Undigested food

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Hesch
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Undigested food

Post by Hesch »

Hello,

Ive got a fahaka. Ever so often he passes undigested food. Is that normal? Or do I maybe fed him too much?
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Re: Undigested food

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[welcome]
Yes, it's normal when overfed. How large is he & what's his diet like?
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Hesch
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Joined: Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:05 am
My Puffers: 1 fahaka called Swayze
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Re: Undigested food

Post by Hesch »

He is 5" and I feed him every day. He can easily consume 5 shrimps (frozen ones from supermarket, about 1 inch, defrosted before fed to him). A few times a week I feed him snails as well, but they sometimes come out undigested. Also I fed him peas that were undigested. I will feed him less.
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Pufferpunk
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Posts: 32764
Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
Location: Chicago
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Re: Undigested food

Post by Pufferpunk »

Reduce feeding to every other day, 2 shrimps only & alternate with snails. My adult Fahaka gets fed 2x/week.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Hesch
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My Puffers: 1 fahaka called Swayze
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Re: Undigested food

Post by Hesch »

Thanks, I will try that :-)
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