Feeding a blue spotted puffer

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Neptune 555
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Feeding a blue spotted puffer

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My blue spotted puffer is not doing great... I have had him for 8 months... and at times he has definitely been thicker then he is now... I feed clams / mussels / frozen food / flake food. In my 75 gallon I have a flame angel / blue hippo tang / yellow tang / hali wrasse. I think they are out competing him for food? any suggestions?
* I offer up two sides of the clam and place them apart from each other trying to give the puffer his own space to eat... At the same time I add in nori to help distract the blue tang. BUT the blue tang seems to intimidate the puffer and he retreats to the corner?

Suggestions?

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Re: Feeding a blue spotted puffer

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Separate them.
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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dmh41532
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Re: Feeding a blue spotted puffer

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the other probably are. Mine is a very methodical eater, the clowns, and tang easily out compete when I have only one clam. They seeen to be very timid, atleast mine is
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Pufferpunk
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Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
Location: Chicago
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Re: Feeding a blue spotted puffer

Post by Pufferpunk »

This post is from October of last year.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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