what do you feed your puffer?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
I tried feeding my fahaka its first mussel yesterday and it wasnt interested, any ideas how I can get it interested? Granted, it may be too young, only about 2.75" long. I opened it and layed it on the bottom.
 
Did you crack it open?
 
Yes I did, I figured I was supposed to. Well i didnt crack it, i just oppened it up...
 
He may not recognize it as food. Try bouncing it around on a thread.
 
mine didn't want clams either... I simply cracked one open.. and left it in the tank over night.. then pulled anything uneaten out in the am.. a few nights of this and puff puff started eating them with gusto... figured out it was food.
 
well my fahaka eats anything, from live to death food, he is still small and very active also. The tank he is now has no substrate or gravel at all, only painted black all around. And he enjoys it just fine.
 
Maybe specifically not for puffers, but
Pufferpunk;5075325; said:
Meal worms aren't a good food for fish.
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is a bit of a blanket statement, no? I'd think that bugs would generally be brilliant for fish, particularly if they can be so easily gut-loaded. High fat content of a caterpillar might be an issue making meal worms a poor staple, but please qualify. If there's an issue with bugs I'd like to know it.
What about (clean) roaches and crickets or the mature mealworm beetle?

I hear conflicting reports about MTS and puffers- good & fine vs shell too hard. Do they actually crack teeth? What happens to Malaysian puffers ;)
Would nerite snails fall into a similar box?

Would parasites from new-world wild-caught foods be transmissible to old-world puffers?
 
Yep, blanket statement because their chiton is indigestible. Now if they are freshly shed... They are a very fatty food though.
 
Nope, those seem OK. Even for reptiles, the mealworms aren't the best food.
 
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