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he still wouldn't eat the bloodworms

well i got the garlic mashed up nd the blodworms are thawing out

yeah mines pretty much the same thing with the turkey baster .. the first time e was scared but after that he jumps around and swims in circles, but now he doesnt even move and i have to move a couple of my java ferns to find him but i really feel badd

okk so heres my step
thaw out the bloodworms
pick out some bloodworms and put them on the garlic
feed the rest of my fish the remaining bloodoworms, while the puffers are being soaked
feed the puffer


sound good?

well i feed my other fish .. i have about 20 fishh or so .. (not in the same tanks of course)

well i usually do 2 gum drops so ill soak on right on top nd one in water .. hope this works i love my little puffer

sorry if this is a really amatuer response, but literally on top of it? or let it soak in the water with the food?

ive been feeding him thawed out bloodworms .. ill treat for parasites again with gelTek, just normal garlic? like how much would i put in ? i thaw out the bloodowmrs in a veryyy small plastic container

i havent feed this little guy in about 6 days .. for 4 days i was away so i couldnt feed him, every since then he just wont accept the food .. hes gotten much skinnier and smaller, and i feel really bad

are there any remedies or something i can do to get him to eat?

how often do you feed him ? some sites say once a week .. ?

lol well im going to try and feed him again .. he hasnt eaten in like 5 days so hopefully he eats .. how much geltek should i use ?
i use maybe a 4oz plastic cup to thaw out the bloodworms

hes jus tusually down at the bottom of the tank and never really comesup for anything, so its alot longer and helps .. but he ate with it before so maybe since he didnt recognize the smell and the fact that the baster was right near him he got a little scared the first time

well now it looks like he has internal parasites .. i just got home and his stomach is all bumpy .. =[ i tried feeding him bloodworms soaked in the geltek stuff for like a half an hour and he would just keep running away .. i think hes scared of the turkey baster but last time i fed him like that he...

do i soak in pure geltek? or 50/50 ?

well i did get gel-tek