Puffer fish teeth

rjlowery · 06/21/2016, 04:17 PM

Recently purchased a leopard puffer. Found out that it requires some additional maintenance regarding its teeth. What is a good food to provide to ensure that his teeth don't grow too large?

Jeff4777 · 06/21/2016, 04:29 PM

NLS pellets are good

cougareyes · 06/21/2016, 04:45 PM

I give my dogface clams on the half shell, I leave the shells on shrimp from the grocery store, I'm pretty sure he just swallows pellets whole, I wish he would chew.

Jeff4777 · 06/21/2016, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cougareyes

I give my dogface clams on the half shell, I leave the shells on shrimp from the grocery store, I'm pretty sure he just swallows pellets whole, I wish he would chew.

Try some bigger ones maybe? Haha. Yea the clams work good. Mine gets covered by baby nassarius snails to finish the left over scraps.

ThRoewer · 06/21/2016, 09:08 PM

Feed it snails.

scooter31707 · 06/22/2016, 11:47 AM

shelled clams or shelled shrimp

ThRoewer · 06/22/2016, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by scooter31707

shelled clams or shelled shrimp

Not shelled (shelled = shell removed), but rather still in the shell.

scooter31707 · 06/23/2016, 08:42 AM

good catch, that's what I meant. Thank you.

allendehl · 10/19/2017, 02:48 PM

Reviving old post since I'm considering a puffer (Leopard or Velentini, not sure). few questions:
- When feeding shrimps, how do you do it?...drop the whole thing in the tank?...wouldn't it cause lots of waste?
- Also, what kind of clams and where you get them?
- How often you feed them this stuff?
- How do you do it to target the Puffer so he gets the best of it w/o fighting for it with other fish?

Sorry if some of the questions are too basic, newbie here.

Thanks!

olemiss reb · 10/19/2017, 06:40 PM

I hand fed my Tobys frozen cubes of mysid. The ice seemed to keep the teeth trimmed down. They'd bite off their fill then use the rest to broadcast feed

allendehl · 10/19/2017, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by olemiss reb

I hand fed my Tobys frozen cubes of mysid. The ice seemed to keep the teeth trimmed down. They'd bite off their fill then use the rest to broadcast feed

How do you do it to target feed them? Won't other fish come after the frozen cubes as well?...How they know to come when you want them to?

olemiss reb · 10/19/2017, 08:01 PM

I'd hold the cube in my fingers and the puffers would come chomp on it. No other fish would get near it while I was holding it. Probably wouldn't work in a tank with a bunch of aggressive feeders though.

06/21/2016, 04:17 PM	#1
rjlowery Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 3	Puffer fish teeth Recently purchased a leopard puffer. Found out that it requires some additional maintenance regarding its teeth. What is a good food to provide to ensure that his teeth don't grow too large?

06/21/2016, 09:08 PM	#5
ThRoewer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 9,555	Feed it snails. __________________ Pairs: 4 percula, 3 P. kauderni, 3 D. excisus, 1 ea of P. diacanthus, S. splendidus, C. altivelis O. rosenblatti, D. janssi, S. yasha & a Gramma loreto trio 3 P. diacanthus. 2 C. starcki Current Tank Info: 200 gal 4 tank system (40x28x24 + 40B + 40B sump tank + 20g refugium) + 30x18x18 mixed reef + 20g East Pacific biotop + 20g FW +...

10/19/2017, 02:48 PM	#9
allendehl Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 692	Reviving old post since I'm considering a puffer (Leopard or Velentini, not sure). few questions: - When feeding shrimps, how do you do it?...drop the whole thing in the tank?...wouldn't it cause lots of waste? - Also, what kind of clams and where you get them? - How often you feed them this stuff? - How do you do it to target the Puffer so he gets the best of it w/o fighting for it with other fish? Sorry if some of the questions are too basic, newbie here. Thanks! __________________ [Newbie here so please take my opinions carefully] Current Tank Info: Red Sea Reefer 350 (72G) \| Jebao DCT 4000 (1056 GPH Max) \| Reef Octopus 152-S \| 2 X Jebao PP8 (2100 GPH Max)

10/19/2017, 06:40 PM	#10
olemiss reb Molon Labe Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,550	I hand fed my Tobys frozen cubes of mysid. The ice seemed to keep the teeth trimmed down. They'd bite off their fill then use the rest to broadcast feed __________________ secesh

10/19/2017, 08:01 PM	#12
olemiss reb Molon Labe Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,550	I'd hold the cube in my fingers and the puffers would come chomp on it. No other fish would get near it while I was holding it. Probably wouldn't work in a tank with a bunch of aggressive feeders though. __________________ secesh

06/21/2016, 04:29 PM	#2
Jeff4777 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 518	NLS pellets are good

06/21/2016, 04:45 PM	#3
cougareyes Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 713	I give my dogface clams on the half shell, I leave the shells on shrimp from the grocery store, I'm pretty sure he just swallows pellets whole, I wish he would chew.

06/22/2016, 11:47 AM	#6
scooter31707 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 4,971	shelled clams or shelled shrimp

06/23/2016, 08:42 AM	#8
scooter31707 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 4,971	good catch, that's what I meant. Thank you.