Tetraodon Mbu - Help Needed - 29/03/08 - Added Pictures

[Jazzyc]

Hi & thanks for all the replys!! I was away on business so I didnt have much chance to reply to you guys...

Ill get some pictures up tonight... He is about 2 inches now.... and eats roughly 7 shrimp a day at them moment.

I have also learned that he doesnt like Corys.... as mine are all in a terrible state and ive actually put them in another tank. He is a bit of a bully!

The more I look into this the angrier I am getting about the World of Water in Watford where I got him from..... at no point did they say to me that he gets 2 & half foot long!. Im just hoping that they have the species wrong.

EDIT - Added the pictures.....

 

[Mr._Fishy]

I think you may be in luck. To me it looks an awful lot like a fahaka puffer, not a mbu. I may be wrong though. If it is a fahaka, it will need a minimum of a 6x2 tank and is more aggressive than a mbu. A biologist once said "I have no idea how these fish ever get close enough to each other to breed" (in reference to the aggression).

Ryan

 

[simonas]

doesn't look like a mbu but then I don't know a great deal about Mbus or puffers in general. what I do know is that the Fahaka is my favourite and I'd love a full size one in a tank of its own. Look at Sir Minions pics if they are still up for a gorgeous example of these fish

 

[DarkEntity]

Its either T Lineatus or T Pustulatus.....looks a tad skinny aswell. when it bulks up a little you will be able to ID positively but its more likely to be T Lineatus.

 

[simonas]

Its either T Lineatus or T Pustulatus.....looks a tad skinny aswell. when it bulks up a little you will be able to ID positively but its more likely to be T Lineatus.

I thought Lineatus myself as they are one of the only puffers I have kept, but they had a large distinctive red spot n the side as oposed to little red spots

 

[DiscusAngel]

yup defo a fahaka puffer, gets around 1ft 1/2 ish

 

[Fella]

Yeha definitely a fahaka. it will get big enough to eat all the tank mates it's with in one mouthful. Not that it will wait that long, I wouldnt be surprised if he has started shredding fins already.

 

[Jazzyc]

Yeha definitely a fahaka. it will get big enough to eat all the tank mates it's with in one mouthful. Not that it will wait that long, I wouldnt be surprised if he has started shredding fins already.

Yeah he has.... I have removed the slower ones from the tank.

Ive sent a rather ####ty email to World Of Waters head office!

So he will still be too big for my exisitng Tank anyway so its not really good news.... just different news....

 

[simonas]

just seen a fahaka in Blue Planet aquarium about 18 inches long if not more!!! Lovely looking fish though

 

[pica_nuttalli]

oh wow, he is just the cutest little monster baby ever!

(isn't it ridiculous how often these murder machines get sold for community tanks?)

 

[Jazzyc]

so im feeding him river shrimp every day and blood worm once a week.... does he need anything else?

 

[Fella]

so im feeding him river shrimp every day and blood worm once a week.... does he need anything else?

I feed mine prawns, bloodworm and cockles in shells. I have no problems.