Can My Figs Eat...?

[fishfishfish]

i was wondering if my adult and juvie figure 8s can eat beef heart?my adult is very skittish and i am trying to get him to come out more with something better than blood worms or brine shrimp.can i feed them frozen shrimp from the store also?
any other foods you feed is welcome

 

[Fella]

Why would you feed beef heart? Figure 8 puffers, no matter how industrious they might be, won't be killing cows in the wild.


Stick to normal frozen foods, bloodworm, mysis, brine shrimp etc. Trying to mimic a fish's diet in the wild will mean it will live longer, as you run less risk of spoiling its diet.

 

[DarkEntity]

Why would you feed beef heart? Figure 8 puffers, no matter how industrious they might be, won't be killing cows in the wild.


Stick to normal frozen foods, bloodworm, mysis, brine shrimp etc. Trying to mimic a fish's diet in the wild will mean it will live longer, as you run less risk of spoiling its diet.

Excellent lol....I can see a line of Fig8's down the slaughter house now!

Try crustacians, helps keep the bill trimmed.

 

[fishfishfish]

i was just looking for something he would really like.i had mysis shrimp before for them.are they bigger?
i use snails once and a while but he wont break into the snail.i have to crush it between 2 coasters.
what would you reccomend i do to get my puffer less skittish?

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[DarkEntity]

What type snails have you tried, ive yet to see a healthy Puffer not destroy a ramshorn/pond snail and mine do love apple snails aswell.

 

[fishfishfish]

they look like the brown one in this pic
http/images.suite101.com/files/articles/...0535/snail3.jpg
and these
http/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...a_trivolvis.jpg

 

[fishfishfish]

what about cultured foods such as vinegar eels?they are easy to culture and i was wondering if theres anything along those lines?

 

[Tommo]

To make it less skittish you could try giving it a more stimulating environment, as puffers are very intelligent fish. More tank decor/plants for example.

 

[DarkEntity]

what about cultured foods such as vinegar eels?they are easy to culture and i was wondering if theres anything along those lines?

Feed your puffers things that they would naturally eat. crustacians, bloodworm, shrimp etc.

Also as mentioned Puffers need a tank to explore, the are probably the most intelligent of fish because of this need stimulation. I actually hold their food infront of the glass until they 2 Puffs come up to the front then slowly preceed to drop it in, they go nuts

Edit

Ive heard that some Puffers Fig8's etc sometimes dont like bright colours, im assuming you have a sensible brackish tank for the Puffs and nothing that looks like a tellytubby episode?

 

[fishfishfish]

i have arogonite substrate,2 peices of bog wood ,2 small java ferns,1 tiny corkscrew val,and 1 anubias nana.i plan on ordering ether more straight vals or onion plants.then some micro sword or suttin for the foreground