Dwarf Puffers Not Eating?

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bartonct
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Dwarf Puffers Not Eating?

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Hi! I finally got my dwarf puffers last week (6 of them) one of them died though a couple days ago. The rest are doing pretty good i think other then the aggression towards each other

my question is though now that they're are not any snails left in the tank ive been feeding them frozen blood worms but i dont think all of them are eating them...any tips on to make sure all of them are eating?
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Re: Dwarf Puffers Not Eating?

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Congrats on your little guys....

I have found DP's to be fussy eaters...for some odd reason I can only get mine to eat live food...black worms mostly...and snails. But thats about it. You can try soaking your food in garlic and see what happens.
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Re: Dwarf Puffers Not Eating?

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where can you find live blackworms?
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Re: Dwarf Puffers Not Eating?

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Normally, your LFS will have them in a refridgerator.
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Re: Dwarf Puffers Not Eating?

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what about earthworms?
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Re: Dwarf Puffers Not Eating?

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Earthworms can be found around your yard :)
Rinse them off first then feed them to the fish
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Re: Dwarf Puffers Not Eating?

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If you use any kind of chemicals in your yard don't feed the worms to your puffer. You can buy them really cheap at Academy in the fishing department. Even walmart (I think), although earthworms may be too big for dp's.
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