mbu puffer

[mrwalker52]

How can you keep your mbu puffer from nipping on the other fishes fins?

 

[Pomatomus]

I have no mbu experience, but this is a common behavior in many smooth puffers. In the past I've had to keep the puffers with different stock (faster fish) or just give them their own tank.

Just my 2 cents. Hopefully some mbu people will reply

 

[Oddball]

Does the mbu have chew items in the tank to take care of his teeth? What's his diet?

 

[mrwalker52]

Im feeding him krill sliver strides cut up nd snails!!!

 

[Etan]

Puffers bite everything for the most part. Some people get lucky with a non bitey puff but that's more the exception than the norm.

 

[Oddball]

Mbus require items that will aid in shaving down their constantly growing teeth. Their diet should include raw shell-on shrimp, crayfish, whole clams, mussels, snails, etc. I also kept columnar coral pieces in my mbu's tanks. They used the coral pieces as chew toys. One of my mbus used to chew up coconut shells as it's preferred chew toy.

 

[Anderman]

How can you keep your mbu puffer from nipping on the other fishes fins?

Get rid of the other fish and he won't have anything to nip. It's their nature to do so and just luck of the draw to get one that doesn't

 

[Fat Homer]

How many and what other fish do you have with your puffer? And what size tank are we talking about?

 

[mrwalker52]

I got a 220 gallon aquarium with Chaca catfish pictus catfish indo pacific tarpon 3 peacock bass fire eel red tail barracuda 4 birchirs armatus FEI Feng arrowanna African pike spotted gar

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[Etan]

Most people wont even house an mbu solo in a 220