Puffer beaks

[94Roarge]

I know that puffers need to fed shelled things to keep their beaks from overgrowing, my question is; to some extent will frozen cubes of food help to wear their beaks down too? Not as a sole method of course!

 

[Kershaw]

No. Not unless it has hard shells. Which even large shrimp junks are soft in the food I feed.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Puffers will gnaw on rock to keep their beak from overgrowing if they aren't keeping it in check via diet.

 

[94Roarge]

How curious. What are some good options apart from prawn/crab? The market for shelled fish food isn't exactly broad over here.

 

[Maritimer]

Clam, oyster or mussel on the half-shell - or just crack it to open a small section, and let Mrs. Puff work it out over the course of the day . . .

~Bruce

 

[94Roarge]

The mussels I have access to are twice the size of the puffer! Aha, I'll sort out some smaller ones though oysters?

 

[4FordFamily]

Puffers will gnaw on rock to keep their beak from overgrowing if they aren't keeping it in check via diet.

X2 it's interesting to watch, I might add.