Need info on Fahaka puffer

[sirasoni]

Probably. If your friend has anything in the tank consider it dead sooner or later if he's going in there..
I wish I had a big enough tank for one of those guys. My LFS just got a bunch in.

it might be best just to take it back to the LFS...fahakas are mean

 

[FishyMatty]

Just for reference this is an 18" Nile/Fahaka Puffer

 

[is300zx]

Just for reference this is an 18" Nile/Fahaka Puffer

That's an mbu not a fahaka. Fahaka has a more solid red bandings on it just like on the pic. Follow the link for more info and pics http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Freshwater/T_Lineatus/

 

[fballguy]

I think it would be best to take it back to the LFS. your friends 55 will still be way too small in the long run.

 

[FishyMatty]

Either way thats an 18" puffer. At the aquarium it was labeled "nile puffer"

 

[is300zx]

Either way thats an 18" puffer. At the aquarium it was labeled "nile puffer"

Going by common names isn't the best way to identify a fish. Look up tetraodon mbu and you will see that the pic you keep calling a fahaka is actually an mbu. Mbu's grow much bigger than a fahaka and needs a much bigger tank. Here's a pic and link for an mbu http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Freshwater/T_Mbu/

 

[Octavarium]

They're nice looking fish, wish I had room for big tank to get a fahaka or mbu. Look up pictures of a cross river puffer, they are absolutely beautiful, but rare. My favorite looking large puffer.