piscivorous puffers' teeth?
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AquaMike
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piscivorous puffers' teeth?
Do these types of puffers (ex-congo puffers) have similar teeth issues to ones that primarily eat crustaceans? The only thing I have found is that their teeth grow slower. Since they eat mainly fish, and still have those puffer chompers, I would assume you would still supplement their diet with shell based foods, no? If so, what would be the feeding regime be like?
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Re: piscivorous puffers' teeth?
My Congo generally only eats live earthworms but I can get him to eat an occasional people shrimp. I never feed him fish. His teeth look fine.
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Re: piscivorous puffers' teeth?
The range of incisor growth varies hugely with the species, and yes, it is generally related to what their commonest natural food offers in protection. But there are individual variations but they are much less than basic species differences.
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