I have one little tiny dwarf puffer who is truly my miracle baby. Ever since I got my GSP, Dexter, I've wanted to add more puffers to my household. I had my heart set on owning a few dwarf puffers. I had my tank ready, just waiting for the day I could find somewhere to buy DP's. I found a seller on aquabid.com and after some contemplating, I decided to go for it. I had never ordered fish online before. Well, to make a long story short, the next day they arrive at my door with two eensy weensy heat packs, all laying on the bottom of the bag. I was devastated and furious at the idiots who packed those poor fish. It was in November, so it was probably around 30 degrees outside, and they only used two tiny heat packs?
Well, that evening I just kept looking at my poor little deceased DP's, whining to my fiance about how cute they are when all of a sudden I see one of them jump. At first I thought I was seeing things, then about 15 mins later I seen it again. I yelled "He's still alive!!!" and raced the bag over to the tank.
I set it in the tank and watched it all night. Gradually, the little guy got stronger and stronger. The next day he was swimming around like nothing had ever happened. I was so shocked and amazed. Now, three months later, he's still going strong. I love the little guy, and some day I would still like to have a couple more, but I'm hesitant to because I can't get him to eat anything other than snails. Now, this wouldn't be too much of a problem, but he only eats the "heads" off of them and then swims away. His belly is never fat like Dexter's. I'm worried he's not getting enough to eat. Obvoiusly he's eating enough to survive, but that's not good enough. I've tried freeze-dried shrimp, krill, bloodworms. I've tried crab pellets. I've tried raw shrimp. He won't eat anything. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
