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Can i feed my puffer Whole Prawns with the shells on? Brought some for him today and suddenly thought "i dont know if he can have them??"

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Lisa

Yes he can. My puffers love prawn! As long as they are not seasoned ofcourse.

Thank you! Nope just Plain Whole prawns with heads to be fair they look gross! i like my prawns with no heads lol

I go these prawns from the supermarket on their chilled counter, i was planning to freeze them and just defrost one at a time for him. BUT on the back of the packet it says "these have already been frozen and restored to chilled in a controlled way, not suitable for home freezing" Do you think they would still be ok for the puffer if i froze them? or would i give him food poisoning?

Cheers
Lisa

It's fine to do, they will just be at less than peak flavor from multiple freezings.

ooooh, your puffer is going to be so excited. I swear my fish eat better then I do!

The Prwn went down a treat, he only ate half then he had a hissy fit and filled the tank with sand! seemed quite happy and full tho! i put a small shelled prawn in my community tank and my reed fish swallowed it down in 1! how greedy!

Lisa

Sounds like it was a hit!