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Getting my puffer to eat "dead" food
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:13 am
by mshill90
I just got a puffer from someone- butttt, he says he can only get the puffer to eat live food.
He fed it crays, snails... and feeder gf.
I do NOT want to feed it feeders... EVER! None of my fish will ever get feeders.
I can't get crays in my area (so I'm ordering some self cloning) and no one has snails (so I have to order them too).
I want to get him to eat crab legs, clams, shrimp etc....
Whats the best way to switch him to non moving/live food?
Re: Getting my puffer to eat "dead" food
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:17 am
by trekenk
Welcome to The Puffer Forum. I see you have your new guy in a quarantine tank, good move. Below you will find a link that will be helpful on getting your puffer to eat prepared foods.
library/feeding/problems-feeding-your-puffer/
Re: Getting my puffer to eat "dead" food
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:19 am
by Pufferpunk
There's 2 articles like that in the library.
Re: Getting my puffer to eat "dead" food
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:19 pm
by FADE2BLACK_1973
Frozen krill, raw frozen oysters without any perservitives, live red clawed crabs from PetSmart or any other petshop that sells them, and live night crawlers is what I feed to my Fahaka. He never turns any of those down.
Re: Getting my puffer to eat "dead" food
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:38 pm
by mshill90
I bought some Cherry stone clams, cracked it open, and boy did he love it!
I don't think I am going to have an issue with him eating.. I just think the previous owner was too lazy to find him better things to feed.
I got a vid of it too!
Re: Getting my puffer to eat "dead" food
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:25 am
by xmikebrock
put the video up! haha
i just started feeding my guy clams to.. he loves em
Re: Getting my puffer to eat "dead" food
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:26 am
by xmikebrock
but definitely check out that article in the library