puffers have poisen in there flesh and when bit the fish gets a dose and ether die or are parlyzed for a day or two so if ur fish bits one it should be quarentined for awhile
Puffer fish and pirahnas
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the puffer will release the poison and it will either kill or paralyze your rbp....and any mix other than another pygo will almost certainly lead to death with piranhas they are very unprodictable and that puffer may last a little bit of time if u keep them well fed but eventually they will turn on the puffer and kill it....hope that helps 
I think that this is a bad idea but it might not be the puffer being eaten if you have well fed rbps, puffers have wicked jaws and large ones are notorious for biting holes in other fish. Either way, not good.
Only newly caught puffers will have tetradotoxin in their livers and gall bladders. As time passes, they'll lose this toxin in captivity. The toxin is retained from foods it hunts in the wild. It's not naturally produced in puffers.
And, there is no toxin in the flesh. I've eaten hundreds of wild caught puffers. So long as the abdominal cavity isn't pierced while cleaning them for the kitchen, there's no danger of poisoning.
And, there is no toxin in the flesh. I've eaten hundreds of wild caught puffers. So long as the abdominal cavity isn't pierced while cleaning them for the kitchen, there's no danger of poisoning.
That is correct, there is no toxin on the flesh of the puffer fish, wild caught or in captivity. The toxin is in the liver. Oddball speaks like he is an expert in fugu sashimi...ummm tasty.
Oddball said:
Great info.. I was always under the impression that Teradotoxin was produced in a mucus slimecoat on the exterior of the pufferfish?
It is also interesting to hear they do not produce it themselves, but in their diet. I knew about the concetration of Tetradotoxin in the abdominal cavity, but I was unaware of the other information.
I must not of listened to Animal Planet very well..
Eating Fugu is just not worth dieing over
thanks for the information so if i would get a pufferfish now and qaurenteen it for a couple weeks its should be fine ta put in there i one i was interested in getting was a dwarf puffer fish and my rbp r def well feed so think its still a bad idea
Animal Planet is trash. You really shouldn't waste your time on that mindless kiddy junk...Miles said:It is also interesting to hear they do not produce it themselves, but in their diet. I knew about the concetration of Tetradotoxin in the abdominal cavity, but I was unaware of the other information.
I must not of listened to Animal Planet very well..
Eating Fugu is just not worth dieing over
