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Sundieseldog
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Puffer Diet

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Hello Everyone,
I know next to nothing about puffers. I have always considered them a saltwater family, and I'm a freshwater guy. BUT, now I am considering them as a fish that could help rid me of excess guppies. I've read that they eat snails, nip at fins and like live food, but can I count on them to eat adult guppies.
I am looking for something interesting to help me with my excess guppies.
Thanx
RWS
P.S. This is the first forum that I have ever contacted, but I have found very little info regarding my question
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Re: Puffer Diet

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For most puffers fish aren't a good diet for them. (Surely you can just give them to a Local Fish Store? Or give them away on craigslist?). Puffers can be a lot of work, they're messy and scaleless, so they need large tanks with perfect water conditions (most puffer keepers do large weekly water changes).
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Your guppies would be the perfect diet for the piscivore puffer species. See the Pufferpedia for the Monotrete species.
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