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j_wishbone
Figure 8 Puffer
Posts: 237 Joined: Sat May 12, 2007 8:26 amMy Puffers: toadfishLocation (country): AustraliaLocation: Sydney, Australia
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by j_wishbone Sat May 15, 2010 9:14 pm
hi just wondering if your marine puffers eat macro algae?
i got a starter pack of macros (probably just a handful) which I put in the tank hoping it would add some colour besides the rocks?
but 30 minutes later it was cleaned out.. by my dog face.. haha
guess hes got an apetite for them..
*sghs... back to the boring ONLY rocked tank...!!
Pufferpunk
Queen Admin
Posts: 32975 Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 amGender: FemaleMy Puffers: Puffers I have kept:Location (country): USA, Greenville, SCLocation: Greenville, SC
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by Pufferpunk Sat May 15, 2010 9:42 pm
Algae is on the menu for tobys.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
marksrush
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 856 Joined: Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:10 pmGender: MaleMy Puffers: One GSP.Location (country): USALocation: Raymore, Missouri USA
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by marksrush Sat May 15, 2010 9:59 pm
My GSP and my Ceylon both love seaweed strips, and the GSP even goes around and scrapes little round bites of algae off the rocks.
j_wishbone
Figure 8 Puffer
Posts: 237 Joined: Sat May 12, 2007 8:26 amMy Puffers: toadfishLocation (country): AustraliaLocation: Sydney, Australia
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by j_wishbone Sat May 15, 2010 10:21 pm
they'd eat anything the little pigs... =)
j_wishbone
Figure 8 Puffer
Posts: 237 Joined: Sat May 12, 2007 8:26 amMy Puffers: toadfishLocation (country): AustraliaLocation: Sydney, Australia
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by j_wishbone Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:44 am
does dog face eat algae?
Pufferpunk
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Posts: 32975 Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 amGender: FemaleMy Puffers: Puffers I have kept:Location (country): USA, Greenville, SCLocation: Greenville, SC
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by Pufferpunk Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:59 am
I tried feeding sheet algae to my ocellatus but he was having none of it.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
j_wishbone
Figure 8 Puffer
Posts: 237 Joined: Sat May 12, 2007 8:26 amMy Puffers: toadfishLocation (country): AustraliaLocation: Sydney, Australia
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by j_wishbone Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:29 pm
maybe only tobys love the way it tastes.. =)
Pufferpunk
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Posts: 32975 Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 amGender: FemaleMy Puffers: Puffers I have kept:Location (country): USA, Greenville, SCLocation: Greenville, SC
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by Pufferpunk Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:37 pm
RTR told me to feed it to my fugu. Trying again tonight.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
j_wishbone
Figure 8 Puffer
Posts: 237 Joined: Sat May 12, 2007 8:26 amMy Puffers: toadfishLocation (country): AustraliaLocation: Sydney, Australia
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by j_wishbone Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:42 am
i think my dogface has a taste for it as well.. i put a bunch in last night and seemed to have magically dissapeared this morning
FADE2BLACK_1973
Mbu Puffer
Posts: 1185 Joined: Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:09 pmGender: MaleMy Puffers: Fahaka (Tetraodon lineatus) Location (country): United States of AmericaLocation: Kentucky
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by FADE2BLACK_1973 Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:48 am
I owned a Stars and Stripes puffer that sucked down algae sheets that was put on a veggie clig for a yellow tang. I had a time trying to feed my tang with that puffer..lol
Chris,
LD50
Puffer Fry
Posts: 49 Joined: Sat Jun 26, 2010 3:01 amMy Puffers: Stars and StripesLocation (country): TexasLocation: Texas
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by LD50 Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:14 pm
I wish I could get my S&S to chew on some macro but if it isnt meaty he wont have any of it.
"It taste like.......burning" -Ralph Wiggum
El Scorpio
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 534 Joined: Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:11 pmGender: MaleMy Puffers: none, at the moment...Location (country): Louisville, KY.
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by El Scorpio Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:57 pm
Tobies do! I had some shaving brush plants in my tank. They were awesome at absorbing nutrients and preventing algae growth. Then my hawaiian white spotted toby decided he wanted some salad with his shrimp and absolutely demolished all five of those plants. He didn't even really eat them, just tore them to pieces one by one.
Puffy Paul
Puffer Fry
Posts: 13 Joined: Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:52 pmLocation (country): Texas
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by Puffy Paul Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:20 pm
My GSP doesn't eat the cheato. But he does go after bits of leftovers tangled up in it. I thought he was stuck once, but he was just doing what he does...
