What should i be feeding my dwarf puffers?

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What should i be feeding my dwarf puffers?

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So right now Iam feeding my dwarf puffers unthawed bloodworms once a day.What else should there be in there diet to remain healthy?Also would it be better to soak there food in garlic juice from a store bought jar or with seachems garlic guard?
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why unthawed?
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Re: What should i be feeding my dwarf puffers?

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+1 on the unthawed. Are you by chance dropping the cube directly into the tank?

I also feed mine pieces of crushed snail and every once in a while pieces of mussel when My F8 get some.

Bloodworms are the staple and I get no complaints at all.
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I feed my puffers unthawed bloodworms because i had read on the dwarf puffer websight that it was good to unthaw frozen bloodworms in a container of aquarium water.
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That is what I typically do. I "thaw" them in a glass of tank water and strain it, and into the tank it goes.

Just wondering what your procedure was. Do you drop the cube in a tank?
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Re: What should i be feeding my dwarf puffers?

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Unthawed = frozen. Thawed = unfrozen (& hopefully rinsed).
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I fed my DPs live blackworms and live snails.
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My fish only wants live even though the fish gets frozen. Puff has lost quite a bit of weight but has still got energy so I presume she is ok.
I keep live daphnia for treats and also live snails in a seperate tank.
Now feeding mainly frozen Tubifex worms. Didn't like frozen Bloodworm but now doesn't like my Tubifex worms, also frozen Krill and Brine Shrimp.
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Tubifex worms? Not good fish food. Those are sewer worms. NIMFT
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