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FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:29 am
by Dodsy
What care does a Nile Puffer need.
As in minimum tank size etc ? iv been told 4x2x2
Re: FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:44 am
by Tim
RTR wrote:48x24x24, 120 gallons, or better 72x24x24, 180 gallons.
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Re: FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:08 pm
by bertie 83
Bigger the better. Over filtration is a must and lots of decor essential
Re: FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:38 pm
by Dodsy
i know about over filtration, and im guessing not just to feed them the same foods all the time. Change the food all time ?
Re: FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:54 pm
by bertie 83
A varied diet is very important
Re: FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:55 pm
by Dodsy
What other fish can i keep with it ?
I have a 8 - 9 inch Albino Plec in my 4 foot tank, would that be able to live wiith a nile puffer ?
i hear their very nasty
Re: FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:27 pm
by xrayjeeper83
read my signature below lol
Re: FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:36 pm
by bertie 83
Mine attacked a plec 4x its size. Mine will tolerate my cae however i doubt it will last forever. I am looking into at least a 6ft by3ft footprint tank for mine, the 5x2 doesnt seem big enough
Re: FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 4:20 pm
by Dodsy
REALLY?? I was told many a time plecs can live wi puffers due to their hard skin
obviously not then hey :/
Re: FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 4:25 pm
by bertie 83
Their armour is no match for a puffer beak, they rip chunks out of anything
Re: FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:09 pm
by xrayjeeper83
iirc Pufferpunk had a 12 inch pleco with her fahaka at one point that was nothing but a head or something like that one morning.
Re: FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:25 am
by Pufferpunk
Not mine but my friend had an 4" fahaka who bit an 8" pleco in half!
Re: FAHAKA Puffer
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:17 am
by goldielocke76
LoL from now on, I am just assuming that puffers in general cannot have any tank mates. Denzil told me to do research on a golden puffer, because when we get our own place, he wants me to set up a tank for a BIG puffer. It's either a golden or fahaka at this point, but that is still waaay in the future. It's not just fahaka's that have swimming food reserves, it seems like that applies to all of them hahaha