The Puffer Forum

Do you feed your puff crabs as well? I don't think mine are big enough to take on such creatures as crabs or crayfish. They tend to stick to the baby size snails and blood worms. The problem is I know the LFS that I bought them from didn't feed them snails and I don't want to have to trim their teet...

Can I just put/leave all of the snails and shrimp in the tank for him to eat whenever he gets hungry? or will he eat all in sight until nothing is left? I read a few articles on his diet needs and they mention feeding snails regularly to keep his beak worn down but don't answer the above question. I...

Puffers sleeping on the bottom would be an issue of survival. thanks for that knowledge.

This is a good point, but I'm convinced that my crayfish have either "adjusted" or are just lazy. I have had feeder fish, ghost shrimp and snails all for the crayfish to dine on at various times. I started feeding them snails, they stopped eating the the minnows, they choose shrimp pellets...

..In my ongoing research on owning a puffer, I am now wondering if a blue crayfish could survive as a tankmate with a bronze/golden puffer.If size matters, the crayfish are about 3 inches each & hopefully I'll get a partially young puffer 1 to 2 inches. Home would be a 20 gallon tank, lots of ro...