What to feed my figure 8

Sara0229 · Post by **Sara0229** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:50 pm

I currently feed my figure 8 gut loaded snails, tilapia, little dried brine shrimp (pre-soaked and not to fond of these), and an occasional green pea, and that's it. I feel he should be getting more variety. I've tried tubifex and blood worms but he wasn't interested. Is his current diet ok or shoud I add something else? What do yours like?

sevenyearnight · Post by **sevenyearnight** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:01 am

My GSPs love squid tentacles and clams, I get them at whole foods. I have some small "pest" snails in quarantine, they really like those.

duke · Post by **duke** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:42 am

Hey sara , had the same question my self when i bought 6 six of those adorable puffers my self about two weeks ago. i feed them home raised pond snails , three diffrent type's of shrimp (the ones with the shell still attached), king shrimp legs (thanks to the local asian markets) , worms and afew meaty criters . pritty much sums up all they eat . not a fan of the dry krill they sell at the LFS ..............hope this help's

Sara0229 · Post by **Sara0229** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:36 pm

squid tentacles? I know I can get them canned but not sure about fresh, would canned be ok?

Also, how do you give them clams? Any sort of clam? Sorry I'm a veg and know nothing about all this meaty stuff.

purplecandle · Post by **purplecandle** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:48 pm

Avoid canned food, go for fresh raw or frozen raw..just find a local seafood market..

Here is a feeding article - library/feeding/feeding-your-puffers/

Here is a video of GSPs eating a mussel, this is the same manner you would feed a clam, for a small puff-

sevenyearnight · Post by **sevenyearnight** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:44 pm

I don't eat meat either, lol. I get these items at the super market, do you have a Whole Foods where you live? I'm pretty sure most super markets will have that stuff though. But yeah, definitely not canned. They help keep their teeth in check when they scrape the meat off of bivalve shells.

sevenyearnight · Post by **sevenyearnight** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:28 pm

I just picked up two mussels at Publix for 22 cents. I hope they like them!

sevenyearnight · Post by **sevenyearnight** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:14 pm

...nom nom nom nom nom

Sara0229 · Post by **Sara0229** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:25 pm

Thanks for the video! My guy would love that!

We don't have whole foods as I live in a very small town. I would think they might have mussels or clams though. I'll look next time I go. Another dumb question, do you just put the mussel or clam in? I'm told they come closed do I pry it open some how???

Thanks everyone for the great ideas!

sevenyearnight · Post by **sevenyearnight** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:47 pm

You do have to pry them open.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:46 pm

It's actually best to freeze them overnight to kill off any nasties & then defrost in luke warm vitamin water.

sevenyearnight · Post by **sevenyearnight** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:18 pm

What kind of vitamins? Where can they be purchased

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:22 pm

Any good aquarium store should carry liquid fish vits.

jmanglona · Post by **jmanglona** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:09 am

petsolutions.com sells baby clams on a half shell. they ship it in dry ice. they are a great company. try them out.

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