If you don't, you could be setting yourself up for disaster. Live food, including live aquatic snails, can transmit parasites and disease to your puffer fish. Unfortunately, many people skip making sure their live feeders are safe for their puffer's consumption. This is one of the reasons why beeding your own puffer food, or at least ordering large shipments of it and raising it in a dedicated species tank, can be very beneficial. Fortunately, you don't have do get fancy setting up a quarantine tank for your puffer's food. In fact, a simple plastic tote will work perfect for this! Make sure you have filtration, dechlorinated water, and you're good to go!
Don't forget, feeder goldfish are never a suitable choice for puffer food - no matter what the pet store may say or do.
Do you have questions about quarantining your puffer's food? Let me know with a comment!
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