So my puffer is about 4" long I got him July 5th of this year so probably about 3 or 4 months old. He is growing quickly. I have been feeding 1 cube of blood worms and 2 cubes of mysis shrimp. I have some dither fish in there that pick up scraps. I throw in a mystery snail once a week for his beak. I found a local bait shop that sells crayfish cheap so I was thinking I may start alternating them into the feeding scheduled. How many crayfish should I feed a day or week? I was thinking instead of frozen food tonight give 1 crayfish. he is still small about 4"
Fahaka Puffer Feeding Question
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Depends on the size of the crayfish, how big are they?
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Most puffers love crayfish. At that size though, I would remove the claws from the crayfish as they could cause some serious damage to a smaller puffer.
One crayfish didn't survive the ride home. So I put the dead one in last night. Took the puffer about a long time to finish it. He picked at it then came back every so often and picked at it some more. This morning I checked the tank and no remnants where found.
Cray are medium sized 2 inches I would guess.
Good suggestion about the claws.
Cray are medium sized 2 inches I would guess.
Good suggestion about the claws.
For tiny 1" crayfish I personally wouldn't worry about the claws because they're small and puffers have natural stretchy skin. But I would declaw with those 2" crayfish. At least for an inch or so. If feeding dead I would leave the claws on if they're not too big because mine have seem to find them delicious
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My Fahaka is the oddest puffer I have ever had or seen. He wont over feed. He munches and leaves and comes back. If he doesn't finish food I have to take it out. Its been like that since I have had him. My other puffers would eat them selves to death if I let them.
I think it is just his particular personality. he gets a a wide range of food. Clams, muscles, table shrimp, krill, mysis shrimp, blood worms, black worms. shoot he eats better than I do
but he treats all food the same. he munches a bit then comes back a little later.
that's awesome lol my puffer does the same thing except s/he seems to be more picky ive had it since s/he was 2 inches long and after the acclimation was done i gave it a half shelled clam and it went to the surface and spit water at me lol it does it every time i feed itI think it is just his particular personality. he gets a a wide range of food. Clams, muscles, table shrimp, krill, mysis shrimp, blood worms, black worms. shoot he eats better than I do