Is it ok to feed a porcupine puffer cooked seafood?

[cameronladd]

I have read online some people feeding the cooked seafood from the grocery store...is this ok to feed a puffer? It is the stuff not really cooked in anything but the mix for like a seafood salad with squid shrimp etc. Is this stuff alright?

 

[salt210]

we feed them raw not cooked, shouldnt be feeding them cooked

 

[ophiura]

Yes, I have fed frozen versions of this. I would not feed this ALONE as a staple diet...especially because they benefit from the eating harder things like shells. But so long as it is not cooked in any spice or anything it is ok.

 

[eric b 125]

ophiura would know better than me, but i think that cooked seafood would have less nutrients than the raw seafood. i guess it wouldnt be bad, but raw seafood is what these fish eat naturally.

 

[ophiura]

Again, diversity is key. But when you consider the processing in most fish food? A bit of cooking is not going to destroy things...but if all you feed is cooked shrimp? Not the best...if all you feed iscleaned raw shrimp? Not good either.

 

[ophiura]

By the way this cooked seafood mix is fantastic for making your own fish food. Thrown in a blender with nori, flake food and a variety of other stuff it makes a much better and cheaper alternative to buying the stuff from the LFS.