Nightster's fahaka puffer thread

[nightster]

Well ive had my fahaka for sometime now, its been though its share of tanks thats for sure. It started out in a 29g, then moved to a 75g, sold to a buddy as a necessity, bought back a month later and put into a 30L. I dont plan on ever selling it again, my girlfriend and I actually missed it lol. I purchased it back in April on a whim bc I had an empty tank and wanted to try freshwater. Probably the only fish I haven't gotten bored with, I think in part bc of how much personality these fish have. Im currently trying to train it on pellets and since starting that venture have noticed excellent growth, kinda wish I had started when it was younger. I got the idea from another box members thread, I stuff small bits of shrimp with nls. He hasn't accepted just plain nls yet but it'll happen if I keep on trying. Well here are a few pictures of it, one of it the day I got it and one from yesterday. The 30L its in now has 2 hob filters and a 2217, so I know I have plenty of filtration.

[barrettsline]

Looks good bro! Wife loves hers. Bugged me for two about having one. Now her and my daughter talk and play with him like a puppy. These are awesome fish!

[nightster]

Well my puffer got upgraded today, hes in a 125 tall with 2 fx5s and a wet/dry.

[aquabee]

Awesome! How's he liking the new home??

[nightster]

Hes exploring right now lol

[Chris360]

Nice, I've had my Fahaka in a 55 gallon for about seven months, he's getting a little too big for it now. I would love to put him in my 360 gallon but I think he would kill my Dats, or Frontosas. If I find a great deal on something I'll get it.....

[nightster]

Theres that 8'x2'x2' for sale on here. Wish I could get that for mine...

[Chris360]

Yea, I just seen it. I'm not sure if I would want a tank that big on the second story of my house though..

[barrettsline]

Looking really good man. Looks like plenty of room for a while. I'm about to move mine to my 150, once it's set up.


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[nightster]

It's been really active since I put it in there...

[nightster]

Haven't updated in awhile, here's a few pictures of him lately. I fed him a few hours before the pictures that's why he's a lil chunky lol.

[LooksLater]

Aw. He looks great, all fat and happy! Hopefully I'll get mine fattened up like this soon.

[nightster]

Changed the wet/dry and overflow set up last night. Decided to do a major cleaning and water change, rearranged the scape too. I noticed too many little spots for debris to gather so I tried to make it more "flow" friendly. I think with the amount of flow I have in there nothing should settle on the sand bed, and my puffer gets a work out lol. Pics to come later today.

[rmalford]

Power heads? Or just the two fluvals?

[nightster]

2 fx5s, 1000gph return on wet/dry, and 2 750 koralias.