Spotted Puffer Fish
In nature, Spotted Puffer Fish or Blowfish is very Intelligent and friendly fish to be. You can easily feed them food with your bare hand as they are not shy at all.If taken care properly, they can live for very long.
Although Spotted Puffers are very entertaining to keep as pet fish, they are pretty territorial and aggressive in nature.
They are likely to do fin nipping of bigger fish, which may results in fin rot disease and if not treated with care, it may cause death.
Generally the diets for Spotted Puffer should consist of blood worms, baby shrimp, and pond snails. The shelly food such as snail can be given to help keep the teeth from getting too long and affecting the fish to eat properly. It will be good to feed them twice a week with snails.
The next primary food that is easily available from the local Petshop is the frozen blood worms. Base on my experience, it is better to pay a little more for reputable blood worms suppliers. The blood worms are
usually better quality and cleaned before packing, some may have vitamin infused before frozen. Such recommendation will be hikari frozen blood worms.
When considering Puffer compatible tank mates, it is good to provide sufficient space with hidding holes and decorations as Spotted Puffer fish will create its own territory. Due to the Puffer aggressive nature, choosing the right tank mates are very important. These few companions are ok with Puffers such as the Mollies, archerfish, scats.
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