Hazzard Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 I currently have a guinea fowl puffer, a porcupine puffer and a stars and stripes puffer in my 400ltr fish only system. Cant run corals with these guys cause they bite at the rocks to keep there teeth down. I started to think that they are getting bored in the tank so i added a few mussel shells after feeding them the contents so that they could bite and chew at them. They loved it but not long after the ammonia levels started to rise(im guessing cause of the flesh left on the shell). Has anyone got any ideas for entertaining these guys without side effects? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 Remove the flesh from the mussells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krama Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 what bout some coral? but you would need to cycle it first? mj 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzard Posted November 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 If i scrape all the flesh off then then dont seem interested. These guys are known for picking at corals and the way they bite chunks off the rocks i dont think the corals would last long. Is there a salt water live feeding fish? Whitebait maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goby1 Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 mollys from your local pet store will survive in salt water and are prolific live bearers. Also glass shrimps from rockpools may be a goer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzard Posted November 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 Thanks goby, I might give that a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 boil the mussels and take most of the meat out, then put a drop of supa glue on the end and close them back up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 I had Oscars once and they loved a ping pong ball. True they would attack it all day long. Took a while for them to start but when they did it was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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