Puffer killed Oscar?
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hey pufferpunk...just out of curiosity...does the Nile Puffer aka Fahaka Puffer have this poison?
Considering that all I am aware of is puffers eat crustaceons & all frogs eat are bugs, you're guess is as good as mine!
FSM;1871227; said:
I was just reading a trivia book yesterday, and this was one of the subjects. Puffers around reefs are poisonous because they eat poisionous coral and other animals.
Puffers in captivity should lose their toxicity over time.
But its true, the poison is concentrated primarily in the ovaries, and also in other internal organs. I don't think the skin is poisonous.
I'm quoting this book directly now:
"...it doesn't contain toxin unless it eats tissue from toxin-producing fish such as the Xanthid crab, angelfish, goby, horseshoe crab, or the blur-ringed octopus. The puffer also ingests some microorganisms and bacteria that prouduce toxin, all of which concentrates in the puffer's liver, skin, ovaries, and certain muscles..." I was wrong about the skin part. Sounds like that O was definately poisoned.
It also says most, but not all puffer species are toxic.
The article is about the Japanese delicacy of eating puffers, even though it costs about $400, and 50 people die per year from ill-prepared puffers.
"...it doesn't contain toxin unless it eats tissue from toxin-producing fish such as the Xanthid crab, angelfish, goby, horseshoe crab, or the blur-ringed octopus. The puffer also ingests some microorganisms and bacteria that prouduce toxin, all of which concentrates in the puffer's liver, skin, ovaries, and certain muscles..." I was wrong about the skin part. Sounds like that O was definately poisoned.
It also says most, but not all puffer species are toxic.
The article is about the Japanese delicacy of eating puffers, even though it costs about $400, and 50 people die per year from ill-prepared puffers.
Yeah, Puffers are poisonous. Any kind of them are, not just only Green Spotted Puffer. I tried feeding my Tiger Oscar with Greeen Spotted Puffer before but in my case is different cuz they both died. Puffer died in Oscar's mouth and Oscar was killed by Puffer poisonous.
