memo to fahaka puffer owners..

andruboz

andruboz

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glass thermometers and fahaka puffers dont mix. just hope he spit the tip out instead of swallowing it.

how does one go about protecting glass heaters? i know its too big for now, but he might want to chew thru the cord...
 
Several methods--they sell heater cages, which enclose the heater in a mesh, but this won't work with all fish. Other options include setting up a sump and transferring the heater to the sump, or getting a titanium heater--the fahaka will not be able to crack one of those.
 
Does this happen with this kind of puffer only, or do all puffers?
I have not had any problems with mine. I have a GSP and F8P.
 
A lot of folks recomemd plexiglass tanks for larger fahakas. There are also those newer filters w/heaters built in. My 10" fahaka, Filbert is pretty meek & I hope I won't have any problems. He'll be getting a 125 gal home soon.
 
My fahaka did the same thing a while ago, looked into the tank and noticed the thermometer was broken, luckily he didn't injest anything i'm aware of and all the nasty parts of the thermometer were intact so i removed the broken glass and what lead weights I could find. since then I haven't used a thermometer in the tank, rather I monitor my temps from time to time with a traveling thermometer that I use in several tanks.

I've been very concerned about teh heater ever since, both the cord and the heater itself. I have a ebojager 300 watt heater, so it's pretty thick as far as the glass goes, but when I feed something like freeze dried krill, it always seems to drift over near the power cord. to resolve that, i lowered the water level to below the cord so that nothing but the glass part of the heater is exposed. it's also placed in a corner behind the intake so it's a tad bit out of the way (still accessable if he wanted to get to it)

Sump would be the best option, and the one that I'm looking into. also would be a nice place to breed snails and other plants.

for the record, I have a plexi tank for my fahaka bacause of the tank buster aspect.
 
i thought tankbuster was a term those fish that outgrow tanks rapidly or in the very rare cases a a fish that can get over 4- 5lbs and swim at an extreme rate of speed, smashing the glass..
mines about 8" plus tail and i dont think he was much over a pound the last time i moved him.

i know the fahaka can, in a moment of panic, jet across the tank but it doesnt seem to have the mass to go through 3/8" of tempered glass. the only possible breaking i can think of would have to be done by ramming a hard edged ornament into the glass.
will try to minimize the hard edged ornaments for now.

sigh.. if i have to go plexiglass, it will give me a reason to get a nice cube tank. a 36wx36lx24d would keep him happy.
 
You mean to tell me that a fish.. a FISH can shatter 3/8" tempered glass??
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gottaq wave the bs flag on that one.....
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I have heard stories. It's true, believe it or not!
 
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