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I have had my nile puffer for almost 18 months and she was about 1" long when I got her. She is almost 4" long now. She is kept in a 36x18x18 tank alone. 2 months ago she was laying eggs on and off for about a week. Having trouble finding a male.
Nile Puffer
Common name
Nile Puffer, Banded puffer, Fahaka, Globe fish ...
Nile Puffer
Species name: Tetraodon lineatus
Synonym: Crayracion fahaca, Tetraodon lineatum, Tetraodon fahaka, Tetraodon physa, Tetrodon strigosus, ...
*aka: Nile puffer, Band puffer, globe fish, butterfly coral fish, [invalid synonyms: Tetraodon lineatus lineatus, Tetraodon lineatum , Crayracion fahaca, Tetraodon fahaka, Tetraodon fahaka fahaka, Tetraodon physa, Tetraodon fahaka strigosus, ...
Tetraodon lineatus the Fahaka, Nile puffer.
All known puffers are largely predatory, some preying on snails, shellfish, and crustaceans by active hunting, others are lurking predators of other fish (piscivores) or wandering crustaceans and mollusks.
The Fajaka Puffer, also known as the Nile Puffer, or Band Puffer, comes from the freshwater lakes and rivers of Africa and can grow to a very large size.
Due to size attained and aggressiveness, the Nile Puffer is extremely rare in the hobby. A smaller sub-species, T. fahaka rudolfianus exists which grows to 8cm.
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Africa is also home to a few species, the most common being the Giant puffer fish Tetradon mbu and the Nile puffer fish Tetradon fahaka.
 See also: Water, Fish, Freshwater, Aquarium, Shrimp
  
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