puffer food.
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Shrimp gumbo, shrimp salad etc...
Yes, it really depends which puffer. I have one that is about 2-2.5 inch in length and he eats anything that moves. I feed him with guppies, and minnows. If they are too big he just bites them in half then "collects" the two parts, all within about 2 seconds. I feed this guy about once a week and he eats 3-4 minnows per feeding.
I don't know what kind of puffer it is. I looked around the books and didn't find one that looks exactly like mine. It is one mean fish that has to be kept in total separation. When I first put it in the tank it would go aften my 4-5" severums seriously damaging their fins. Since than I separated him with an egg crate so now he has his small corner. I was warned about this in the store and when I bought him ($16.99) the clerk told me that he is one nasty fish and if I take him he dosn't ever want to see him again.
I will take a picture of it one they and let you guys figure out what type of fish it is.
I don't know what kind of puffer it is. I looked around the books and didn't find one that looks exactly like mine. It is one mean fish that has to be kept in total separation. When I first put it in the tank it would go aften my 4-5" severums seriously damaging their fins. Since than I separated him with an egg crate so now he has his small corner. I was warned about this in the store and when I bought him ($16.99) the clerk told me that he is one nasty fish and if I take him he dosn't ever want to see him again.
I will take a picture of it one they and let you guys figure out what type of fish it is.
Depends on the puffer, I guess...
I have a figure 8, and at first he wouldn't accept feeder guppies at all. I work at a LFS, so I've tried all different sizes. He still wouldn't eat them, until one day I brought home some very tiny guppy fry. Well, he inhaled those! We didn't try again until about a month ago. I was going on vacation, so I brought him home a few small guppies. I figured, I'd feed him his regular food before I left and again when I got home -- but if he got really hungry, the guppies would be there for him. So... I released the guppies in the tank...and BAM... he bit one in half and ate it immediately! I was a very proud mommy.
And all the guppies were GONE when I got back.
So I guess... it took a little training for him to recognize them as food. I don't really like to feed him guppies, though. They are so over crowded at the stores, I'm afraid of bacteria and whatnot. They aren't my (or his) first choice.
Foods he loves -- snails (they are like candy to him!), krill, all types and varieties of shrimp (live, fresh, frozen, freeze dried, pelleted), tropical fish flakes, lobster (when we have lobster, we'll save a piece of a leg for him). The sinking shrimp pellets are good because they are nice and hard when you first drop them in.
I house my own snails and shrimp in other tanks. But what I'd really like to do is setup his tank with live shrimp so that he can do some of his own hunting. I just need to finish arranging the tank decor first. Right now there aren't enough hiding spots, so it would be pointless. Kind of like fishing with corn.
I have a figure 8, and at first he wouldn't accept feeder guppies at all. I work at a LFS, so I've tried all different sizes. He still wouldn't eat them, until one day I brought home some very tiny guppy fry. Well, he inhaled those! We didn't try again until about a month ago. I was going on vacation, so I brought him home a few small guppies. I figured, I'd feed him his regular food before I left and again when I got home -- but if he got really hungry, the guppies would be there for him. So... I released the guppies in the tank...and BAM... he bit one in half and ate it immediately! I was a very proud mommy.
And all the guppies were GONE when I got back.So I guess... it took a little training for him to recognize them as food. I don't really like to feed him guppies, though. They are so over crowded at the stores, I'm afraid of bacteria and whatnot. They aren't my (or his) first choice.
Foods he loves -- snails (they are like candy to him!), krill, all types and varieties of shrimp (live, fresh, frozen, freeze dried, pelleted), tropical fish flakes, lobster (when we have lobster, we'll save a piece of a leg for him). The sinking shrimp pellets are good because they are nice and hard when you first drop them in.
I house my own snails and shrimp in other tanks. But what I'd really like to do is setup his tank with live shrimp so that he can do some of his own hunting. I just need to finish arranging the tank decor first. Right now there aren't enough hiding spots, so it would be pointless. Kind of like fishing with corn.