Crazy little Buggers

Doodles · 11-26-2005, 10:09 AM

I have three green spotted puffers. I have had a lot of puffers before and these three are so funny and sometimes down right strange!

Puffers are supposed to be true carnivores! My other puffers would only eat, shrimp and live or frozen worms.

These three eat anything I put in there. The one I have to be careful with because he would truly eat until he exploded. They eat cucumber, lettuce, bacon and hamburgers ....
(just kidding LOL), peas, corn, zucchini, marine algae, flakes, dried food like Krill, Shrimp pellets, just everything!

Im just wondering if this is normal? Is there anything I have to be Cautious about? Like they are carnivores so will anything like that hurt their digestive system?

**Cichlid Man** · 11-26-2005, 04:23 PM

A varied diet is actually good for them. What's your salanity kept at as a matter interest? as I have 3 GSP's too, and 5 red eyes.

Doodles · 11-27-2005, 08:28 AM

Well they do get a huge variety of food. I love when fish have a hearty appetite like that.
My salinity is only at 1.008. I have only had them a couple months, maybe less. What is yours at? Do you have any pictures of them? I love puffers, I have dwarfs as well. Are the red eye's freshwater or saltwater?

**Scuba Kid** · 11-27-2005, 08:38 AM

freshwater, just like the dwarf puffers.

**Cichlid Man** · 11-27-2005, 10:30 AM

Red eyes are very aggressive though, and can only be kept with other red eyes. My salanity is about 0.007. I don't have a digital camera, I have to borrow one from my brother.

Doodles · 11-28-2005, 08:19 AM

I think I remember reading about Red Eyes. I'll have to do a search. The only kind of puffers we have around here are the GSP, Dwarfs and I have only seen one figure 8. It's to bad we don't have more variety because I love puffers.

How big do the Red Eyes get?

**Cichlid Man** · 11-28-2005, 08:50 AM

www.pufferlist.com
I would like some marine puffers for my brakish tank and raise the salinity a little.

**Cichlid Man** · 11-28-2005, 08:51 AM

P.S. my puffers aren't true red eyes, they are in the group of the target puffers.

Doodles · 11-29-2005, 09:43 AM

Wow, I love that web sight!

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I would like some marine puffers for my brakish tank and raise the salinity a little.

I didn't know you could that, I thought the saltwater fish would die. Are they in a brackish or saltwater tank at the LSF?

11-26-2005, 10:09 AM	#1
Doodles Zoo Keeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 222	Crazy little Buggers I have three green spotted puffers. I have had a lot of puffers before and these three are so funny and sometimes down right strange! Puffers are supposed to be true carnivores! My other puffers would only eat, shrimp and live or frozen worms. These three eat anything I put in there. The one I have to be careful with because he would truly eat until he exploded. They eat cucumber, lettuce, bacon and hamburgers .... (just kidding LOL), peas, corn, zucchini, marine algae, flakes, dried food like Krill, Shrimp pellets, just everything! Im just wondering if this is normal? Is there anything I have to be Cautious about? Like they are carnivores so will anything like that hurt their digestive system? __________________ Tropical Community Tank, Bala Sharks, Two Plecos, 2 Dwarf Puffers, 3 Green Spotted Puffers, 2 Bettas, 2 Clawed Frogs, 3 Dwarf Frogs, 2 Jack Russells & 8 Chinchillas

11-26-2005, 04:23 PM	#2
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	A varied diet is actually good for them. What's your salanity kept at as a matter interest? as I have 3 GSP's too, and 5 red eyes. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

11-27-2005, 08:28 AM	#3
Doodles Zoo Keeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 222	Well they do get a huge variety of food. I love when fish have a hearty appetite like that. My salinity is only at 1.008. I have only had them a couple months, maybe less. What is yours at? Do you have any pictures of them? I love puffers, I have dwarfs as well. Are the red eye's freshwater or saltwater? __________________ Tropical Community Tank, Bala Sharks, Two Plecos, 2 Dwarf Puffers, 3 Green Spotted Puffers, 2 Bettas, 2 Clawed Frogs, 3 Dwarf Frogs, 2 Jack Russells & 8 Chinchillas

11-27-2005, 08:38 AM	#4
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,221	freshwater, just like the dwarf puffers. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

11-27-2005, 10:30 AM	#5
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Red eyes are very aggressive though, and can only be kept with other red eyes. My salanity is about 0.007. I don't have a digital camera, I have to borrow one from my brother. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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11-28-2005, 08:19 AM	#6
Doodles Zoo Keeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 222	I think I remember reading about Red Eyes. I'll have to do a search. The only kind of puffers we have around here are the GSP, Dwarfs and I have only seen one figure 8. It's to bad we don't have more variety because I love puffers. How big do the Red Eyes get? __________________ Tropical Community Tank, Bala Sharks, Two Plecos, 2 Dwarf Puffers, 3 Green Spotted Puffers, 2 Bettas, 2 Clawed Frogs, 3 Dwarf Frogs, 2 Jack Russells & 8 Chinchillas

11-28-2005, 08:50 AM	#7
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	www.pufferlist.com I would like some marine puffers for my brakish tank and raise the salinity a little. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

11-28-2005, 08:51 AM	#8
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	P.S. my puffers aren't true red eyes, they are in the group of the target puffers. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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