Where do I get snails for freshwater puffer fish?
You probably already know that freshwater puffer fish need hard foods to maintain their teeth – if you didn’t, you wouldn’t be asking where to get feeder snails, right? Just as a quick recap, if puffers aren’t regularly fed crunchy prey items, like snails, crabs and whole fresh shrimp, then their teeth will get too long for them to properly chew their food. When this happens, they will eventually lose the ability to eat and slowly start to starve to death. Depending on the species of freshwater puffer you’re keeping, snails may or may not present a long term solution for keeping their growing teeth in check. However, if you’ve never kept a puffer tank before, then it might not be clear where you’re actually [...]
Don’t Feed Goldfish to Freshwater Pufferfish
While some puffers are truly piscivorous (fish eaters), the majority of freshwater pufferfish are not. Most of the commonly purchased puffers eat a diet rich in crustaceans, like crabs, mollusks and snails. All puffers require hard foods so that their beaks don’t overgrow – similar to the teeth of a pet hamster. Unfortunately, the soft flesh of a feeder fish is not going to do anything when it comes to filing down such a hard surface. However, the softness of the common feeder goldfish is not where the harm really lies. Live Feeder Fish Transmit Disease to Freshwater Pufferfish The live feeders that you see at your local pet store are not ordered or kept so that they can be sold as pets. While some [...]
