arrowhead wont eat

Post by **bertie 83** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:07 pm

As he has recently moved I would say he is prob just irritated, keep trying and I am sure he will come round. Puffers can be grumpy buggers lol

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:08 am

Mine seems to have slowed down on his food since the room got colder. Gonna get him a heater.

suvattii2012 · Post by **suvattii2012** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:02 am

Pufferpunk wrote:Mine seems to have slowed down on his food since the room got colder. Gonna get him a heater.

Have you any recent pictures of your suvattii ?

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:55 am

She died many years ago. She did achieve mature size:

Here's my new Tatertot:

warlord238 · Post by **warlord238** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:49 pm

damn that lil feeder thing looks like a good idea i will have to try and find 1

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:21 pm

Try worm cone feeder on amazon.com.

suvattii2012 · Post by **suvattii2012** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:36 am

Wow i never seen a red one before. Your one now looks more like mine i did not think they would eat small worms mine won't touch any smaller worms, they look around the same size.

great fish

warlord238 · Post by **warlord238** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:27 pm

it has now been 11 days and he has not eaten anything idk what to do

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:50 pm

Might be time to get him some guppies. What live foods have you tried now?

warlord238 · Post by **warlord238** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 4:49 pm

i have tried frozen krill frozen fish than tried worms snails an theres 5 red eye tetras in there that hes showing no interest in

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:20 pm

Excuse me if you've already answered this: How long have you had him? Has he ever eaten for you?

warlord238 · Post by **warlord238** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:10 pm

this is the 11th i have had him and he hasnt eaten for me yet...although there was a pretty decent sized snail in the tank and i cant find it so he may have eatn it but who knows with snails and its a pretty big tank so he has lots of place to hide

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:56 pm

Ambush predators don't eat snails. I believe he hasn't eaten in a much longer time than 11 days. Sometimes when a fish stops eating, their stomach shrinks & they never eat again.

warlord238 · Post by **warlord238** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:06 pm

well that isnt what i wanted to hear...is there anything i should do

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:34 pm

Try gut-loaded ghost shrimp, fiddler crab & live blackworms. anything that moves.

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