The Puffer Forum

Thanks. Yes, he looks a little plump. What I usually do is put in a big chunk of food and let him bite into it for a few minutes, then take the food out. It's easy to do because the little guy is in QT right now. 2 more weeks then goes in the 150gal.

Hi everyone. I was wondering... how often should I be feeding this small dogface puffer? Right now he's just a little over 2" long. I've been feeding him every day, chunks of food like krill, shrimp, squid, silversides. Is every day too often? Thanks!

I believe their teeth grow back. My LFS has had this dogface puffer for a long time and at first it was missing the whole leftside of its teeth. But since it's grown back completely.

Thanks everyone. So far so good. He's eating well and hasn't nipped at my other fish since that first night. Seems to like raw shrimp, squid, krill and clams the best. Doesn't like silversides at all. And he already made a good friend, my large Foxface. The foxface follows the puffer around all the ...

Definitely not, plus I'm pretty fond of him. He's an Australian Tusk, about 5".

I'll have to come up with a name after I learn his personality a little. Also, I forgot to mention before... This morning when I woke up, I noticed a little chunk missing from my Harlequin Tusk's top fin. Now I didn't see the puffer do it, but I'm 99% sure that's who it was. The missing part is perf...

Thanks for the comments and suggestions.

Hey everyone, a few days ago I bought a Golden Puffer around 6-7" for my 150gal. The first day it didn't want to eat, but today it really pigged out. First I gave it some chunks of raw shrimp and it really liked them, then I cracked open a clam and he's still eating it. My question is, how ofte...