September 2021

The Red-Tailed Red Eye Puffer only reaches between 1.5” and 2” (35mm and 50mm) and as such only requires a small aquarium. I currently keep my Red Tailed Red Eye Puffer in a 10-gallon aquarium with a small school of Neon Tetras. A 10 or 20-gallon aquarium will be perfectly large enough for a Red-Tailed […]

The Carinotetraodon Irrubesco or Red-Tailed Red-Eye Puffer is a moderately aggressive species of fish, but most of that aggression is towards its own kind. I have had great success keeping a single Red-Tailed Red Eye Puffer with fast swimming tank mates such as Danios, Rasboras, and Guppies. Pufferfish are fast becoming one of the most popular fish

Fahaka Puffers will grow at a rate of approximately 1” (2.5cm) per month for their first year, then about another 6” (15cm) in their second year. Fahaka Puffers usually reach full adult size by the end of their second year. Freshwater pufferfish are rapidly becoming one of the most popular types of fish in the

The minimum size aquarium for a Fahaka Puffer would be 75 gallons (280 liters). However, larger is always better. A 125 gallon or 150 gallons (475 liters or 575 liters) would be much better as it both gives the Fahaka Puffer more swimming space and the larger water volume is easier to keep stable. Pufferfish

Fahaka Puffers have a reputation for being aggressive and don’t always do well with tank mates. If your puffer will accept other fish in the tank with it, then consider fast swimmers that won’t compete for food such as Tinfoil Barbs or Silver Dollars or fish which are too small to be seen as food

Fahaka Puffers are molluscivora in the wild. Their natural diet consists of snails, crabs, mussels, and clams. In captivity, Fahaka Puffers eat snails, worms, crabs, and other shellfish. It is essential Fahaka Puffers eat shelled food on a regular basis in order to trim and maintain their sharp teeth. Fahaka Puffer’s teeth grow continuously throughout

Although Fahaka Puffers don’t spend a lot of time jumping out of the water, they will jump out of the aquarium given the opportunity. It is best to keep your Fahaka Puffer in an aquarium with a tight-fitting lid. Freshwater Pufferfish have really grown in popularity over the last decade or so. For most people,

Although Fahaka Puffers do not see people as potential food, given the opportunity a Fahaka Puffer will bite you. A Fahaka Puffer has very powerful jaws and a large Fahaka Puffer would easily be able to remove a careless fish keeper’s finger! It is easy to see why pufferfish are rising in popularity at the

Fahaka Puffers do best when kept on a sand substrate. Fahaka Puffers like to bury themselves, especially when they are smaller, and a sand substrate facilitates this much easier than gravel. Fahaka Puffers also have a strong natural instinct to hunt and one way they do this is by ‘blowing’ the sand away to find