Dwarf Puffer

[Mako Man111]

Ok, I've got a spare 5 gallon tank lieing around and would like to use it to house a singe dwarf puffer. I've got a few quick questions first:

First, this fish is a freshwater fish right? I've heard it can tolerate a litte salinity but I will be keeping it in soley freshwater so I should have no problems?

Second, what does it eat? Will it eat regular flakes, krill, or bloodworms?

 

[jayjay]

They are pure FW so you should have no problems.

They probably won't take flake or pellets. Try a diet of frozen foods, like bloodworm, brineshrimp etc. With live snails aswel included. Maybe frozen prawn aswel.

 

[Boxermom]

They will not eat flakes. They are carnivores and need meaty items such as worms and snails (fresh, frozen or freeze-dried). Do not use brine shrimp except as an occasional treat at most, as brine shrimp have almost no nutritional value and are basically like candy - empty calories. If you use freeze-dried, soak in water to rehydrate first, preferably in vitamin water.

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

I always feed live bloodworms and blackworms. Small ghost shrimps, spirulina enriched brine shrimp and raise your own snails. they usually will eat basically anything that is available as a frozen fish food! I find that they do particularly well on frozen squid and a mussel clam mix that I bought that was originally intended for triggerfish and saltwater puffers!

SLC

Get some live plants if you can! and some rocks that you can stack into a pattern with places for the fish to explore! The snails will hide out in ther and the puffer will have a blast hunting them out, that would be a great thing to watch!

 

[Rocker]

Mysis shrimp and snails if no one has mentioned those.There is a good article on feeding here


http/www.thepufferforum.info/articles/puffer/food.html