Blue spotted puffer.

[MamaZooKeeper]

My blue spotted puffer needs clams for his teeth. I bought frozen half shell clams. Both I have fed the emerald crabs take them n hide n eat it all. How do I get it for the puffer?

 

[mitchrapp]

Try holding it up at the surface and see if he will come up. Mine eats out of my hand.

 

[Tkieu78]

Use one of those nori feeding clips. Thats what i use to keep food from the clean up crew

 

[MamaZooKeeper]

Ahhh I have one for my tangs algae. Good call!! Cause the crabs find it fast!! Eating out of ur hand. How cool!

 

[leemosh]

Did you have to do anything special to train them to eat from your hand? Or will they do it naturally?

 

[MamaZooKeeper]

So the puffer could care less about the clam but everything else is eating it!!

 

[mitchrapp]

Did you have to do anything special to train them to eat from your hand? Or will they do it naturally?

I think with mine, he's just hungry. He won't eat NLS pellets, mysis, or LRS fish frenzy, which is what I feed the other fish in the tank. I feed him regular shrimp bought from the grocery store (I cut it up into smaller pieces and froze them - and left the shell on). Then as the rest of the tank is eating, I dangle the shrimp at the surface of the water and he starts eating it. I didn't really train him to do it.