Puffers Thread 2

[Occellatus]

Originally Posted by Freshman

???? i only upload 1 fahaka vidz...the rest aren't mine..

yup..i do feed it with live crayfish..

oh..its not urs?! paisei paisei..............

The fahaka mudering the crayfish video.....gruesome! But i got one question. The fahaka also eats the shell of the crayfish? Ur fahaka eats the shell too? Cause i was watching the video, and the shell and meat all gone. Only left some legs nia.

[Freshman]

Originally Posted by Occellatus

oh..its not urs?! paisei paisei..............

hehe..ok.. youtube got alot of nice puffer vidz.. go google ard..

Originally Posted by Occellatus

The fahaka mudering the crayfish video.....gruesome! But i got one question. The fahaka also eats the shell of the crayfish? Ur fahaka eats the shell too? Cause i was watching the video, and the shell and meat all gone. Only left some legs nia.

that's my fav vidz..heheh....

yup.. my puffer either swallow the whole shell+meat or try to suck out the meat from the shell...

the shell will get 'digested' n pass out as shit.. (not too sure whether it get digested or not...the scientific/technical details u got to google ard liao.. check those journals for more info.)

[bsplenden]

The shell will not be digested. They will pass the shell out along with the normal waste.

You gotta make sure your puffer is big enough before starting on crayfish. There are cases when the fish is unable to pass the shell out and then the fish is constipated and dies.

[LTL]

Originally Posted by bsplenden

The shell will not be digested. They will pass the shell out along with the normal waste.

You gotta make sure your puffer is big enough before starting on crayfish. There are cases when the fish is unable to pass the shell out and then the fish is constipated and dies.

then for ghost shrimps? shd be fine rite.... shell softer and size smaller also... must reach certain size before can feed ghost shrimps?

[bsplenden]

Originally Posted by LTL

then for ghost shrimps? shd be fine rite.... shell softer and size smaller also... must reach certain size before can feed ghost shrimps?

Ghost shrimp doesn't matter lah.

The shell is sooo much softer.

Originally Posted by bsplenden

Thanks for understanding!

My Fahaka is always resting on the sandbed.

Sometimes it blows at the sand to check if there is some food hidden beneath the sand. Very cute.

But it stopped eating MP although I haven't been feeding it any other food. Will probably buy some torsat to tempt it to eat. Get some snails if they are available too.

mine too! it will blow at the sandbed. haha realli cute fellow

[LTL]

Originally Posted by bsplenden

Ghost shrimp doesn't matter lah.

The shell is sooo much softer.

me just got a crazy idea for feeding the puffers.... ... abit cruel thou

get a 2ft tank, abt 15-20 crayfish.. those cheap cheap ones.... and break off their legs or pincers to feed, since after moult will grow new one... would be quite sustainable for a small puffer and if the lobbies are well-fed

[bsplenden]

Originally Posted by LTL

me just got a crazy idea for feeding the puffers.... ... abit cruel thou

get a 2ft tank, abt 15-20 crayfish.. those cheap cheap ones.... and break off their legs or pincers to feed, since after moult will grow new one... would be quite sustainable for a small puffer and if the lobbies are well-fed

Sounds scary. I don't think I want to do that.

And my Fahaka don't seem to be eating much. Not even tempted by feeder fish. Only took a small bite.

[LTL]

Originally Posted by bsplenden

Sounds scary. I don't think I want to do that.

And my Fahaka don't seem to be eating much. Not even tempted by feeder fish. Only took a small bite.

mine eating on torsats now only leh... carni pellets got eat 1st nite... then yest tempt it by dropping the pellet rite in front of it... it gulped it in, bite and spat it out...

really hopes it start to takes carni pellets...

[bsplenden]

Originally Posted by LTL

mine eating on torsats now only leh... carni pellets got eat 1st nite... then yest tempt it by dropping the pellet rite in front of it... it gulped it in, bite and spat it out...

really hopes it start to takes carni pellets...

I bought those small female betta feeders cos I thought they swim slower.

And my Fahaka just killed a pleco too. Only took a bite out of the eye region. So only the eyes and some white meat exposed.