The Puffer Forum

How often should I be feeding my Valentini puffer snails to maintain his teeth?

I have a couple now but plan to order a bulk amount on ebay.

I was thinking once or twice a week?

So apparently these get mistaken for ghost shrimp but they're a much more aggressive variety called whisker shrimp... Hmmm getting worried.

These guys actually eat the snails that my dwarf puffers just completely ignore (they like me feeding them bloodworms too much I guess..). Apparently these shrimp also hunt and eat fish?! Do I need to get rid of these shrimp, I'm kind of shocked that a shrimp might be able to take down a dwarf puffe...

So it seems tube anemones are actually far safer than any true anemone...

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2004/6/inverts

Thinking this over, this is probably a terrible idea.

They're both top line predators and it's not like they're going to be best friends. They probably won't like each other at all, not like either will get lonely of other fish.

I guess I'll just go with two smaller setups or something like that.

Thanks!

Sorry there are so many water marks. I'm still figuring out the ins and outs of aquarium photography. I expect much better results in the near future.

Thinking about getting this setup. It's a 66 gallon all in one system and I'll probably make a few small upgrades to it. I imagine with that tank size, I'll probably have to look at one of the smaller lion fish. Any suggestions on what puffers may be a good idea? Thinking maybe the Valenti Saddle si...

Oops will resize when I get home. Would 1000px wide be ok?

I picked up 3 of these guys from my LFS. I had a Fluval 5 gallon chi but that was obviously too small for them. I even had to move the very aggressive one to a cheap tetra with filtration 1.5 gallon tank because he was chasing the other two constantly. The photos with the purple granite is where I'm...