Stars and Stripes a vegitarian?

Snausy · Post by **Snausy** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:01 pm

ok so he likes his meat too, but my Stars and Stripes LOVES to sit and graze on chaetomorpha all day long. He has eaten two baseball sized clumps almost fully in about a week.

When he poops it's bit of shrimp, clump of chaetomorpha, bit of shrimp, clump of chaetomorpha.

It's like he uses it as roughage to clean his system? Is this possible?

Anyone else have a puffer that eats chaetomorpha like it's cotton candy? I can hear it every time he takes a bite CRUNCH...lol, what a crazy fish! I love him!

Post by **Puffer Queen** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:04 pm

Almost all of my puffer eat macroalgae, seaweed and nori.

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:19 pm

Mine too.

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:13 pm

I've learned that the hard way with my nice macros... Try sinking some nori, puffs love it!

Post by **Puffer Queen** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:07 am

Check out this fat "veggie"

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Post by **Puffer Queen** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:29 am

oops - got carried away with the resizing - in case the previous one is too small, here is a larger one.

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:07 pm

My Modestus LOVES peas. Scarfs em down like there is no tomorrow.

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:26 pm

Puffer Queen, ever had problems with the puff biting the clip? Had larger puffs do that often at work... Now they are all hand fed or the seaweed is weighted by a chunk of coral.

Post by **Puffer Queen** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:36 pm

Only the smaller puffers are "allowed" the clips. The larger ones (6 - 24") eat the clips in seconds.....so the sheets are simply dropped into the tank & eaten instantly.

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:04 am

I've found that the larger species will rasp at dead coral if you wrap it with the seaweed... New puffer dentistry?

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:06 pm

Tihsho wrote:I've found that the larger species will rasp at dead coral if you wrap it with the seaweed... New puffer dentistry?

hehe, a guy at imac told me that that is how he does puffer dentistry, but for FW puffs he recomeneded smearing wet food on the dead coral, and then let it dry on. plunk in the tank and let him rasp away.

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:46 pm

Seriously? IME I've never had to trim FW puffs beaks other then a SAP which a friend did for me... Still need to buy a set of bone cutters to do it on my own.

Arothron Junkie · Post by **Arothron Junkie** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:17 am

you can also take a clamshell or mussell shell and pack shrimp or whatever substance you want but I usually just buy more clams/mussells at the local fresh market....

only had one puffer that was an algae lover but that not so little S&S looked like an aquatic jabba the hutt....

peas seem to be a universal favorite though...

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:55 am

Really? My puffs don't like peas...I think they are spoiled.

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:52 pm

Mine just want food, they don't care what it is now... pigs....

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Stars and Stripes a vegitarian?

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