Changing feeding habits along with aquarium lighting.

[El Scorpio]

Camille has ALWAYS been a picky eater. Indeed, the only thing she would eat - aside from pods off the rocks - was frozen mussels. I have a double T8 fluorescent fixture on my tank, and for a long time I had one Actinic 420 bulb and one 10,000K bulb; more specifically, a ZooMed Ocean Sun and Coral sun lamps. In an attempt to coax the coraline algae to grow, I've switched out the 10,000K bulb with another 420 Actinic lamp. After I did that Camille started eating everything I put in the tank. Normally I feed her frozen mussels (thawed in tank water, of course) and frozen mysis shrimp for my bullet goby. But now, Camille will eat anything - mussels, mysis shrimp, squid, clam meat, even that dried marine algae you normally see fed to tangs. NOW she's finally starting to eat like a pufferfish (i.e. like a pig.) She also seems a little bit more active under the actinic lamps, and acts like she likes these lights better than the day lamps. Has anyone else noticed changing feeding habits under different lighting?

[RTR]

Pragmatism works. Celebrate that your puffer now acts and eats like a puffer. Congratulations!