The Puffer Forum

Vixen wrote:…at which point the offending claw was bitten of and then paraded around the tank like a trophy

Here's another firm favourite... mussels. Not a very common treat... this kind of thing puts a real strain on the filtration of a smaller system like this.

Note that I tend to feed them after lights-out. It's been dark for about an hour here. That's why their colour is a bit washed out, and they are a little black (they always turn a little black when eating anyway - as people who own GSPs will attest to)





This kind of treat (shellfish, shrimp) gets fed about 2x a week.

You'll also notice that Pizza was polite enough to remove his lipstick before dinner.

Is it just me, or do they have whitespot?

Definitely just you... it is dark and then the flash brings out the mottling of colour at night and the pores in the skin.

So then I'm not sure my fish have whitespot then because my F8s have the same tiny white spots as your GSPs and I was told that it is whitespot. Could you help me out on this one?

All puffers have spines.
They are usually not visible, but will erect themselves when puffed up.
In this picture of my GSP; Izabella, you can see the spines as white dots on her body.



Post some pictures of your F8, wont you?

That is a big relief for me. I can't post pics now, I'll post them tomorrow.

I can't get pictures of them, they keep running away from the camera

That is very common.
F8s are very difficult to photograph.
Give it time & patience.
They need to get used to you pointing a camera at them.

hi! your puffer are in marine water? i have look that u have the "liferocks "for marine tank

Yes, yes they are. SG = 1.026 - 7

When you feed mussels, do you boil them first or just thaw them and plop them in? My figure 8's are too little right now for most foods, and the snails that I have are too big so I wanted something hard for them. I got a bunch of small nuisance snails from the lfs and they just sucked the meat out of them, or most of it. The snails haven't moved but I can still see some meat in them, do you think they're still alive or should I take them out? I got a bag of mussels at the grocery store today and they don't look too big but I didn't know if I should boil them or not.

Here's a pic of them trying to eat a jumbo shrimp, it definitely looks jumbo compared to them!

Freeze the mussels for a couple of days to kill of any bad bugs, thaw and serve. No cooking required. Soaking in vitamins is optional and recommended by many, opposed by others.

ybenormal wrote:Soaking in vitamins is optional and recommended by many, opposed by others.

Really? Opposed? I've heard some say vitamins are not necessary but I've not heard anyone say they are a definite no-no.