Overfeeding Puffers

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:49 am

Sounds like an expensive treat to me!

Puffy? · Post by **Puffy?** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:46 am

My Mandarins are eating bloodworms mostly and whatever they find in the rocks theres lots of critters in there. My GSP doesnt bother them, infact ive seen the Mandarins chase the puffer away a few times of coarse this may change with time.

timbo · Post by **timbo** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:16 am

I know little or nothing about puffers (That is why I am on this web site. BUT let me say . G.S.P.s are Species only. (Thay get more aggressive as thay age). Thay are Brackish fish (Some even say marine). So on both counts community tanks , angles etc are not good. Thay have large teeth, Large appitites, and are hunter preditors... Getting the picture?

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:26 pm

He returned the Manderins.

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:26 pm

I have been feeding my ceylons about 2-3 times a week. They eat until they look obese. i dont want to encourage that so i just let them eat heartily and then leave them be for a couple days. They poke around the tank, roll over shells and gernalyl search for more but never seem to be any worse for the mini fasting periods.

Though they do start to beg actively after about 15 hours but i'm learning to just let it be, they'd eat daily like that if i let them. I did when i first got them but after reading about over feeding on here i started lowering it from one full shrimp to pick on to about a third that is removed the following morning.

The one i'm really worred about over feed is our Humpback puffer Fred. He is such a character but, at least when theres enough light to see him, he's a loafy little bugger. He's on the twice a week diet as well.

Is it ok to feed smaller puffers more often? I have a rather small modestus i feed something small to daily. He might be an inch and small change long now and is always on the go picking at anything that moves in his tank.

Thanks for the input and i love this site

jason

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:31 pm

For smaller puffs, skip 1 day/week.

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:39 pm

I agree with PP. I feed my small puffers once/day until their bellies are rounded, and skip one day of feeding/week. It's really hard, I know. They are such cute beggars!

Pandora114 · Post by **Pandora114** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:16 pm

ok I dont feel so bad in letting my GSP skip a day now.

But he's making me feel SOOOOOOOO guilty each time I go by the tank, he zooms up to the glass and goes up and down up and down begging for food...

Mad_Creation · Post by **Mad_Creation** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:40 am

When a GSP is young can u feed him once a day? or also once in a few days? And how many times when he gets older?

Post by **RTR** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:48 am

It is not the frequency of feeding as much as the total quantity fed. I do no want any of my puffers fed past a lightly rounded belly. Young puffers get that 6 days a week. Mature puffers get that ever other day. Very large puffers and mature lurkers get that about every third or forth day.

Shawn91 · Post by **Shawn91** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:04 pm

how often should i feed my SAPs?

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:09 pm

1x/day, 6 days/wk.

HRPuffersnStuff · Post by **HRPuffersnStuff** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:19 am

Does no one else have problems with getting their other fish fed? My scats, BBGs and tiger barb have to fight tooth and nail just to get a bite away from the puffs... So I try to put some flakes and greens in there in hopes they will at least get some of that (def not the BBGs)... I swear the scats must be eating a lot of scat because I hardly ever see them eat. lol

So I have to sometimes feed the puffs more than I would just to make sure the other fish are eating... gluttons.

hoofclopsongalaxy · Post by **hoofclopsongalaxy** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:50 pm

slightly off topic, but, i was reading this site. it said puffers have to eat hard food. this sorta worried me. is freeze-dried shrimp hard enough?

Boxermom · Post by **Boxermom** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:55 pm

Nope. There's a good article in our library about foods to feed them.

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