pig nose puffer?

.[/QUOTE]In aquaria however, the T. suvatii must be trained to accept frozen foods, as it’s main staple. This is necessary due to the increasingly poor conditions most fish are kept in at many local fish stores. These conditions are consistently worse for "feeder fish" and can be detrimental to the puffer when feeding from these fish. The conditions in which feeder fish are predominantly kept are such that parasites and bacteria are abundantly present. The T. suvatii, along with all other puffer fish, are scale less and without gill covers, making them a prime target for parasitic and bacterial infection. Due to the possible illnesses resulting in the feeding of fish to the suvatii, it is essential to quarantine any and all fish that will become a meal to the puffer. The quarantine period should last for at least a week, with any medications or treatments performed during this period, to ensure proper health and quality of the live food. Feeder fish should not be a staple diet for the T. suvatii but may be given as a treat on occasion, and only after a proper quarantine period.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Just a little info.----------------------------------------------------
shru4u said:
iI just recenlt purchased a arrowhead puffer. I had him in with an oscar in a 40 gallon. Well I purchased some feeder fish from the pet store, put them in there and naturally the two had dinner. Well later that night i was watching my puffer...(cause they are so cool) and he was by himself in the tank and just puffed up for no visible, aparent reason. Then unfortanetly .....died. I checked online and it said that when the puff it really stresses them out and the place i got it from said "yes, it could cause death when the puff ". I researched some more and found out it is not good to feed them feeders from the petstore because pet stores are notorious for diseased fish. Especially feeders. I think that's what killed it . He was in there for like 4 days and then i fed him feeders once and he was fine. I fed him differnet feeders from a different store and he died. So I was wondering how to quarantine fish
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I feed mine frozen silversides, krill and live ghost shrimp. There's also a whole lot of crushed snail shells next to it's lair but I've never actually witnessed it eating snails. I've thought about using live guppies since I have a reliable source with guaranteed healthy feeders, but it's easier to thaw out a silverside and drag it along the tank surface.

I recently added a bunch of cherry shrimp to the tank since my breeding colony was getting too large. They might even be able to keep a population going with the suvatti. Who knows.
 
I've got small white/clear free swimming organisms in all 3 of my tanks. They live in the gravel and sand. They seem perfectly harmless because they have been in there for about 7 months yet my fish seem perfectly healthy. I took a gravel sample with the organisms in it to two different aquariums(fish store) and they said that they are perfectly harmless and that if anything they are helping the tanks by cleaning **** underneath the gravel. They are not harming my fish but they are so **** annoying looking. What are they and how can i kill them? Aquarium salt maybe?
 
the love of my life

i've had my pig nosed puffer for a little over a year, and he's just the best! i call him my soldier, he's lived through some bad times.... i had another puffer in with him once, because it seems that even though they are really aggressive, if they are around the exact same size, they usually don't bother each other. but the other puffer was sick and had a really bad fungus thing growing on him, i bought him from the store "as-is" and he died. my soldier had some fungus, but he lived. anyway, yes, i've learned that you can't really put other fish in with these guys, cuz they will be eaten up in no time. even though it's been expensive for me, buying him live fish all the time, it's so awesome to watch him eat, i cheer him on. that sounds gross, but i'm proud of him, lol. when i first got him, he grew really fast, but now, he's slowed down quite a bit, so i've started feeding him rosy reds instead of guppies. man, he can eat like 50 guppies in just a couple of days. i was told that puffers are not in danger of choking, like cat fish and arowanas are, because as you can see from their lovely faces, they have that sort of beak-like mouth. so they can tear up a big fish and have no trouble digesting it? but, yea, he gets his own tank and live fish galore to eat to his liking, so he's spoiled!!
 
one more thing

my fish has never and probably will never eat anything BUT live swimming fish. and he's soooo smart, when there are little fish swimmingby, he does't even LOOK at them, he always has his eyes on the bigger fish. i love him!!
 
this live food that you are always feeding him......is it store bought feeders or home bred? And how big is your puffer now and how big was it when you got him? And is it an arrowhead puffer?


..................just interested because i have one too.
 
i WOULD NOT feed this puffer live food. here should be any info you need on this species:

pig nosed puffer
 
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