Live Food For Puffers

[Monty2451]

I'm considering starting up a small 5 gal. FW tank with a Dwarf Puffer (Carinotetraodon travancoricus), and I know that they require both live and frozen foods to stay healthy. I can get snails and ghost shrimp with no trouble, but blackworms are a bit tougher. I was wondering if anyone knew of any good online providers, or even shops in lower New York state which carry live ones? Or is it not even necessary to worry about getting the blackworms if I can provide shrimp and snails along with other frozen foods?

Thanks

 

[Davo86]

I'm considering starting up a small 5 gal. FW tank with a Dwarf Puffer (Carinotetraodon travancoricus), and I know that they require both live and frozen foods to stay healthy. I can get snails and ghost shrimp with no trouble, but blackworms are a bit tougher. I was wondering if anyone knew of any good online providers, or even shops in lower New York state which carry live ones? Or is it not even necessary to worry about getting the blackworms if I can provide shrimp and snails along with other frozen foods?

Thanks

Dwarf Puffers will live quite happily on frozen prepared foods, and a varied diet of Bloodworm, Daphnia, Brineshrimp, diced prawn, snails and feeder shrimp will be more than enough for any DP,