Puffers
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Topic: Puffers
Posted By: tealgirl
Subject: Puffers
Date Posted: March 20 2015 at 8:27pm
Posting for Proskier  he is being lazy about wanting to type.What hard shelled food are you feeding (and where do you get them from) for puffers? We have two different types, and want to make sure they are keeping their teeth at the right level. Thanks
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Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: March 20 2015 at 9:13pm
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In general, any seafood medley from an Asian market is great. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: rastareefer
Date Posted: March 21 2015 at 6:39pm
| i feed my porky a mix of mysis krill mussel and sometimes he steals some silverside pieces from the moray haha |
Posted By: proskier101
Date Posted: March 22 2015 at 9:27am
which actually files the teeth down? Ive been feeding krill/mysis and brine. do they need to break open clam shells or something to help file them?
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Adam Blundell wrote:Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: March 23 2015 at 10:10am
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I was thinking that it's called a beak, a fused bony plate. It should wear as the fish chomps on rock and shells. Puffers in aquaria often eat snails and things like sponge growing on LR. Sometimes they chomp on hard coral. I have a brain coral skeleton with some stuff growing on it that your Puffer may like to chomp. Personally, I wouldn't worry about it, unless the beak grows to the point where it actually gets in the way of eating. Aloha   ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Pete Moss
Date Posted: March 23 2015 at 11:07am
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I fed small freshwater snails to keep the beak on my longhorn filed down. He loved them! ------------- 125g 90g 2x33g 34g What stores do I recommend? Up North: Bill ( Saltwater Paradise 801-317-8115 ) Down South: Jerry ( Reef On 801-563-0600 ) Member of GCFB |
Posted By: proskier101
Date Posted: March 31 2015 at 10:26am
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GOOD NEWS!! I found food for my puffer. Sundial snails. The little bastards are in my reef tank. I noticed they come out right after the lights are turned off. Going hunting tonight. The predator tank has nothing for the snails to eat, so i dont care if the survive in there. They will feed the fish if they do :)
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Posted By: proskier101
Date Posted: April 04 2015 at 8:04am
| well went on a hunt last night in the 40g tank. Snagged about 20 sundials and dumped them in the big tank. he wasnt all that interested but hopefully he will find them in the rocks and snag them |