Puffers Thread 2

[LTL]

Originally Posted by Freshman

danios = feeder?

yupz... zebra danios.... very fast feeders... and good jumpers..

very good exercise for my oscar and good skill training for my Endy and Wolf previously..

[Freshman]

just to re-emphasize the con of feeding live feeder fish to non piscivorous puffer..

Live food is another good form to offer your puffers and many examples can be offered, although feeder fish are frowned upon and can cause some problems for your puffer. Bearing in mind that the majority of puffers are not piscivores at all! If you introduce your puffer to feeder fish then you run the risk of not only introducing a disease everytime you offer one but the diet is not beneficial to your puffer as prolong feeding of fish can cause issues such as a 'fatty' liver and die prematurely.

[source: http://www.thepufferforum.com/articl...fer/food.html]

[bsplenden]

Just to update. My Fahaka ate a small piece of MP and refused to eat anymore. Perhaps its still not quite used to MP.

But I'll be away for the next week, so I did a WC. Could not find ghost shrimps, so I added another 2 bettas in. That should last some time as it's pretty slow at getting feeder fish.

[LTL]

Originally Posted by bsplenden

Just to update. My Fahaka ate a small piece of MP and refused to eat anymore. Perhaps its still not quite used to MP.

But I'll be away for the next week, so I did a WC. Could not find ghost shrimps, so I added another 2 bettas in. That should last some time as it's pretty slow at getting feeder fish.

just fed my fahaka a feeder frog..

starve it for a day and it keeps begging for food.... ... so buey tahan, gave it a frog...

Me also will be away for a week... tinking of leaving some fast feeders in the tank... any recommendations? ... or shd i feed it abit more before i leave, and starve it for a week?

[bsplenden]

Originally Posted by LTL

just fed my fahaka a feeder frog..

starve it for a day and it keeps begging for food.... ... so buey tahan, gave it a frog...

Me also will be away for a week... tinking of leaving some fast feeders in the tank... any recommendations? ... or shd i feed it abit more before i leave, and starve it for a week?

Why you starve it? At such a small size, they seem to start to eat alot of stuff. Mine just ate another BIG piece of MP this morning. It didn't eat the betta I gave it. Lazy?

I left 3-4 bettas inside. Hope they will last a week. I didn't leave any food for my other fishes because they are big to survive for a month without food. But this Fahaka is still so small.

I'm at the budget terminal now! Going to Bangkok. Hope I can find a baileyi...
Wheeee!!! I'm gonna miss AF for a week.

[Occellatus]

My GSPs and REs all accept MP readily. Perhaps I'm lucky!

[LTL]

Originally Posted by bsplenden

Why you starve it? At such a small size, they seem to start to eat alot of stuff. Mine just ate another BIG piece of MP this morning. It didn't eat the betta I gave it. Lazy?

I left 3-4 bettas inside. Hope they will last a week. I didn't leave any food for my other fishes because they are big to survive for a month without food. But this Fahaka is still so small.

I'm at the budget terminal now! Going to Bangkok. Hope I can find a baileyi...
Wheeee!!! I'm gonna miss AF for a week.

so good life... hahahha... can go travelling... and look for fish at the same time...

me got bad experience of leaving feeders in the tank while away for a while... The feeders mite die or get killed without being eaten or removed. The water will get fouled up easily and when I come back, almost faint.... luckily the tankmates are hardy fishes...

Originally Posted by Occellatus

My GSPs and REs all accept MP readily. Perhaps I'm lucky!

if only i can feed MP... no fridge.. sienz... tink i will stick to feeders liao... and gut-load the feeders with pellets... mine always nibble on the the carni pellet and spit it out... maybe too dry...

[LTL]

hey bros,

Saw my fahaka puffed up!!!

.. for no apparent reason.... not those instanteneous "poof" and become big... but slowly bloat itself up.... more of like stretching or yawning type...

puff up to 3 times the size... like balloon lidat...

at first tot something serious happen... den i put my finger there to play with it.... it went back to normal and chase my fingers as usual....

looks like a huge lazy morning yawn.... hahahaha... 1st time see puffer puffed up...

[Occellatus]

Originally Posted by LTL

hey bros,

Saw my fahaka puffed up!!!

.. for no apparent reason.... not those instanteneous "poof" and become big... but slowly bloat itself up.... more of like stretching or yawning type...

puff up to 3 times the size... like balloon lidat...

at first tot something serious happen... den i put my finger there to play with it.... it went back to normal and chase my fingers as usual....

looks like a huge lazy morning yawn.... hahahaha... 1st time see puffer puffed up...

Bro, looks like u r enjoying every moment with ur fahaka! Damn tempting la!

[LTL]

Originally Posted by Occellatus

Bro, looks like u r enjoying every moment with ur fahaka! Damn tempting la!

cos my tanks are all beside me ma.... all 4-5 tanks within 1m radius...

dun see also cannot...