ok replacement porcupine puffer in qt. looks hungry acts very hungry but does not eat anything I give him? I see hes flopping around at the surface when I come in, I see him trying to eat my white plastic temp probe and my black wavemaker cage, but will not touch any food I've tried here's the list
mussel on the half shell
claim on the half shell
fresh shrimp
fresh squid
iqf pro salt clam strips
iqf frozen crab clusters
jumbo mysis
I mean he's telling me to feed him cause when I do not give him something he PUFFS UP but damn dude I do not speak puffer. HELP please
what do I feed him he looked starved at the fish store so I'm being to understand why any suggestions?
new Ppuffer won't eat anything but nips @ all plastics in qt
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Re: new Ppuffer won't eat anything but nips @ all plastics in qt
Your puffer came straight from the ocean, where It only had live food to eat. Try gut-loaded ghost shrimp, brine shrimp, blackworms, or small fishing worms.
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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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Re: new Ppuffer won't eat anything but nips @ all plastics in qt
fishing worms like nightcrawlers or the worms you fine under rocks?
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2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
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Re: new Ppuffer won't eat anything but nips @ all plastics in qt
Same thing
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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Re: new Ppuffer won't eat anything but nips @ all plastics in qt
Did you try ghost shrimp? Because, They love shrimps for food...DDC6972 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:46 am ok replacement porcupine puffer in qt. looks hungry acts very hungry but does not eat anything I give him? I see hes flopping around at the surface when I come in, I see him trying to eat my white plastic temp probe and my black wavemaker cage, but will not touch any food I've tried here's the list
mussel on the half shell
claim on the half shell
fresh shrimp
fresh squid
iqf pro salt clam strips
iqf frozen crab clusters
jumbo mysis
I mean he's telling me to feed him cause when I do not give him something he PUFFS UP but damn dude I do not speak puffer. HELP please
what do I feed him he looked starved at the fish store so I'm being to understand why any suggestions?