Since this isin't major health issue i don't think i need to post the parameters or really anything else.
So, my puffer has been a picky eater from the start. When i first got him he wouldn't eat anything until i found out that he loved dried plankton. He was on that for a year, then when he grew, i figured he outgrew the food so i gave him more of a meat base diet. He loved bloodworms. Now, about a year later, starting tonight he barley ate. I usually feed him have a cube of frozen bloodworms once every other day. I did not get around to feeding him yesterday, so he went two days without food. I feed him tonight, he only ate a very small amount, if any bloodworms, only way i can tell is that his belly was only very slightly round. He left food all over the tank, which he normally devouers the cube within seconds. As far as food for his teeth goes, he usually gets a cricket once every two days.
Could this be a sign of him getting tired of the bloodworms, i tried frozen brine shrimp on him, and he didn't even touch it. I would like to keep him on bws.
Puffer not eating well
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Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Re: Puffer not eating well
Sorry, can't help much without the above in red answered. Whenever your puffer behaviour changes, you need to check into all that.
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: Puffer not eating well
I'd just like to add something and I may be totally wrong on this one, but bear with me.
I keep 2 Atlantic Mudskippers and 3 Dwarf Mudskippers and with them, if they are fed foods which they would not get in the wild (like crickets) it tends to mess with them internally, and the end result is not good.
Could that be the case with your puffer? I don't really know, just wondering aloud I suppose.
I hope your puffer improves, as I know it can be stressful when they won't eat and don't seem normal.
I keep 2 Atlantic Mudskippers and 3 Dwarf Mudskippers and with them, if they are fed foods which they would not get in the wild (like crickets) it tends to mess with them internally, and the end result is not good.
Could that be the case with your puffer? I don't really know, just wondering aloud I suppose.
I hope your puffer improves, as I know it can be stressful when they won't eat and don't seem normal.
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