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puffer fish food

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Question
75 gal tank/emperor filter/lots of malawi cichlids. This tank is many years old. BUT..my cichlids died off two years ago, restocked it 2mths ago. Use cichlid salt, coral substrate. Now the question: Just added 5 small puffer fish to the group (got them for 2.99 apiece-couldn't resist. Do not know what they eat or how to get the food to them since the cichlids are such pigs. Presently, I feed the fish flaked food, sinking mixed wafers for bottom feeders, hikari cichlid food, frozen mosquito larvae, frozen brine shrimp,freeze dried tubifax worms-last three are treats. Has been suggested that puffers eat snails. Don't have any, don't know how to get any and don't know how to raise them for food. Am willing but ignorant. Any suggestions would help. Thanks for your help, appreciate it.

Answer
Well all of these foods are fine for the puffers to eat and I would say that the puffers will get their fair share of food if you put enough in the tank,I do not know that much about puffers though I do know if they are hungry they will get their food so i dont think you should worry.