My dog face puffer

[youtoo54]

I have been reading were he needs to some hard shelled shrimp from time to time to keep his beak wore down. Whats a good source for him?

 

[little_fish]

they dont need to be shrimp, snails work just fine. See if your lfs can get some for you.

 

[youtoo54]

Nassarius Snails
Work?

 

[little_fish]

no because they hide in the sand during the day

 

[jcegt87]

actually ....(this is unorthodox maybe to some people) but when i had my porcupine puffer i used to feed em frozen peas and carrots and it loved it , thats how i always kept his tooth down , peas are perfect cause hell be able to peel them , also you can try frozen silversides and krill, give em something to peel, also nassarious snails could get more expesive than a bag of krill or frozen veggies

 

[youtoo54]

I saw like 500 on ebay for 30 dollars. I figured that wasn't much money, they could help clean the tank, and give him something to munch on.

 

[Bifferwine]

Beware buying snails off of Ebay, I've seen too many stories of people buying snails and getting a bag full of whelks (predators that look very similar to nassarius snails)!