Burrfish Update PICS
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stangd1909
GO NOLES!
Really cool, great pics!
seanothon
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That's cool. I need to go deep sea fishing again soon...
seanothon
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Do you think that the hard pellets are a sufficient substitute to wear down the teeth?
palmer373
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im curious bout this too. i grew my 2" niger into a 4" niger (2-3 months lol) and only fed NLS 1mm pellets. i dont know if it is because his teeth havent grown in yet or what but i have noticed a problem with his teeth growing out of control. i would say it is ok but some clams now and then wouldnt hurt.
seanothon
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I wish someone had a distinct answer for us who has tried this out themselves for an extended period of time
Paul B
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I have had many of them over the years, this one pictured I caught two years ago as a baby and I just donated it to a public aquarium. Great fish. Their favorite food is live crabs and is what they eat in the sea. I collected fiddler crabs in the summer but in the winter he got fresh clam and shrimp every day. Pellets are not an appropriate food for any type of puffer although they will live on it. That type of fish are very suseptable to skin infections and paracites and they should be kept in great health with fresh "fishy" foods.
Sao870
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I completely agree fish with beaks i'e puffers/cow fish should really have a diet based off of inverts/shelled animals like crabs /shrimp/clam/snails anything that helps the fish use its beak, so it wont get over grown and cause health problems. Out of all the puffers ive owned i have not even tried to get them to eat pellets because most wont.... you can feed them any of the things listed above.. i even fed freshwater apple snails occasionally.... even a hermit or 2 but my GSP's never ate hermits... If you do not feed Puffers shelled inverts you mite see him biting off bits of Live Rock for his beak...
HTH
seanothon
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I understand what you guys are saying but do you not think the pellets are hard and crunchy enough to keep the teeth worn down. I am still unsure as to whether cowfish have a beak or not but mine has only eaten pellets for a long time (over a year) and its mouth seems perfectly fine
Sao870
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i do not feel a pellet is hard enough for a Burr fish to trim his beak down....... when you see what a burr fish can crush with his beak you will completely understand why a pellet is not the equal to a crab shell.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6msgQFXOhrk thats a large porcupine puffer eating
Paul B
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Frozen crab is great. Not crawdads. You can also giver them frozen shrimp with the shell on, I know you can get them but you should also give them clams because when you feed clams, you are also feeding the guts which are usually lacking in frozen shrimp.
I freeze fresh clams and shave off thin slices, I do that every day for all the fish.
You can probably get canned clams, remove them from the can and freeze it.
I freeze fresh clams and shave off thin slices, I do that every day for all the fish.
You can probably get canned clams, remove them from the can and freeze it.
MrTuskfish
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Get a piece of cuttlebone, a natural marine item. The kind for birds with no additives, wedge a chunk out of sight. Most puffers, triggers and your cowfish should gnaw on it. Soaking it in some water with squeezed garlic may help get them started. I've done this for years--it works very well.
seanothon
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That's a great idea
seanothon
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It's a 120gl with a 55gl show sump
