Fahaka Pufferfish (Tetraodon lineatus) is also known to Globe fish, Striped puffer, Nile puffer puffer and Band. Fahaka puffer is a freshwater fish found in the river and some other rivers in Africa. Puffer fish is a beautiful fish with the colors green and bright yellow belly. Her body has a line pattern - yellow line that extends to the lower body, upper body while reddish green. Fahaka adult pufferfish has a fairly large body size of around 43 cm. In the wild, however molluskavora Fahaka puffer is likely carnivores. These fish can be given food snails, clams - shellfish (mussels) and all the food is used for treating sharp teeth.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom : Animalia
phylum : Chordata
Class : Actinopterygii
order : Tetraodontiformes
Family : Tetraodontidae
genus : Tetraodon
species : Tetraodon lineatus
Fahaka puffer fish are very aggressive and can kill other fish that were treated with a single tank. Treatment in the aquarium is recommended for treatment alone or with fish that can move quickly so that the fish can not be caught by Fahaka pufferfish. Conditions suitable water temperature is 24 - 260C and pH 6,5 - 7,5. Gender disparities hard to do, but on condition ready to spawn females will appear more rounded. Fahaka puffer breeding difficult for the aquarium because of its very aggressive, but reports of success breeding ever. The fish reach sexual maturity after 12 months of age. Dibreeding fish in a separate tank in a small number of groups. The bond between male and female is very weak and only occur during the process of laying eggs.
Pair will swim together in a short time before the male turned around and stuck it to the underside of the female. In this process, the egg and sperm are removed and the couple will repeat it several times. Eggs produced can reach thousands of pieces. Separate the immediate parent of the eggs, and the eggs will hatch after 72-96 hours. Newly hatched fry will swim at the bottom of the tank, so the water level needs to be maintained in the tank a few inches so that the fish can reach the surface. Children can be given food such as fish infusoria until a few days until it is ready to eat foods such as Brine shrimpe.
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