Porcupine Puffer tankmates and diet

Boxy · 07/26/2011, 07:20 PM

I currently have a 6-7 inch porcupine puffer. what types of foods would be good for him? he has been eating frozen krill. occasionally clams, silversides, and goldfish. also what other cool fish could go with him? box or cow fish? i wanted to put a spiny box fish and a long horned cowfish with him. and possibly a trigger? any suggestions on food or cool fish would be great. thanks

akdylpcikles · 07/26/2011, 10:16 PM

most importantly what size tank is this? thanks

AlexS95 · 07/26/2011, 10:17 PM

I would cut the goldfish out of his diet. My Porcupine just absorbs krill and Mysis. I have a Black Trigger and a Blue Throat Trigger with it, and no problems.

rayn · 07/27/2011, 05:16 AM

Mine like silversides, squid, well really just about anything. Cut out the fresh fish though, really no nutrition or value from them.

Jeremy Blaze · 07/27/2011, 05:47 AM

Get rid of goldfish, offer occasional hard shelled animals, like fibbler crabs.

agreeive?fish · 07/27/2011, 08:32 PM

frozen uncooked prawn, from the seafood section of your local grocery store, mine devours frozen muscles as well and he loves crushing the shells to get to the meat. my grocery store also carries a frozen package of seafood mix that contains squid mussels(without shell)shrimp, octopus and clams that my puffers and most of my other fish go hog wild over

sunfishh · 07/28/2011, 06:42 PM

Keep in mind that over feeding krill can cause porkies to get lockjaw

Boxy · 07/28/2011, 06:58 PM

the porcupine puffer will be in a 125. also what is lockjaw?

agreeive?fish · 07/28/2011, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Boxy

what is lockjaw?

simplified explanation... the jaw locks in one position therefore preventing the fish from ever eating again resulting in death from starvation... krill aka puffer crack is highly suspected of causing lock jaw in most / all types of puffers not just porcupines

Flaring Afro · 07/29/2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by agreeive?fish

simplified explanation... the jaw locks in one position therefore preventing the fish from ever eating again resulting in death from starvation... krill aka puffer crack is highly suspected of causing lock jaw in most / all types of puffers not just porcupines

Correct and not just puffers, many other predators such as lionfish. Krill isn't very nutritional and should be used as an uncommon snack. Also, goldfish shouldn't be fed to any marine fish at all. Even a few sometimes can lead to health problems, not to mention you shouldn't be feeding a puffer live fish on the basis that he will start thinking of any fish added as food.

silentcivilian · 07/30/2011, 03:50 PM

Krill is kind of a maintance food till you get him eating other food. I use it to jump start a puffers diet really.. I get them knowing the hand brings krill, so they come to the hand, I feed 2 krill then throw in a silverside, then 1 krill then a squid.. all of a sudden, they are coming to the hand and eating what ever it gives.. which is no longer krill but everything else.

MrTuskfish · 07/31/2011, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by rayn

Mine like silversides, squid, well really just about anything. Cut out the fresh fish though, really no nutrition or value from them.

No nutritional value from fresh fish? Fatty FW fish, especially the goldfish family are terrible, but SW fish flesh is a great food for most larger carnivores, IMO.

akdylpcikles · 07/31/2011, 01:50 PM

I think a 125 would be to small for a puffer spiny boxfish and longhorn boxfish. IMO

Down · 05/08/2013, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MrTuskfish

No nutritional value from fresh fish? Fatty FW fish, especially the goldfish family are terrible, but SW fish flesh is a great food for most larger carnivores, IMO.

I started to post the same thing but then decided that they meant freshWATER fish.

namxas · 05/09/2013, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MrTuskfish

No nutritional value from fresh fish? Fatty FW fish, especially the goldfish family are terrible, but SW fish flesh is a great food for most larger carnivores, IMO.

I think Doug meant "live fish"...guess you can't get much "fresher" than live...

Doug actually feeds his fish better than most people eat.

FWIW, the trouble with krill is that many peeps use it as a staple once they get their fish eating, which is where the problem lies. Krill is not only completely void of Vitamin C, but their shells contain inordinate amounts of fluoride, and finally, their flesh contains varying amounts of the enzyme thiaminase, which inhibits the uptake of thiamine (Vitamin B1). What this amounts to is malformation of the mandibular structures of the fish as they grow, which can result in lockjaw.

07/26/2011, 07:20 PM	#1
Boxy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 13	Porcupine Puffer tankmates and diet I currently have a 6-7 inch porcupine puffer. what types of foods would be good for him? he has been eating frozen krill. occasionally clams, silversides, and goldfish. also what other cool fish could go with him? box or cow fish? i wanted to put a spiny box fish and a long horned cowfish with him. and possibly a trigger? any suggestions on food or cool fish would be great. thanks

07/27/2011, 05:16 AM	#4
rayn Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Pekin, Il Posts: 2,864	Mine like silversides, squid, well really just about anything. Cut out the fresh fish though, really no nutrition or value from them. __________________ Currently changing, stay tuned for new details...

07/27/2011, 05:47 AM	#5
Jeremy Blaze Former Reef Addict Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Washington, IN Posts: 5,864	Get rid of goldfish, offer occasional hard shelled animals, like fibbler crabs. __________________ Trust me my friend, the names are not important at all. I've own hundreds of different zoas and palys and don't know the name of a single one. In my opinion, they are a waste of valuable time. Mucho Reef

07/28/2011, 06:42 PM	#7
sunfishh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Fullerton, Ca Posts: 1,875	Keep in mind that over feeding krill can cause porkies to get lockjaw __________________ It's nice to be important, but important to be nice

07/30/2011, 03:50 PM	#11
silentcivilian Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 298	Krill is kind of a maintance food till you get him eating other food. I use it to jump start a puffers diet really.. I get them knowing the hand brings krill, so they come to the hand, I feed 2 krill then throw in a silverside, then 1 krill then a squid.. all of a sudden, they are coming to the hand and eating what ever it gives.. which is no longer krill but everything else. __________________ In today's world of nearly instant everything and what is exceptional today is only par tomorrow. My Reef is the only place where I must wait, and do so with glee.

07/26/2011, 10:16 PM	#2
akdylpcikles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 204	most importantly what size tank is this? thanks

07/26/2011, 10:17 PM	#3
AlexS95 Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Brandon, FL Posts: 1,065	I would cut the goldfish out of his diet. My Porcupine just absorbs krill and Mysis. I have a Black Trigger and a Blue Throat Trigger with it, and no problems.

07/27/2011, 08:32 PM	#6
agreeive?fish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,803	frozen uncooked prawn, from the seafood section of your local grocery store, mine devours frozen muscles as well and he loves crushing the shells to get to the meat. my grocery store also carries a frozen package of seafood mix that contains squid mussels(without shell)shrimp, octopus and clams that my puffers and most of my other fish go hog wild over

07/28/2011, 06:58 PM	#8
Boxy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 13	the porcupine puffer will be in a 125. also what is lockjaw?

07/31/2011, 01:50 PM	#13
akdylpcikles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 204	I think a 125 would be to small for a puffer spiny boxfish and longhorn boxfish. IMO

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