dwarf pufers!

[kevin007]

this is just a curios quetion, will a dwarf pufer die if it ate his "dead" dwarf puffer friend? just wonderin

 

[cutechic]

If the deceased puffer died from a disease, the disease could be passed on to the puffer who ate him.

 

[David]

And this is a purely hypothetical question, right? Seems strangely specific...

 

[kevin007]

And this is a purely hypothetical question, right? Seems strangely specific...

huh?

no i mean i dont have any dwarf puffers, but i am just curios! Really!

EDIT: know know how puffers are poisionous and all...

 

[sylvia]

I know little about puffers but I would think they'd be immune to their own poison...?

 

[SirMinion]

If the concern you have is over the puffer's toxin then no, the dead one's tankmate will not be poisoned for two reasons

1) they are immune to their own toxins
2) they are most likely captive bred and therefore are unlikely to have any toxins anyway as they get their poison from the diet they eat in the wild.

 

[samsung-401]

My Dp's were wild caught.

 

[myenigmaself]

I don't know if my DPs were wild caught or not, but when they died I had to get them out ASAP or the other fish in the tank (kuhli and black kuhli loaches) would try to eat the body and would die. I never had an instance of a puffer dying from eating another puffer though. Either they didn't like the taste or they were immune to the poison. My dwarfs always prefered live foods anyway. SirMinion's response suffices though

 

[SirMinion]

Even if they are wild caught, the toxins they carry disperse over time if not replenished.

 

[Puffer_freak]

IME a puffer won't eat a dead puffer anyway.