Dwarf puffer diet

[Urban Aquaria]

Hi Urban Aquaria, I'll take a note of that and try that if the brine shrimps don't work.

Yeah, one of the other reasons why i only fed them pond snails and carnivore pellets was to "train" them to only go for those type of foods... i was worried if i start to feed them brine shrimps, they might get used to those so much that if i eventually need to shift them into one of my other tanks to clear pest snails, they might just end up hunting my shrimps instead.

[David]

UA...you puffers did not become a tank terror?

[Urban Aquaria]

UA...you puffers did not become a tank terror?

Well, all that time they were only in their own tank with snails and they were quite peaceful... though i never did eventually put them in any of my other community tanks with other fishes, so i didn't get to see if they were really tank terrors or not.

Eventually had to reduce the number of tanks i had, so i give them away. Quite tempted to start a species-only tank again in the future, they are very fun to watch when hunting snails.

[David]

UA...I know what you mean....the way they move around....as mentioned by Ingen - submarine...to me they move like cuttlefishes....

[Ingen]

Cuttlefishes work too lol

[gumball]

Update: Ingen very kindly provided me with some snails and BBS/BBS eggs last night. They did not really seem to go for the snail or the BBS while I was watching. I'll continue hatching the BBS for the puffers and update here. Thanks Ingen!

[Ingen]

Hope it's not too late. All best!

[Shaihulud]

They will eat live tubifex worm, which is easier to get. Pond/ramshorn snails are the best imo.

[the4thsaint]

if you want to save the trouble of cultivating the brine shrimps, you can buy packets of frozen bloodworms available at most LFS. That's what I used to feed my dwarf puffer.

[ConcaveLiNkiN]

if you want to save the trouble of cultivating the brine shrimps, you can buy packets of frozen bloodworms available at most LFS. That's what I used to feed my dwarf puffer.

That was what I understand initially too. But some of our puffer owners experience that they only hunt for live food, therefore they do not eat the dead worms. Perhaps, they spoilt by their owners haha, could be. Nevertheless, if you feed your puffers with frozen blood worms, they do not consume, then you will need to feed them with live food.


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eRic

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[sakuras]

Hi I would like to know where i could find snails to feed my dwarf puffer. Thanks. Have only been feeding frozen bloodworms and would like to give him a variety.

[Berny]

most lfs sells snails. feeder pond snails are sold in packets in C328

[David]

Unless the tank is not a planted tank, I think it may be better to hatch BBS then throw in pond snails...my take, not a good idea.

[Berny]

i think, i might have seen C328 sell feeder clams or what not

[sakuras]

Ok thanks guys! Other than c328 any other lfs near central have feeder pond snails?

[ConcaveLiNkiN]

Ok thanks guys! Other than c328 any other lfs near central have feeder pond snails?

I've been running around LFSs in Singapore, there are not much left though. I think clementi is the only place I find the pond snails for sale, rest of the places, algae eating snails. There are a few LFS in upper serangoon, you can try them. Recall months back that I saw one of the shops selling them. But I have not been there in a while.


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eRic

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[Berny]

you can buy maybe 1 set and self breed them at home

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[ConcaveLiNkiN]

you can buy maybe 1 set and self breed them at home

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Bro, are you able to share how we can breed these snails? Just 2 of them will do? How about the conditions of the water?


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eRic

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[Xanavi]

Will a lone puffer totally eliminate the entire snail population in the tank? The number of snails in my tank has reduced by quite a lot since I added in the puffer. Although I am quite glad that this is the case, I also hate to think that I will need to manually feed the puffer if all the snails are wiped out.

[ConcaveLiNkiN]

Will a lone puffer totally eliminate the entire snail population in the tank? The number of snails in my tank has reduced by quite a lot since I added in the puffer. Although I am quite glad that this is the case, I also hate to think that I will need to manually feed the puffer if all the snails are wiped out.

If your intention is eliminate the snails, why don't you use a snail trap instead? That is pretty effective as well.


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eRic

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