The Puffer Forum

Hi I have a small 1 1/2 inch dog-faced puffer in a 55 gallon and I was wondering what I should feed him for hard foods? I've tried mussle but he just eats the soft parts because he is so small. I have uncooked shrimp with the shell on that he eats but I don't think that's hard enough to keep his teech in check. My main question is could I feed freshwater snails to him or would that be bad?

Before anyone flames me for having a tank too small for this fish when he is an adult, I know. I plan on upgrading accordingly and I don't think they grow very fast so I should be ok until I hit summer so I can buy a big shiny new one (or used).

Actually the muscles are good.. they "scrape" their teeth getting the meat out of it.

Snails would be good if he takes them, as is clams, crab, any shell fish you can get your hands on at the supermarket, even live crays (if you can).

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Oo I forgot about crab. I think I will buy some of that tomorrow and try it out.