Radcliffe
Member
I finally got some snails to feed to my small green spotted puffers and wow that was a feeding frenzy! I read that they need to eat snails to keep up with their tooth growth. Well, I figured that meant they would eat the entire snail, what with the needing to eat the shells. Well, not so much. The puffers had an immediate solution to the fact that some of the snails were way too big for their mouths. My idea was to have the ones too big there to reproduce.
Instead, the puffers seem to have a specific technique born in to suck the snails out of their shells. I was shocked! I now have some of the fullest puffers ever. I took as many of the snails out as I could reach, they will be free to reproduce in another tank. My current plan is to let the snails grow, then put in some lettuce to collect some and transfer them into the puffer tank. They are such fun, sweet fish that I want to make sure they have the diet they need.
Ah, live and learn!
--R
Instead, the puffers seem to have a specific technique born in to suck the snails out of their shells. I was shocked! I now have some of the fullest puffers ever. I took as many of the snails out as I could reach, they will be free to reproduce in another tank. My current plan is to let the snails grow, then put in some lettuce to collect some and transfer them into the puffer tank. They are such fun, sweet fish that I want to make sure they have the diet they need.
Ah, live and learn!
--R