What to feed valentini puffer?

[Fishman007]

Hey, i have a valentini puffer in my 37 gallon and he wont eat anything but jumbo krill,brine shrimp, and live ghost shrimp. Its getting a little expensive feeding him brine shrimp every day and krill once a week. (not so much the krill but the BS.) do you know any prepared foods i can feed him?

 

[Phranque]

Go to the seafood counter at your local grocer and see if they carry raw squid, clams, etc. Buy a little bit of each & see if he likes any of it.
Don't forget that they need to feed on hard-shell items occasionally to wear down their teeth/beaks.

 

[Fishman007]

Go to the seafood counter at your local grocer and see if they carry raw squid, clams, etc. Buy a little bit of each & see if he likes any of it.
Don't forget that they need to feed on hard-shell items occasionally to wear down their teeth/beaks.

Where could i get that? The lfs never has it.

 

[Terrance]

Not lfs. Go to the seafood isle at your grocery store to buy raw food for your fish.

 

[huma-huma]

Thats weird, my valentini eats any and everything. Clams or mussels may work

 

[Fishman007]

Not lfs. Go to the seafood isle at your grocery store to buy raw food for your fish.

Alright, will whole clams work? The big ones? And how should i prepare them?

 

[baron1282]

I have had my Blue Spotted Toby for a year now, and I feed it frozen Krill. That keeps it's teeth down. Never fed mine clams in the shell.

My guy eats everything I put in almost! also your local pet store should have frozen food packs. I got a varatiy pack that comes with squid and brine shrimp and more.

this!
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+7927+8038+8131&pcatid=8131

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+7927+8038+8135&pcatid=8135

 

[Fishman007]

I have had my Blue Spotted Toby for a year now, and I feed it frozen Krill. That keeps it's teeth down. Never fed mine clams in the shell.

My guy eats everything I put in almost! also your local pet store should have frozen food packs. I got a varatiy pack that comes with squid and brine shrimp and more.

They do, i have a whole freezer of brine shrimp and some freeze dried jumbo krill, also might get a variety pack soon, does anyone know about this stuff called LRS? My lfs says its the best you can by in frozen foods

 

[Terrance]

Freeze any live food. Never thaw, then refreeze. Thaw in a bowl of aquarium water. Make sure the food is not still cold after thawing.

Food from the grocery store in my area (such as raw shrimp) is a lot cheaper and meatier than the stuff at LFS.

 

[Fishman007]

Freeze any live food. Never thaw, then refreeze. Thaw in a bowl of aquarium water. Make sure the food is not still cold after thawing.

Food from the grocery store in my area (such as raw shrimp) is a lot cheaper and meatier than the stuff at LFS.

So should i just go get raw shrimp from the grocery store and stick it in the tank? Or should i prepareit in some way?

 

[Terrance]

get raw seafood, freeze it to kill a handful of possible harmful bacteria, then thaw the amount you want to feed in a bowl of tank water until reaches room temp, then feed. that is all, nothing else special is needed.

 

[woody390]

Just remember to feed things with shells on every so often to grind the teeth down. Mine would eat whatever I fed him but went mad for king prawn

 

[Fishman007]

Put two turbo snails in and he has been beating the crap out of them! Guess that will suffice his needs