Puffer/Feeding Q's

[danielh144]

Just thought i'd throw my voice in!

My Amazon Puffer hid when I first got him but within a few hours was virtually eating out of my hand and now follows me around my room (from his tank albeit!!)

I think as with all puffers you've basically got a mini personality to get to understand some are personable and friendly others are not but as with all creatures they'll eat when their hungry and feel happy enough!!

 

[jasonG75]

I would but but my water is too soft, it kilick.


Just an update everyone, it's eating now, it gets a few mysis shrimp/bloodworms and eats flakes. Tetras are out this weekend hopefully.

I Dont think you understood...The MTS is for him to EAT and so is the coral, he chomps on it. If you dont get something to chomp on his front teeth with grow long and eventually he wont be able to EAT anything. However unless you take him out of the tank and use some fingernail clippers and do it yourself.

 

[fishycat]

I've read that MTS are too hard for puffers... :huh: Just an FYI.

 

[Pufferpunk]

MTS are way too hard & will chip/break puffer's teeth. Pond snails will be better.

 

[Piranha86]

Just thought i'd throw my voice in!

My Amazon Puffer hid when I first got him but within a few hours was virtually eating out of my hand and now follows me around my room (from his tank albeit!!)

I think as with all puffers you've basically got a mini personality to get to understand some are personable and friendly others are not but as with all creatures they'll eat when their hungry and feel happy enough!!

Mine acts like it's on crack. It swims back and forth and trys to school with black skirt tetras.

I Dont think you understood...The MTS is for him to EAT and so is the coral, he chomps on it. If you dont get something to chomp on his front teeth with grow long and eventually he wont be able to EAT anything. However unless you take him out of the tank and use some fingernail clippers and do it yourself.

I don't mind doing that, I've had to do it for my guinea pig a few times.

I've read that MTS are too hard for puffers... :huh: Just an FYI.

I had heard that...

MTS are way too hard & will chip/break puffer's teeth. Pond snails will be better.

Thanks for confirming. I have a pond snail breeding tank, they'll be with some RCS and other snails soon so I'll have a puffer food tank

 

[user_name]

do you want ramshorns for puffer food? I can sett you up with some good puffer denistry packages....

 

[Ballyhoo]

I'm so dang jealous of you two and your puffers *pouts*
I've had a tank set up for a good while waiting for puffers and I can never find them.

Congrats on yours though!

 

[user_name]

I'm so dang jealous of you two and your puffers *pouts*
I've had a tank set up for a good while waiting for puffers and I can never find them.

+1.

All the dang puffers I could find cost 40+ for shipping
:jaw:

 

[Ballyhoo]

I found a site http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=830+836+971&pcatid=971 that they have them in stock $7.49 each but..... 3 to 5: $6.79, 6 to 11: $6.69, 12 or more: $6.49. So if I got 4 it'd come to $27.14. That sounds peaches right? NOPE the site requires you to make at least a 30$ purchase....so I have to figure out what else I want to buy.

 

[user_name]

I found a site http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=830+836+971&pcatid=971 that they have them in stock $7.49 each but..... 3 to 5: $6.79, 6 to 11: $6.69, 12 or more: $6.49. So if I got 4 it'd come to $27.14. That sounds peaches right? NOPE the site requires you to make at least a 30$ purchase....so I have to figure out what else I want to buy.

ouch...:duh: