Porcupine Puffer Fish

[bobby]

I did a search and it said most breeds are fresh water, and a few are salt. Alot of the salt ones come from salt lake city. A friend of mine used to live there and said people would just scoop them up with cups in the dry season to sell.

[AndyB4784]

fresh mussels are good food for puffers also. just crack it a bit before you throw it into the tank.

[Bifferwine]

Mysis are saltwater. I grow them in my fuge.

[AndyB4784]

there are both fresh and salt water mysid shrimp. the ones growing in your fuge are definitely of the salt water variety. but most of the ones packaged for sale are fresh water mysids (Hikari comes to mind).

[BriOnH]

Originally Posted by Bifferwine

Mysis are saltwater. I grow them in my fuge.

Whats a fuge? I would like to grow my own brine shrimp for my fish.

[AndyB4784]

refugium. it's a section of the sump where macro algae is grown and pods are provided an environment in which they can grow and multiply with out predation. you can also get one that hangs on the back of your aquarium. a common brand is CPR check them out great addition to any tank.

[jermpool]

Originally Posted by JellyMan

I dont think they would have been able to keep ghost shrimp in stock the way he over fed it.

He would eagerly eat all 6 minows that I would give him, everyday, plus the freeze dried krill. Its just that when he ate the fish he would blow the scales out of his gills.

[Bifferwine]

So I never did get to hear the story about how you "accidentally" killed him, jermy, although it's been mentioned a few times.

[ToMatorClown]

He tried to top off the water with a hose he had gotten from his mothers house. He didn't run the water before sticking it into the tank so everything that was in the hose went into the tank. His mother has copper piping.

[ToMatorClown]

He poisoned them.