I got my Mbu to take a bite out of a frozen shrimp I had put in the microwave for a few seconds. It's his first non-live food which is good, but I'm not sure if human grade shrimp are suitable for him. I've heard that feeding saltwater animals to freshwater fish and vice versa is a definite no no. Anyone have an opinion on this?
Mbu food
- Thread starter Aribenlaw
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Same for me, for years I have been feeding coocked shrimps to my Mbu puffer and the rest of my south american fish...and they love it. It's rinsed and cooked, the salt is long gone...
Aribenlaw;641162; said:
ummm... the opposite is what I've been taught. something like saltwater fish is much lower in fat and stuff.
raw shrimp is best to preserve the nutrition content, don't microwave/cook. simply thaw by rinsing in water.
M|L;641871; said:
Ditto. This, cockles w/shell, live crawfish, and snails are excellent staples. No cooking needed.
J
andregurov;642479; said:
Don't forget to break the claws off of the crays though, don't want to risk any damage to the Mbu. If you could a live crab with no claws would be a good snack too, and some mystery snails.
How big is your puffer?
I've had problems lately feeding my Mbu, I discussed with andregurov (thanks for the tips!) and the same seems to come back often...live crayfish/crab with pincers snipped off. I couldn't find any crayfish yesterday, but did find small crabs...on sale 2 for 1 !! So i'll go ahead and give it a shot.
And about the snails, my puffer is tiny, like 3-4" long. He can only break pons snail shell...how would you go and feed him mystery or apple snails? Would you tear the trap door off and let it eat the snail inside?
Cause I only have so much pond snails in my snail breeding tank, and had no luck breeding apple snails...
And about the snails, my puffer is tiny, like 3-4" long. He can only break pons snail shell...how would you go and feed him mystery or apple snails? Would you tear the trap door off and let it eat the snail inside?
Cause I only have so much pond snails in my snail breeding tank, and had no luck breeding apple snails...
Cyclop3000;642942; said:
As a humorous aside, my last big Mbu would eat just about anything. One day, I got ahold of several 5"+ Blue Crabs that I broke the claws off of and dropped in his tank. Man, those crabs are mean as all getall! They buried themselves, he huffed and puffed and blew their sand off, and would pile drive into them to get them up and flipped over. Those stupid crabs would wave their little stumps around and aim right at his eyes - it was the only time I got to see how incredibly flexible the Mbu's outer skin is, as he would pull it over his eyes to protect them. Eventually I had to break the crabs up for him to eat them, as he couldn't kill them. They are just too smart and too stubborn and too desirous of life! Little crabs = good. Big blue crabs = not good
J
M|L;641871; said:
I agree. My polys, mbu, dats, cats, channa and s.a cichlids all eat market shrimp daily and i just thaw it under a hot tap. i wouldn't cook it. best healthy growth food you can buy imo, i have a channa auranti that's grown 12" in 4mths and an endli congicus that's grown 10" in 3mths but neither you would consider to be bloated or overweight.