F8 Puffers Diet

[BadBadger]

Right im planning on getting lots of different foods for my puffers. So far i've got a big selection of frozen foods such as blood worm and daphnia. Im looking at getting them cockles, muscles, prawns.... etc etc. But do i need to prepare them? Should i buy frozen, fresh, in a jar, shelled, deshelled..... ??? Also, should i leave the live snails in the tank for them to eat whenever they want? Or keep them in a seperate tank and add a couple at meal times.

Cheers

 

[Lisa67]

Hmmm, I typed all this and then realized you said F8 puffer. So sorry.

I'm kind of new to dwarf puffers myself, but since no one else has answered... I feed mine mainly bloodworms. I buy them frozen at the pet store. I cut one cube in half and stick the other half back in the freezer. I have 4 dwarf puffers and this seems to be enough for them. I've had them for about a month and they still seem healthy (I have 4 in a 16 gal tank). Origionally I bought some dried shrimp in a can but they seem to make a huge mess of the water so I rarely use them.

I bought a snail last week that they have truely expressed no interest in. Every day I find it either up in the plants or climbing up the side of the tank. I thought they would devour it as soon as I put it in there. Maybe my puffers are still too young.

 

[leviethan]

hey, you know those tiny snails that often hitch a ride on plants from aquarium to aquarium, well your little puff balls need em to help grimh thier teeth down. Set shop sometimes let you rout around for them happy hunting

 

[Squidward]

My DP never seem interested in snails.

I think it's the bigger Puffers that show more interest. A few snails in your F8 tank is prob a good idea.

 

[leviethan]

get some live blood worm too, they go crazy for em.