Mbu Puffer - That Fish Place Freshwater Fish Species Profile

A look at the Mbu Puffer: the largest freshwater puffer fish and one with a lot of personality. Video captures the Mbu Puffer in an aquarium environment and details the basics on captive conditions, care and diet for any aquarist looking to add one to their tank. A great informational video for anyone new to large freshwater aquarium keeping brought to you by the marine biologists at That Fish Place/That Pet Place.

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• Mbu
• Puffer
• Pufferfish
• Freshwater
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• Aquarium
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[ThatPetPlace]

paulaxa1, Mbu Puffers can be tricky to keep with other fish, results are mixed, and it is difficult to say what they will get along with in all cases. Sometimes they are good citizens in a community tank of like sizes fish, other times they are extremely aggressive. I would not keep them with goldfish, or any other smaller, non aggressive fish. The best choices for tankmates to try are going to be similar sized fishes of similar temperment.

[ThatPetPlace]

The puffer in the video is alive and well a year after the video was shot, and is in no way starved or mistreated. The Mbu is in a display in our store, and is given all the attention that it needs, and is fed a varied diet of shrimp, fish, and snails. The video reccomends a minimum size tank of 150 gallons, but also states that a larger aquarium would be better given the adult size of the fish. Thank you for your concerns

[moistgreentoast]

Wow. That's one skinny puffer. And it's pronounced "uhmboo" :/

Not to mention the min. tank size should be no less than 500gallons.

[ThatPetPlace]

As we stated below, the puffer's skinny appearance is certainly not due to neglect. He is fed every other day with a wide variety of items, and continues to go strong. The minimum tank requirement is a tough value to narrow down, but as the video states, a larger tank is always warranted. A 500+ gallon system is certainly not a bad idea as these guys get huge! Thanks a lot for you input, and good luck with your Mbu!

[hrpuffersnstuff]

Great video on these guys. I bought one from this store in February,and he is doing very well. It is too bad though that every time I go there the MBUs they have are starving. They do not feed these beautiful fish enough and they always look like a sack of bones. The one in the video is the fattest one I have ever seen there, and it is now dead. Anyone who keeps one at home knows that a few snails every other day is not enough for these big eaters.

[ThatPetPlace]

Well, I can appreciate your concern for the puffer, but I assure you our Mbu in the video is alive and well and despite his thin appearance, he is fed e/o day.(I do it myself) His diet is quite varied; mussels, clams, scallops, and the occasional fiddler crab for treats. I am glad you are enjoying your Mbu - we have a beautiful very fat one available now for sale, I encourage you to come check him out. Thank you for your interest in the video and your comment.

[Sternman318]

I think they forgot to say "Jk" after they mentioned a minimum of 150 gallons. Try triple of that...

[hoohainstated]

ha! a minimum of 150 gallons?????? talk to manutius about his mbu in a 180 gallon tank, 20" and died because of nitrate poisoning due to too small of a tank

[moistgreentoast]

This fish has a severe case of worms :( Even if you're not starving it, letting it go untreated is animal abuse in itself. This video is disgusting, you're just making your business look awful by leaving it up. You can't even pronounce the fish's name correctly, and almost every bit of information you gave is completely incorrect. If you plan on making a video like this you should do research on it first.

[AUGundam]

@ThatPetPlace Agreed. I've seen a plethora of different setups with these Puffers and while a number have them kept alone, another number has them in elaborate comm tanks with such fish as Arowana and Stingray.

I'd personally chalk this up with the individual fish, so if you want to try comm-ing the MBU, check if yours is tolerant with others first.

[gammon186]

The chick sounds hot!!! Nice puffer too!

[sevenyearnight]

The footprint for a 150 gallon tank is only 72" x 18", a 30" fish can't even turn around on something that small.

[sevenyearnight]

Minimum requirements for these fish is 1000 gallons. "150 gallons or larger" is a gross understatement!

[paulaxa1]

can i put this fish with gold fish?? if the answer is no what must the aquarium have to leave a puffer fish inside??? please answer and check out my videos if you want ;)

[briezeybutt]

i had a figure 8 puffer, it nipped most of all the other fish, bad bad

pet_health_expert

[jjbcjb1]

I bought one about a month agao from them ...he is doing perfect they where really careful about shipping in cold weather and packed him perfectly great fish our favorite of all...