Avocado puffer diet questions

[Fat Homer]

Why do you say krill is pointless? I have always been told it is a great source of protein.

Maybe pointless was a little harsh, since for fry and small fish it can be great... But still think there are much better options as mentioned above for puffers...


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[quasar]

Feed snails, crayfish, half shell clams, krill, prawn, shrimp, etc. I wouldn't bother feeding pellets, puffers are messy enough without adding pellets to the diet. I've had some puffers accept pellets and there was just powder flying out of the gills. Krill is great food for puffers, it doesn't have a very hard shell, but is still healthy food. Offer a varied diet and it should be fine. SAPs are the only puffer that requires crunchy foods for every single meal.
I have a small tub that I breed crays in, and a 30g planted comm tank that I breed ramshorns in. I feed the snails and crays lots of vegetables to benefit the puffer. If you can get 5 apple snails for $1, I wouldn't even breed them, just buy 5-10 a week and make sure that they are appropriately sized.
Just my opinion.

Kool! Well the snails arent in fact apple snails, im not sure what they are. My friend corrected me in that the snails are brown ramshorn snails, so ill prob buy like 30 to start. So if i do like ramshorns+frozen krill would that work?

Also apparently the guy i bought my Avocado from said he had it for min a month and only fed them flakes and pellets. Should i be worried about my fishes teeth :S??

 

[bottles]

Ramshorn and krill are a good start, just don't limit yourself to 2 food items. Feed everything for the best results; crays, clams, prawn, etc. as well. None of my fish have a staple.

As long as the fish can eat, the teeth aren't a problem. Just start offering the crunchy food and it should be fine.

Post some pics when you have a chance.

 

[quasar]

Ramshorn and krill are a good start, just don't limit yourself to 2 food items. Feed everything for the best results; crays, clams, prawn, etc. as well. None of my fish have a staple.

As long as the fish can eat, the teeth aren't a problem. Just start offering the crunchy food and it should be fine.

Post some pics when you have a chance.

can i just use reg frozen clams from like a grocery store? Also do i just throw the whole thing in?

 

[Fat Homer]

Yes, the store bought ones are fine, but since your puffer is smaller, you may have to crack it open and let him go at the meat...

While hes going for the meat, there is a chance he'll also wear his teeth down scraping meat off the shell


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[quasar]

Yes, the store bought ones are fine, but since your puffer is smaller, you may have to crack it open and let him go at the meat...

While hes going for the meat, there is a chance he'll also wear his teeth down scraping meat off the shell


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Sounds good!


So i added some small 1/4" snails last night. They look like grey apple snails. The girls at the store didn't know what they were so they sold me 5 for $1. The puffer hasn't eaten any yet. Although 1 is un accounted for and was also the smallest. But not sure if it was eaten. Anyways how long do you think it takes for these guys to get the eating urge? My puffer is 3" in case you wanted to know

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[Fat Homer]

Hard to say, depends on its personality... But once he recognizes you as being the bringer of food it'll be much easier...

Plus thats the good thing about having snails on hand, coz you can put 2 or 3 in and let him eat and hunt when hes hungry


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