The Puffer Forum

does freeze dried shrimp have a hard enough shell to to the keep my gsps teeth from over growing?

hmm well it isnt as good as shelled animals, however fully frozen ones do keep the teeth on f8s and gsps down somewhat so you can feed variety

I feed freeze-dried krill as a staple, but vary with all sort of frozen shellfish and shrimp

You feed them still frozen???

We always thaw ours in hot water first. Steel says the cold temperature isn't good for them.

Of course, Steel is right. I always thaw them in vitamin water beforehand.

Here are my three enjoying a hearty meal:

i feed him pieces of whole shrimp, smelt, and the freeze dride shrimp which is really krill right? is that varied enough or what else should i include besides the snail a couple times a week? he is only about 1 1/2in. now.
thanks,
dan

Pretty good, just cut out the smelt part.

Gsps aren't fish eaters and there can be some nasty side effects to a constant addition of fish in their diet.

nope cubed foods i always feed forzen the food does swell a bit when thawed, but the cube begins to thaw immediately and the hard outer part keeps the teeth down, my puffers on frozens are all bigger, and they get one or two cubes most every 72-896 hours so no real danger. with smaller puffers yes i feed them frozens cut into smaller cubes that are thawed the size of their stomachs or less.

No offense, but NIMFT. All frozen materials I use are fully thawed and rinsed prior to use.

The juice in those frozen cubes is like distilled nitrate!

hehe well, you have seen my tank and my numbers... imoh its not for everyone and its not something to do lightly, but i do it because they become ingrained on cubes and will not touch 95% of cleaner inverts, which is a huge boon for those wanting a mixed reef or a porc tank that cleans itself if you will
nitrates 10
nitrites 0
ammonia 0
ph 8.6

are the new just tested numbers.

still round the same general number of inhabitants sans condy and 2 fish.

Yeah, I'm sure you've got it under control.... Not for me though. I have enough algae issues with nitrates testing at zero

Here's what my puffers ate for dinner... one of their favourites

(excuse the bad quality -- night + lights out + flash = shoddy photos)

have a lfs that we trust for good water. We buy live crayfish there to feed our GSPs. Other than one fin nip at which point the offending claw was bitten of and then paraded around the tank like a trophy, there's been no harm to the puffs and they love the hunt.

I wouldn't buy the crayfish from just anywhere though.

geesh jhong you feeding those puffs when they are that fat already? or was that pick after feeding? they dont look they could swim after eating much more.

lol... after