I had an idea of setting up a very large tank which will be suitable to keep a fully grown Mbu puffer in the long term. I was thinking about a tank which is 8ft long by 4ft wide by 3ft high, which contains roughly 700 US gallons. There would be a large sump for filtration. Also the glass would have to be pretty thick.
The question is would a smaller Mbu puffer be OK in such a large tank? For example it seems a bit stupid keeping a 5 inch puffer in a 700 gallon tank and highly impractical, so I guess I'll start with a smaller tank and give it something bigger as it grows.
Also, if we picked a very friendly, non-aggressive specimin, are there any tankmates we could keep them with, like some fast moving predatory fish?
This is really an idea (so don't get your hopes up) and isn't that likely to happen.
Cheers,
Mike
EDIT: I forgot to mention that the 700 gallon tank could be used straight away if we rehomed a fully sized puffer.
The question is would a smaller Mbu puffer be OK in such a large tank? For example it seems a bit stupid keeping a 5 inch puffer in a 700 gallon tank and highly impractical, so I guess I'll start with a smaller tank and give it something bigger as it grows.
Also, if we picked a very friendly, non-aggressive specimin, are there any tankmates we could keep them with, like some fast moving predatory fish?
This is really an idea (so don't get your hopes up) and isn't that likely to happen.
Cheers,
Mike
EDIT: I forgot to mention that the 700 gallon tank could be used straight away if we rehomed a fully sized puffer.