Puffer eating whole snail? (plus other food questions)

[Stratters]

Yup, Piggy can change colour in a matter of seconds, depending on what he's up to. That is one beautiful puffer btw

[irri]

Thank you!

[bertie 83]

No need to pause at 1.010, just keep going at 0.002 per week until you hit your desired sg. Puffers can handle being drip acclimated from f/w to marine conditions in a matter of hours so don't worry, it's the tanks bacteria that can't handle fast swings in sg

[irri]

Okay awesome I will just keep going then Thank you!

[adamsmx34]

How would one lean or wean off puffers on certain foods? I bought some Krail (frozen) and they don't seem to care much for it. They are eating blood worms , shrimp(raw with shells) and snails.

[bertie 83]

Try garlic soaking foods, krill should be a treat only

[adamsmx34]

I've tried feeding them krill only twice and both times they spit the food back out after a bite. However they love blood worms shrimp and snails!

[bertie 83]

Good staple foods there. Perhaps try mysis, mussel and cockle just to mix it up

[adamsmx34]

How often should their diet be of a different variety? I feed them shrimp (2x) snails (2x) and bloodworms (2x) and don't feed them on Sunday. I usually do a rotation shrimp worms snails worms snails shrimp

[Pufferpunk]

Try adding freeze-dried plankton & mysis shrimp to the mix. I bet they'd love to tear into a mussel, clam or oyster, occasionally.

[adamsmx34]

The LFS should carry all of this correct? And mussel where shall I purchase them?

[Pufferpunk]

Start haunting the produce dept of your grocery stores.

[adamsmx34]

Hahaha, the mussles would need to be fairly small for them to eat it as they are juveniles correct?

[Pufferpunk]

You just crack them open & let them go at it. Mussels are pretty small anyway.

[adamsmx34]

Alrighty thanks for the abundance of information