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Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 7:03 pm**

A clump in a worm cone should suffice. 2 worm cones might be needed so one puff doesn't bully the other away from the food.

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 7:08 pm**

The large single cones or smaller cones connected to a ring?

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 7:18 pm**

Do you think i'd save money breeding the snails (even though i dont need to feed the puffers much of them) or simply buy or take them when i need them....?

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 7:19 pm**

The small ones connected to a ring. Try to put one on 2 sides of the tank so the puffs won't quarrel over food, which is bound to happen.

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 7:45 pm**

Should i still breed snails for the two because from what you told me, maybe I'd save money than having to buy a new tank, filter, and java moss for which they will breed... What do you think? Should I just buy them once or twice a month?

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 7:55 pm**

If you have a spare 10 gallon, breed 'em. I just started my snail tank and already have some babies.

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 8:04 pm**

O.K sounds great! Um..I'm sorry about all of the questions I just would feel horrible if I mistreated the puffers and they ended up dead or sick! Anyway, another question, is a large clump of java moss too expensive, because I know that's what they eat (snails eat, not the puffers).

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 8:25 pm**

Snails can eat algea wafers and flake foods. IME I have never seen or heard of anything that ate java moss, not even snails. Snails are easy to breed and worth while for your puffs. Just takes a long time for them to get of a good enough size to feed puffs IME.

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 8:35 pm**

I sound stupid but what is IME...but that's good that they eat flake foods..i forgot where i heard that they eat java moss but I'm gullible...(the reason I ask you guys)

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 8:37 pm**

IME = in my experience. Java moss and Java ferns are a few plants fish don't like to eat.

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 9:01 pm**

Ok thanks alot

. I really hope I'm able to support my puffers! What is the cheapest foods schedule? Is snails, freeze dired krill, and blackworms an officient diet for the irrubesco?

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 9:15 pm**

Yep. That diet seems fine. Be sure to mix it up though and not be feeding the same foods everyday. Also on occasions throw in some ghost shrimp to get the puffs hunting.

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 9:22 pm**

For sure... I have heard the ghosties should be gut loaded..how would you do that?

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 9:23 pm**

Feed them high end flake foods. Omega One flakes and algea wafers are good. So are the Hikari pellets. Just feed them to the ghosties and they will hold nutrition that your puff will get from eating the ghosties.

Posted: **Tue May 23, 2006 9:26 pm**

Sounds good...how often should I do the ghosties? Where do I keep them in the meentime? Unless I should by them when nessesary.

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