i have a question about fahaka puffers

[friskydingo]

im planning on getting a 100 gallon tank for a fahaka puffer but im concerned about some information ive heard about them. it says they need a 120 gallon tank or bigger. we dont have a place to put a 120 gallon tank for sure. they are also really really expensive. so. have any of you ever tried raising a fahaka puffer in a 100 gallon tank, is it acceptable or do i really honestly have to have that extra 20 gallons to keep a happy fish. and if so does anyone know a breed of puffer that could be kept in 50-100 gallons of water, isnt small like a GSP, and is more on the agressive side. i really only like the looks of your standard tetraodon body type puffer i dont like the ones with sharper noses,cant be salt water, can be brackish or fresh. i really need some good suggestions from people who know puffers. i once had three gsp and just loved the little guys but i unfortunately killed them during a tank transfer. i was really upset for a long time. but instead of getting little fish like a gsp, i think ill try my hand at a larger more agressive breed.

[bertie 83]

It may only be 20g, but that is 1/6 of the total volume. 120g min for a fahaka, bigger is better.

[Arny]

Is 48inches x 24inches x 24inches (4ftx2ftx2ft) to big for you?

[Pufferpunk]

What are the measurements of the 100g?

[Fahaka Fakka]

try to aim for 24 inches in width to avoid stunting. I got a tiny 1 inch Fahaka in November and now it is about 12 inches..started off with 75 gallon and then moved it to a wide 125 gallon tank.


Other smaller but still large enough puffer types probably according to your taste:

Colomesus psittacus (NOT the smaller Colomesus Asselus)
www.thepufferforum.com/index.php?id ... eView%5D=1

Takifugu Ocellatus (brackish)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5LpbN95HSU

Tetraodon Sabahensis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKXCwCR7_WY

[Pufferpunk]

Good luck ever coming across a psittacus. The ocellatus is one of the most difficult puffers to keep--experts have rarely been able to. Requires a chiller.

Sabahensis is your best bet but difficult to find & identify.

[friskydingo]

thanks so much for all the adivce everyone. im not sure what the measurements are on the big tank as i have not purchased it yet. my 55 gallon is a high end model with a nice oak stand and is worth as much as a generic 75 or even 100 gallon tank. so im looking to trade someone on craigslist for a bigger tank. im sure ill be able to find what im looking for. the last 100 gl i had didint seem to be quite two feet in width but close. hopefully i can find one thats more of a cube than a long one. took up an entire wall. and had to be 7 ft in length.

i have another question for you guys.... has anyone ever purchased a puffer online to be delivered to your home?
im not sure how this process would even work...how can the keep fish in a box with no air and filtration. knowing how easy it is to stress a puffer out to the point of puffing up, most of the ones i have had puffed any time we switched their tank. so im worried that the puffr i order is going to be in poor condition or dead. and also that ill get stuck paying for a really expensive fish that wont ever adapt to my tank due to the huge amount of stress its been through.

does anyone have a reccomendation for a website that has safel shipped you a healthy puffer?
i live two hours from the nearest fish specialty shop that could order me a nice puffer.

also still looking for reccomendations for an agressive puffer. i dont want the same problems with live food that i had with my gsp. best it would ever do is chew on something for a minute and not eat it. canned shirmp was the only thing they would eat. lol i want one that puts on a show at feeding time, hence my desire for a fahaka. does any other puffer have the attitude of a fahaka? or somewhere close to it?

[bertie 83]

It will need to be a long tank opposed to a cube, they need swimming room. The 2ft recommended width is for turning room only. I think you will be hard pushed to find anything fahaka like that isn't a fahaka lol. Have you considered 2 smaller tanks for a lurker and something different? You could have the best of both worlds without a monster tank.

[friskydingo]

a lurker? and i dont mean it has to be fahaka like, just more agressive than a regular old green spotted puffer. only one of my gsp would bother chasing live food at all( other than pond snails) and i think one of the coolest things about a puffer is its diet and want one that will be a little more feisty than my old ones is all. i think i may have located 240 gallon aquarium through craigslist but how in gods name would i ever move somethig like that? it woulld have to be over 500 lbs without water, then a whole whole lot mroe afterward. i think it might fall through our floor even. i think i need to give up on this one, i know from experience 100 gallons is all we can handle anyhow.

[giant19000]

IMO
It doesn't matter how many gallons it is
It matters on footprint

[bertie 83]

Footprint is very important. So is total volume as it is the volume of water which will dilute the puffers mass amount of waste

[Pufferpunk]

I have ordered many fish online & ordered/shipped many corals.