what do puffer fish eat in aquariums

Great info - I'd like to have one someday. Fish are much more sensitive to odd chemicals than people are. I do have a couple more questions for you though.In about 1 to 2 months I plan on getting the Porky Puffer as well as an engineer goby or a large gold stripe maroon clownfish. Join Yahoo Answers and get 100 points today. Amy Trumpeter from Oxford on October 11, 2013: Stephanie Tietjen from Albuquerque, New Mexico on December 07, 2012: He kinda looks like a Furby without the ears. Human grade seafood is so much cheaper, fresher, and higher quality than anything you'll buy at a pet store.

I do all the fun leading him with the food outside the glass sides and drop it into his open mouth from the top when he comes up to beg now.

3 Answers. Corals, however, are a very individualized matter.

It is also much, much easier to keep a large saltwater fish tank than it is to keep a small saltwater fish tank.

The lifespan of Diodon holocanthus in the wild is unknown but with proper care, porcupine puffers can live at least 10 to 15 years in captivity. A ten gallon change per week is a very small change for a heavily occupied 100 gallon aquarium. Shipping     Distract him from it while dropping a few pieces of it on the other side of the tank to allow it to sink to the crushed coral on the bottom. Makes me wish my son had gone with a saltwater tank instead of fresh water. I've had my fish so long haven't had to quarantine anything but macroalgae for probably ten years.I'd suggest you treat both the display tank and the quarantine tank with a reef-safe ich-treatment. I have done a lot of research and had mixed reviews on the porcupine purffer. The EHEIM 2217 is a good filter for a moderately stocked 100 gallon tank.

Depends on what type of puffer you're referring too. Or a small fish in a big pond . I always wondered what it was. LouiseKirkpatrick from Lincolnshire, United Kingdom on August 14, 2011: Porcupine Puffers look like very funky fish! Newsletter    

Kylyssa Shay (author) from Overlooking a meadow near Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA on February 10, 2014: @bonesindecay: I think that's an awful lot of bio-load for that size of a tank without some extra water volume and/or filtration. Even clams on the half shell.

These fish are actually rather sturdy creatures as far as saltwater fish go, so long as you give them proper care. I had never heard of this type of fish before.

You can buy porcupine puffers in most pet stores that sell saltwater fish. FREE SHIPPING I've found the use of a refugium filled with chaetomorpha macroalgae kept on a twenty-four hour light cycle helps a great deal with maintaining high water quality. Angel Blessings to you!

Yet another way to be sure his teeth are getting ground is to buy some natural, unbleached, un-dyed seashells and stuff them with whatever he likes to eat. He grew quickly at first but slowed down. He's never had any health problems aside from a few minor wounds he suffered from getting attacked by Grape Tang (aka the Purple $@$&%$#), the purple tang he shares a tank with. I actually used to use my tank with Porky and the engineer as a tank to put injured fish into to recover because both were very mild fish. In nature the break open the shells of crabs, snails and what ever they find to eat whats inside so they should be considered a threat to all inverts in your tank. Mobile invertebrates are almost all on his menu of favorite foods. It's tasty for humans, too. Never heard of these marine hedgehogs, they look really cool and I find the facts you told very entertaining. It contains a seasonal mix of things like shrimp, prawns, crab, octopus, clams, and mussels. In very tiny quantities, the toxin causes tingling and euphoria—and sometimes death. One concern to keep in mind is that the grouper, if it hasn't reached its adult size of close to two feet long, will grow very fast in comparison to the porky puffer (my porcupine puffer continues to grow after having him eight years and he's only just reached 8" long) so you'll want to start with a porcupine puffer already too big to be swallowed by a full-grown panther grouper.

There's a lot of great info :) I'm glad you mentioned that people should never scare their puffers just so they will puff up - I can't tell you how many times I've had to explain to guests that I will not make our puffers puff just so they can see it. I have had a 30 gallon nano cube salt water tank for over 3 years with a maroon clown fish, a damsel and the tank is good. I prefer to let them sit in a bucket of used saltwater from a water change overnight to make sure they are alive and healthy before giving them to Porky. Like many species of saltwater fish, porcupine puffers should not be housed with others of their same species, which in the aquarium hobby are called con-specifics. Answer: No, I haven't replaced my puffer. It's just as enjoyable and everybody gets to keep all their fingers. Keep his water temperature between 75 and 80 degrees. Or just try to scrape the meat from the shell?

They are usually pretty mild-mannered towards other types of fish. Wouldn't it be better to get some blue/yellow damsels? Also how long do you recommend doing the hypo-salinity & quarantine before adding the tang and any fish to the main tank? I have some photos of my set up that I emailed you.Thank you for your time.Jared.

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Question: Why did you give your tang a curse word for a name? Isn't it more risky putting these fish in a smaller tank?

It was OK though because he just spat the plastic back out in little bits. @Kylyssa: Thank you for the info. What do you think? Are those really aggressive? I need help we took our porcupine to a garden center to be put in a bigger tank they mistreated him so we brought him home know he just floats on the top and his eyes are cloudy what should I do. However, don't give in to their begging too often as overfeeding can cause serious health problems. Jeanette from Australia on February 22, 2010: Wonderful lens - Five stars.

Porcupine puffers are one of the most personable types of saltwater fish. They usually learn to interact with their human caregivers in odd and engaging ways; some even respond to eye contact by swimming up and begging for food! It is very topical and well written. How long do you recommend I cycle the quarantine tank before it's safe to put fish in the quarantine tank? Where can I use the Guppy or GMMA indicator for free?

Porcupine puffers have a dual natural defense mechanism. I like the Kent Marine iodine supplement both because it already comes in a diluted solution which allows for greater accuracy in dosing compared to concentrates like Lugol's solution, and because I've had excellent results with it.

Thanks for your help kylyssa. Its sad that Porky has passed away but it sounds like he had a good life. Many a predator would change his mind when faced with a weird spiky ball instead of the fish he saw a moment ago or spit out a little morsel that suddenly sprouted sharp spines. I am using a EHEIM 2217 canister filter. What are your thoughts about the blue vs the yellow? Freshwater Fish When it comes to aquarium fish, porcupine puffers are like SUVs when it comes to fuel efficiency. The bottom line is that all tangs are ich magnets, there's only different levels of degree. Kylyssa Shay (author) from Overlooking a meadow near Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA on March 06, 2014: @bonesindecay: You could have it ready right away if you use water from your cycled 100 gallon and attach the Eheim right to the quarantine tank. His purple tang companion still survives and I'm planning to add a few fish others post as unwanted on a local reef aquarium board. You can find these fish in a series of main rivers and lakes in this region, such as the Chalakudy River and Lake Vembanad. Blue tangs are really calm and pretty smart once they're a year or so old, even feeding off the surface and taking tidbits from your hand in time. Kylyssa Shay (author) from Overlooking a meadow near Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA on May 20, 2017: Is your blue spotted puffer a sharp-nosed puffer, maybe a Canthigaster papau?

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