frozen shrimp as GSP food

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 2:05 pm

If I buy a bag of frozen uncooked shrimp sold as food for people would this work as a food source for my GSP.

sevenyearnight · Post by **sevenyearnight** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 2:09 pm

Just make sure the uncooked shrimp doesn't have preservatives or flavoring, and it's not the only thing he eats. (Which I'm sure you wouldn't just feed him shrimp)

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:05 pm

Yes, I use this food a lot. Leave the shell on. Defrost in vitamin water.

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:28 pm

Pufferpunk wrote:Yes, I use this food a lot. Leave the shell on. Defrost in vitamin water.

Vitamin water? like the drink?

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:37 pm

I just saw in the puffer feeding article freeze dried krill. I actually have some I bought as newt food.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:54 pm

They sell liquid fish vits at your LFS. Krill is OK occasionally but your puffer needs a varied diet.

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:25 pm

Yah I figure If I use a combination of different foods it will be better than just a couple. some frozen, freeze dried, live snail/crusteations, and occasionally live insects/worms.

marlana · Post by **marlana** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:58 pm

Both my GSP's are big fans of frozen shrimp. I thaw in tank water until no longer frozen and then toss it in. They also love mussels. My local WalMart sells a bag of mussels in the frozen seafood section, raw and in their shells, for approx $4. My GSP's loooove the mussels, too. Very easy and affordable to feed them, IMO. I do it the same way I feed shrimp (just de-thaw in tank water)

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:20 pm

So I fed my puffer the freeze dried krill and freeze dried baby shrimp and he got very excited. I plan on getting some frozen shrimps and such next opportunity I get.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:00 am

FD foods are a nice, easy snack to toss in when in a pinch for time. I use the plankton often.

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