Clams

[Mr Puffy]

I don't know if I should be ashamed to admit this, but I have fed nothing other than frozen medium sized prawn to my puffer since his introduction to my tank on December 2006. He has had very little to no problems eating throught this time, and still doesn't. I felt that this was a more nutritious meal than the freeze dried so his diet has been only this. I would like to explore other nutritious foods and expand his pallet so I am considering mixing it up with clams. Here's where I feel foolish; can I feed him store bought clams from the can or fish counter? Or, do I obtain the clams from my LFS? Please, be gentle.

[Pasfur]

You could include frozen squid and frozen plankton also. I have never fed the clams.

[wake49]

You mentioned "from the can". I would probably stay away from that as canned foods can have a high amount of preservatives.
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[darb]

if you are buying fresh seafood such as clams, muscles, etc you would want to freeze them first to ensure that nothing is carried over. Frozen shell on shrimp are a good choice also.

[mac6539]

what about frozen fresh water smelts? i have tried the squid but doesnt seem to car for them. any other sugestion for my dogface puffer?

[darb]

Feed on corals (usually Acropora tips), crustaceans, mollusks, sponges, tunicates and algae

fish aren't a normal part of it's diet.

he won't take clams and muscles?

[darb]

actually, wait. what species are we talking about?

[Mr Puffy]

Porcupine puffer. I haven't tried muscles or clams because I was not sure where to purchase them, from the local pet store or from the local super market.

[darb]

the supermarket is the source of cheap puffer food ...

I also just purchased 1 kg of dried shrimp for $15 USD which is a great price also.

[Mr Puffy]

I picked up frozen squid in what resembles small ice cube trays, separately packaged. Since it's the first time squid is being introduced as a food source, my puffer swims right by it and goes for the prawn. Tonight I only put in the defrosted squid and nothing else and after realizing that nothing else was going to be offered up, he ate it. Bravo!