The Puffer Forum

Frozen Mysis finally changed him. Now he's off of the fresh water fish and is eating like a pig. I've got a sailfin in with him now and they get along great. I throw him strips from raw prawns, frozen krill, and clams. Thanks for all your help!

The fingerprint and trigger don't seem to mind other foods, but the porc is still not eating. I dropped a clam on the half shell (too big for the puffer) but I thought he might be interested. The trigger had it all down within 12 hours, picked clean. I'll keep trying frozen stuff. Maybe he'll get hu...

Hhmmm... Well my triger and fingerprint are hooked on "fish crack" :shock: I do have a wide variety of frozen that I'll try on all of them including clam and squid. The whole agressive tank will be in a BAD mood! That won't make the large nockternal hermit crab happy. Thanks for the advice...

They are in a 55. Cookie is about 3" now. We plan on getting a much bigger tank in about a year. I just got some bigger frozen krill, so I'll try that instead of the fish.

I keep starving him and he's still picky. Is it safe to keep starving them? Maybe I'll pick up some Selcon and soak the little rosie carcuses. LIve shrimp, you mean ghost shrimp? The porc is in a tank with a brown trigger and a fingerprint, so he's got to be quick...

My Porcupine (Cookie) was fed rosies at the petstore before we got him and is now "hooked". I know he doesn't get the nourishment he needs with freshwater fish, but he's uncharacteristically picky. I've got him at least eating dead rosies out of my hand and try to trick him with silver sid...