can i feed my puffers.....????

[dnnor]

can i feed my puffers freshwarter crawdads? my son often finds them at a creek near our house....and if so, should i just put them in alive?

 

[saltyj]

mine eats anything dead or alive. I have heard that diseases do not transfer from fresh to salt so you should be ok.

 

[saltyj]

and yes on the alive question he will probably catch them before they hit the bottom. What kind is he and can you post pics?

 

[dnnor]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15182227#post15182227 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by saltyj
and yes on the alive question he will probably catch them before they hit the bottom. What kind is he and can you post pics?

i have a stars & stripes and a black dogface. sorry i don't have pics

 

[saltyj]

I hate to be one of those posters, but you should read up on that stars and stripes he's gonna out grow that 150 by a lot. Either way those are good looking fish

 

[unleashed13]

no you should not feed your puffer anything you catch in fresh water .# 1 no fw species makes a good dietary supplement for sw fish as their diet is very much different.
#2 if the crayfish is subjected to pollutants(such as oils ) from the water you may contaminate your whole tank or worse your puffer.