Puffer diet

[burrows14]

I KNOW!!!! isnt he awesome!!! i just bought mine at my lfs . its a brand called fishalicious. the bottle says it has a website www.fishalicious.ca maybe they ship??? just did a test and my fish went nuts for it!!

[banditpowdercoat]

Originally Posted by burrows14

P.S sorry about the loss of your puffer how old was he?

I only had him for a couple months, He was pretty small, size of a tennis ball maybe??

but the last 3 fish I have goten from JL have not lived long. Just not having luck

[spoot]

Some people report that too much krill can lead to an impacted digestive tract, however I'm not sure if it is more than anecdotal.

I like to feed my puffers a varied diet consisting of:
Shrimp, Lobster, cuttlefish, octopus, mussels, oysters, crayfish, snails, geoduck.

Remember the frozen section in asian supermarkets is your friend.

[nanmer]

I had been thinking about a porc. puffer for a while Hubby REALLY liked one in the LFS. I read this thread and they sound like fun so I did more research. After checking out kijiji, one day, I found one! Tonka (because he is the size of my son's old tonka trucks LOL) is soooooo awesome. This thread is correct about the personality of the puff! Mine does not like to be touched ... yet LOL. I am off to the asian market!

[bulletsworld]

Originally Posted by edikpok

Until one day I bought a few live clams from T&T and he died a few days later! Later on, I've read that many clams have bacteria in them that kill the fish so you must freeze it to kill the bacteria and bluh bluh bluh....

I've always fed my porcupine puffers in the past live clams from T&T Asian Market. Actually just yesterday I picked up from the T&T Asian market in Calgary & fed my Stewie (a.k.a Griffie) the porcupine puffer a live clam, a live mussel and a live oyster, just yesterday! That can totally be possible about live bacteria on them though. I never thought of that. Good call! Thanks for posting about that. I will freeze the future ones.



Otherwise, over the years I've had & nursed a few porkie puffers back to life, as they are one of my fav fish. Now I have a large porcupine puffer named Stewie and I have fun feeding him stuff. When I first got him, he barely ate and if he did it was only every few days. Now Stewie has got quite the appetite and feeds several times a day. I feed him once in the morning and once at night.

I feed the following:
Chucks of Pristine Mysis (good protein)
Frozen Krill
Raw (just unthawed) Tiger Shrimps (not cooked, green)
Squid, Octopus, Cuttlefish, Mussels, white clams, baby clams (Frozen Seafood Medley, sold at T&T Market for $4.98 a bag)

FOR A TREAT- every now & then
Oyster (cracked) $0.59 cents at T&T
Mussel (cracked) $0.30 cents at T&T
Clam (cracked) $0.25 cents at T&T
Stometella snails (from your sump!)
Hitcher crabs (FREE)


Hope that helps.

[burrows14]

thats really funny! my porcis named stewie too lol im guessing your a family guy fan too hahah. im pretty much feeding my puffer the exact same diet you posted. he is a really happy fish and is not shy at all! he lets me scratch his head! of coarse i have to give him a peice of krill after lol he is also by far my favorite fish now!

Ray

[bulletsworld]

Originally Posted by burrows14

thats really funny! my porcis named stewie too lol im guessing your a family guy fan too hahah. im pretty much feeding my puffer the exact same diet you posted. he is a really happy fish and is not shy at all! he lets me scratch his head! of coarse i have to give him a peice of krill after lol he is also by far my favorite fish now!
Ray

Yup, I'm a family guy fan too. That's too funny! Two Porkie Stewies, what are the odds. But dont they kinda look like Stewie though?? I think the name is fitting.

Let me see if I can find a picture to post.

[bulletsworld]

I thought I would post the other Stewie.

Stewie (a.k.a Griffie) I got a month back from another reefer on the board here. He is 8+ inches long. A big boy! Although I have a feeling she is a girl after all. She is great! The first ever puffer that doesn't eat your shrimps, crabs, lobster or corals. Very Very RARE, especially for her size!!


Meet my Stewie!


Stewie loves to pose infront of the camera


This is Stewie's buddy, Luigi (longhorn cowfish)! They swim around together!




I so proud to show her first tooth, that I'm trying to help grow.

[burrows14]

ha ha awesome! i cant wait til mine gets that big! my stewie is only about 3 inches right now. i like that you name your cowfish luigi! thats my middle name lol my puffer is great too i have not had a single problem with him going after my shrimp or crabs and snails. they are great fish!

Ray

[nanmer]

I would love to see Stewie, I can't seem to see the pics!