him back to freshwater
Re: Fahaka Puffers
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:47 pm
by Pufferpunk
They come from the Nile River, in Africa. No salt there.
Re: Fahaka Puffers
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:09 pm
by pufferfreak
Brackish? Nope, fahakas are freshwater fish from a freshwater river.
Re: Fahaka Puffers
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:58 pm
by ACF
Fresh Fresh Fresh! I had mine in Brackish for about 6 weeks. Came home from being away for 2 weeks. Started puffing, got puffed. I cleaned the tank and was running it around 1.0010-1.0012. (LFS said to run it around there) Then he scratched his eye (I Think) and got sick and was near dead! Took him out of the brackish 100% water change to Fresh added some Meds and now he's back to swimming around!
Poor FuGu has been threw hell and back! I'm following the puffer forum now =)
Got any Pics of your Fahaka?
Re: Fahaka Puffers
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:03 pm
by Pufferpunk
Was it 1.0010 or 1.010? The 1st one is really low--almost FW.
Re: Fahaka Puffers
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:06 pm
by ACF
Pufferpunk wrote:Was it 1.0010 or 1.010? The 1st one is really low--almost FW.
Take out a 0, 1.010-1.012. Sorry =)
Re: Fahaka Puffers
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:07 pm
by Pufferpunk
Yeah, that's a lot of salt.
Re: Fahaka Puffers
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:03 pm
by Troender
Moving this to Giant Puffer Species section.