The Puffer Forum

Should I soak them in vita Chem? It doesn't want to eat anything else but the worms and ghost shrimp for now.

Thanks for your help bertie! I think that did the trick. I took off a couple of legs of some ghost shrimp so my puffer could get to it easily and soaked it in the garlic solution, it was still alive when it went into the tank and my puffer ate it right away! Now its accepting other types of food wit...

Thank you! Off to buy some garlic! Hopefully this works as I'm starting to see him get a little bit interested in the worms I put inside the tank. The worms will probably die if I put it in but at least the fahaka will like it. I will update tomorrow.

I recently acquired a small Fahaka Puffer around 2 inches. I put him in an established tank with normal parameters and I had everything all set for him. I've had him for 5 days now but I haven't seen him eat anything yet. Tried feeding him frozen blood worms, frozen brine shrimp, live ghost shrimp, ...