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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
Endler Guppies will eat their own babies given the opportunity. Endlers are known to display a behavior known as filial cannibalism which results in the female eating her babies immediately after birth. Female Endler guppies take no parental responsibility for their offspring. I have been keeping and breeding Endler guppies for around 20 years. I have several …
Endler guppies are really popular at the moment. They are small, colorful, and a super peaceful species of fish. These qualities have helped boost Endler’s popularity. At the same time, small, planted aquariums with shrimp have grown in popularity. It is therefore only natural people wonder ’Can Endlers live with shrimp?’. Endler Guppies can live with …
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I have been keeping and breeding Endlers for more than 20 years, and over that time I have kept them in both large groups and as individual specimens. As more and more people discover the amazing Endler guppy, I find I am continually being asked ’Do Endlers need to be kept in groups?’ Endler guppies are …
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