View Full Version : Puffer fish and pirahnas
dejavu69
08-31-2005, 6:25 PM
Is it possible to put a puffer fish in with 3 red bellied pirahna's i am not new to fish keeping but new to pirahna's and needed ta know if its possible to mix them please help someone
bluedempsey
08-31-2005, 6:29 PM
Is it possible to put a puffer fish in with 3 red bellied pirahna's i am not new to fish keeping but new to pirahna's and needed ta know if its possible to mix them please help someone
just thinking of it is a bad idea!
dejavu69
08-31-2005, 6:35 PM
well i was watching a tv show last night on animal planet and it said that it would puff up so it couldn't fit in a predators mouth so i was just curious thanks though
bluedempsey
08-31-2005, 6:36 PM
depending how big the puffers are?
puffers tend to be slow moving
unlike p's
the p's might decide to make them a meal! "more than likely"
from the experience i have had with puffer's, all the fish that have ever
eattin one died.. i don't know why?
doesn't sound like a good combo
dejavu69
08-31-2005, 6:38 PM
oh ok yeah thats not good at all thanks a lot for ur help
bluedempsey
08-31-2005, 6:41 PM
any time!
shekes
08-31-2005, 7:06 PM
well i was watching a tv show last night on animal planet and it said that it would puff up so it couldn't fit in a predators mouth so i was just curious thanks though
don't think it can puff up if it has a hole though
Stella
08-31-2005, 7:23 PM
Puffing up is a stress reaction. You don't WANT them to puff up.
Laura
be prepared the puffer be dinner to them... lol
Miles
08-31-2005, 11:11 PM
Bad Bad Bad Idea.
thefishofdoom
09-01-2005, 12:34 AM
puffers have poisen in there flesh and when bit the fish gets a dose and ether die or are parlyzed for a day or two so if ur fish bits one it should be quarentined for awhile
shekes
09-01-2005, 8:35 AM
puffers have poisen in there flesh and when bit the fish gets a dose and ether die or are parlyzed for a day or two so if ur fish bits one it should be quarentined for awhile
Who is paralyzed the biter or the bitten, and who should be quaranteed?
FormulatedFire
09-01-2005, 9:23 AM
the puffer will release the poison and it will either kill or paralyze your rbp....and any mix other than another pygo will almost certainly lead to death with piranhas they are very unprodictable and that puffer may last a little bit of time if u keep them well fed but eventually they will turn on the puffer and kill it....hope that helps :thumbsup:
the pirahnas gotta love them free meal...
guppy
09-02-2005, 11:07 AM
I think that this is a bad idea but it might not be the puffer being eaten if you have well fed rbps, puffers have wicked jaws and large ones are notorious for biting holes in other fish. Either way, not good.
Oddball
09-02-2005, 11:54 AM
Only newly caught puffers will have tetradotoxin in their livers and gall bladders. As time passes, they'll lose this toxin in captivity. The toxin is retained from foods it hunts in the wild. It's not naturally produced in puffers.
And, there is no toxin in the flesh. I've eaten hundreds of wild caught puffers. So long as the abdominal cavity isn't pierced while cleaning them for the kitchen, there's no danger of poisoning.
Vince
09-02-2005, 12:31 PM
That is correct, there is no toxin on the flesh of the puffer fish, wild caught or in captivity. The toxin is in the liver. Oddball speaks like he is an expert in fugu sashimi...ummm tasty.
Miles
09-02-2005, 12:35 PM
Only newly caught puffers will have tetradotoxin in their livers and gall bladders. As time passes, they'll lose this toxin in captivity. The toxin is retained from foods it hunts in the wild. It's not naturally produced in puffers.
And, there is no toxin in the flesh. I've eaten hundreds of wild caught puffers. So long as the abdominal cavity isn't pierced while cleaning them for the kitchen, there's no danger of poisoning.
Great info.. I was always under the impression that Teradotoxin was produced in a mucus slimecoat on the exterior of the pufferfish?
It is also interesting to hear they do not produce it themselves, but in their diet. I knew about the concetration of Tetradotoxin in the abdominal cavity, but I was unaware of the other information.
I must not of listened to Animal Planet very well..
Eating Fugu is just not worth dieing over ;)
dejavu69
09-03-2005, 2:56 PM
thanks for the information so if i would get a pufferfish now and qaurenteen it for a couple weeks its should be fine ta put in there i one i was interested in getting was a dwarf puffer fish and my rbp r def well feed so think its still a bad idea
piranha45
09-03-2005, 5:51 PM
It is also interesting to hear they do not produce it themselves, but in their diet. I knew about the concetration of Tetradotoxin in the abdominal cavity, but I was unaware of the other information.
I must not of listened to Animal Planet very well..
Eating Fugu is just not worth dieing over ;)
Animal Planet is trash. You really shouldn't waste your time on that mindless kiddy junk...
Stella
09-03-2005, 10:09 PM
Yes, it's still a bad idea. Don't do it if you want your fish to live.
Laura