Puffers Thread 2

[new_]

Originally Posted by LTL

think me will drop the idea of having anyting in the tank liao..

just red quartz as substrate will do.... hopefully will not be too boring for the fahaka..

once in a while drop a few feeder let it "enjoy" and play ard with lor...

[LTL]

Originally Posted by new_

once in a while drop a few feeder let it "enjoy" and play ard with lor...

hahaha.. tink its staple meal shd be feeders liao... most prob ghost shrimps... trying out SW and frogs....

any bros tried out any feeders which the puffers cannot catch or have difficulty catching?

my fahaka need to chase after the shrimp for quite sometime before it can get it...

[bsplenden]

Originally Posted by jerra85

my fahaka need to chase after the shrimp for quite sometime before it can get it...

I guess it's still small. Should be better hunters as they get bigger.

Why not try getting them on MP? Cheaper.

And you can feed the MP with shell on as they grow bigger.

yeah im feedin mp as the staple... i will chop the meat includin the shell... den once a week will buy 1 packet of ghost shrimp n let all my puffers share... i also give them cockles n mussels... my ceylon n green spotted love it but fahaka nv touch them at all... den once in awhile silverfish also...

[bsplenden]

Originally Posted by jerra85

yeah im feedin mp as the staple... i will chop the meat includin the shell... den once a week will buy 1 packet of ghost shrimp n let all my puffers share... i also give them cockles n mussels... my ceylon n green spotted love it but fahaka nv touch them at all... den once in awhile silverfish also...

All my puffers don't take cockles and mussels.

Ended up that I ate all those which they didn't eat.

Originally Posted by bsplenden

All my puffers don't take cockles and mussels.

Ended up that I ate all those which they didn't eat.

haha. quite headache... some puffers like this... dun like tat some like tat but dun like this.... but GSP most greedy... everything also will eat. my SAP dun take MP even its finely chop. it will only eat bw n ghost shrimp... fahaka eat mp n ghost shrimp but dun take shellfish...fig8 onli take ghost shrimp...

All my puffers eat cockles, clam, mussels, squid, scallop etc etc. Whatever seafood I eat, they eat. Easy pets. Fahaka takes pellets and red eyes take pellets (Except Ryu, one of my boys who probably can't stand the strong protein smell). All of them take ghost shrimps too.

I don't like to feed feeders because they are full of parasites and besides, I can't imagine having a half eaten guppy floating around. Puffers are such messy eaters.

evian (sis)

[irwini]

i was wonderin if it is safe for fahaka to eat mealworm?

[Freshman]

Originally Posted by irwini

i was wonderin if it is safe for fahaka to eat mealworm?

nope..

stick to crustacean... MP, crayfish, ghost shrimp..