The Puffer Forum

yeah but close enough

Here is my fire eel Slinky I love him so much, he hides behind the filter and comes out when i tap the top of the tank as he knows he will be getting fed! Lol I am thinking about getting him a little hiding tube but he is not really that shy. He sits in his castle alot like he is the king

Cute name!

Slinky is beautiful! =D

Thank you, at first i thought the name was pretty obvs lol but ppl seem to like it He squishes his nose against the glass when he gets excited about the food, as if to say hurry up! haha its the funniest thing to watch Does anyone elses do this?

How long is he? The big ones slurp earthworms REAL cute.

He is about 4 inches now, havent tried him with earthworms, im to scared to lol im not sure he is big enough?

There are smaller worms, like bloodworms or blackworms. They really don't eat much else. W/o live worms, they will most likely starve to death.

I have a fire eel, It took me a long time to get it to eat. Try live black worms. mine went nut for them once i tried that. Use a turkey baster. Mine outgrew the black worms so now i just go to like Fred Meyers and buy the bait nightcrawlers. He just loves feeding time. I hope he will be a good tankmate to my puffer when my puff gets bigger.

What kind of puffer do you have?

Edit: I see you have a fahaka. I wouldn't keep that puffer with any fish. 99% of them are vicious killers.

I have has Slinky for about 6 months and i didnt have a huge problem getting him to eat, the first day he was quite shy and wouldnt come out but after a squirted some blood worm past where he was hiding he gobbled them all up hahaha Maybe iam just lucky?!