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Does anyone know what these weird white growths on his body are (on his chin and cheeks mainly)?

This is Stewie!

2 Idontknow We got some ghost shimp for him, and Stewie loved them! Thank you so much for the advice! 2 LilGreenPuffer We'll try to find some decent background for the tank, maybe that would help. In the meantime, Stewy is still hiding in the rocks, he found a little hole in one of them and made it ...

Trekenk, Thank you! I know he would need a bigger tank, but so far he is so tiny (less than 2") that it might not happen too soon :) I also read about krill that it causes lockjaw, so we will only be giving that to him once a week. The strange thing is that a professional (the owner) from a lfs...

Thank you everyone! Stewie finally ate a little krill last night. I got skewers, moistened the krill in water and garlic, put it on a skewer, and he ate it!!! My husband and I were thrilled. Hi is still really shy and wouldn't come out.. We have live rock, but we need to get some plants for him. <b>...

Tnak you for your response! I guess, you are right and we do neet to get a water test kit. We change watre twice a week and the damsels seem very happy and playful bullying the puffer..

I will try to get him some of those warms tonight.

But is he supposed to be so shy?

Hello! We just received our new porcupine puffer from a store online FedExed overnight. He has been in the tank for 5 days now but hasn't eaten anything. We tried feeding him krill and live oysters, but he doesn't seem interested. He looks pretty healthy, has gorgeous blue eyes, and moves once in a ...