Puffer eating dry food

The forum for puffers that either live or start in brackish biotopes: GSPs, F8s, Ceylons & more.
Post Reply
kot
Puffer Fry
Posts: 22
Joined: Mon May 17, 2010 8:32 pm
Location (country): USA

Puffer eating dry food

Post by kot »

My F8 puffer keeps eating the dry pellets that are meant for the other fish. I'm afraid he will die from overeating if I put anymore in the aquarium and he always eats first and all of it.
Top
User avatar
J-P
Former Staff Member
Posts: 5626
Joined: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:21 am
Gender: Male
Location (country): Japan
Location: Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

Re: Puffer eating dry food

Post by J-P »

have you tried a feeding ring at the opposite end of the tank?

It may work...
if you follow me, you avoid stepping in the crap that I just did...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZR55G ... pqlgec1A2Q
Top
kot
Puffer Fry
Posts: 22
Joined: Mon May 17, 2010 8:32 pm
Location (country): USA

Re: Puffer eating dry food

Post by kot »

J-P wrote:have you tried a feeding ring at the opposite end of the tank?

It may work...
These are pellets. They fall to the bottom right away.
Top
User avatar
J-P
Former Staff Member
Posts: 5626
Joined: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:21 am
Gender: Male
Location (country): Japan
Location: Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

Re: Puffer eating dry food

Post by J-P »

so what are the other fish?
if you follow me, you avoid stepping in the crap that I just did...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZR55G ... pqlgec1A2Q
Top
kot
Puffer Fry
Posts: 22
Joined: Mon May 17, 2010 8:32 pm
Location (country): USA

Re: Puffer eating dry food

Post by kot »

Bottom-dwelling bottom eaters.
Top
User avatar
PolishPuff
Mbu Puffer
Posts: 1212
Joined: Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:20 pm
Gender: Male
My Puffers: ________

Also cared for;

Fahaka------------------- Had to give it away
Auriglobus modestus-----Traded
Auriglobus silus ---------Died during transport.
Figure Eight Puffers -----Sold and or traded
Dwarf Puffers ------------Traded
Congo Puffer ------------Traded
South American Puffers -Traded
Carinotetraodon lorteti --Died under my supervision :(
Location (country): USA-Chicago, IL
Location: Chicago, IL

Re: Puffer eating dry food

Post by PolishPuff »

Some of my Puffers eat Flake food. :D
"Lost time is never found again" Benjamin Franklin
Top
User avatar
Pufferpunk
Queen Admin
Posts: 32976
Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
Location: Greenville, SC
Contact:
Contact Pufferpunk

Re: Puffer eating dry food

Post by Pufferpunk »

kot wrote:Bottom-dwelling bottom eaters.
What BW fish would that be?

One of the many reasons it is recommended to keep puffers in a species only tank.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
Top
kot
Puffer Fry
Posts: 22
Joined: Mon May 17, 2010 8:32 pm
Location (country): USA

Re: Puffer eating dry food

Post by kot »

Danio and this fish that attaches to the ground and eats crap from there. Also from wood.
Top
User avatar
J-P
Former Staff Member
Posts: 5626
Joined: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:21 am
Gender: Male
Location (country): Japan
Location: Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

Re: Puffer eating dry food

Post by J-P »

you mean a pleco or an algae eater?
if you follow me, you avoid stepping in the crap that I just did...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZR55G ... pqlgec1A2Q
Top
bastallard
Dwarf Puffer
Posts: 82
Joined: Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:32 am
Gender: Male
My Puffers: Porcupine Puffer, Green Spotted Puffer
Location (country): USA
Location: Plain City, Ohio

Re: Puffer eating dry food

Post by bastallard »

Use a tank divider when feeding, or something to isolate your puffer from the other fish while they eat.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Brackish Puffers”