my puffer ate a golf ball

[INDK617]

not really, but i usually give him a dozen guppies, which he eats throught a week.

this time i had to give him tuffies and he did not like them in his tank. he ate as many as he could then killed the rest. so im not making that mistake again.

this is him about 6 tuffies deep...

 

[devder1]

whats a truffie?

 

[INDK617]

a tuffie? its either a small goldfish or minnow, idk. looks like a goldfish

 

[crenipterus svenagalus]

Minnow.

 

[devder1]

o lol
shudnt he eat shrimp and snails and stuff? i didnt think a steady diet of feeders was healthy?

 

[freshwaterfishing]

lol it really looks like he ate a golf ball.

 

[INDK617]

it does, i feed it ghost shrimp, crawfish (i break the claws off) and then guppies. been trying to get it to eat ANYTHING frozen, but it will not eat anything it cant kill first.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Feeder Fish - The Pros and Cons

Getting them to eat dead foods

 

[INDK617]

hey thanks. i actually read that when i bought him. ive been trying all those things, i had food tied to the hood in the filters stream for a day and he had no interest. when i use a stick he bites it off the stick and then spits it out and gets pissed and swims around frantically. but im still trying. no luck so far.

i do have prolly 10 baby guppies in the tank though, lol. there are 2 guppies ive had for months that he wont eat and they keep having babies.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I have a SW Rhinopias I have to feed live foods to. I can't even trick him with a live guppy on a stick.