The Puffer Forum

LOL, i thought you were talking about soaking the live hermit crabs. The puffer has no problem eating the frozen food, but I didn't think there was enough "shelly" type food in there to do the trick.

Great news! I just dumped a bunch of hermit crabs into the tank and my puffer started poking at them, I hope he'll figure out the rest, lol


Any instructions on the garlic guard?

really?

Done that, I'm looking for tricks to actually get him to eat those things, lol

Do you have any other ideas? It's hard to tell if he's eaten any of them because sometimes you can't really see all the crabs for an accurate count. Do you have any other ideas to get him to eat them? I was thinking about feeding him less often (now every other day) but I don't want the other fish t...

Yeah, it's a saltwater puffer. He's about 2.5 inches long. I'll post a pic if I get a chance. He's my first puffer and I may be just overcautious about his teeth. Basically all he eats is a selection of frozen food (shrimp, etc..), nothing to coarse to wear down his teeth as far as I'm concerned (i ...

would you suggest that i add as many crabs as possible so maybe he'll get the idea? I feed him frozen foods every other day, but they do not contain anything solid that would do the job on his teeth. Thanks very much.

I posted this message in the "general discussion" forum, but think here may be more appropriate. I've had my blue spotted puffer for about 3 months now. I absolutely love him. His teeth have started coming in and I am starting to get worried. I have a bunch of snails (the ones with the con...