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Posted: **Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:50 pm**

have you tried putting the mix in garlic after the meds?

Posted: **Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:54 pm**

I soak em at the same time... I crush up fresh garlic (turns the water milky yellow. i usually strain it with a net and then let the pieces continue to soak through the net, today i removed them altogether), drop in frozen worms, add a piece of tablet, let soak for 40 minutes. strain, feed.

Posted: **Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:56 pm**

try soaking in the meds first then the garlic, maybe it will cover the meds better

Posted: **Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:21 pm**

ILoveLola wrote:
xrayjeeper83 wrote:The guy I got him from told me fahakas were supposed to be skinny
how rediculous. and frightening.

I try to feed her a balanced diet, she just won't take anything medicated except bloodworms i made her a mix from a scallop & a shrimp that i got at the grocery story, stuck it in my food processor. she LOVES it, but won't eat it medicated. so ive been feeding her a little bit of that (enough to get her belly from sunken to flatish), and then give her treated bloodworms so she has a nice round bulge. and i give her a snail every day, but i don't medicate those because i hear they disintegrate..

This sounds great, she is eating something medicated and still getting a balanced diet.

Posted: **Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:35 pm**

Have you tried ghost shrimp ! I Started with them cuz , The LFS did good and told me that all he would eat at the time ! Then I tried a small crayfish ! Just suggestions!

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:02 pm**

Haha, Chuck, she won't eat the ghost shrimp I put in her tank for her. One of them is pretty big, so that doesn't surprise me but the others are tiny. She'll chase them, but I don't think she tries very hard, I think she just likes aggrivating them. I did skewer one on a toothpick (bleagh!) and gave it to her, she loved it once it was dead. Weird.

& also, Seven, I giggle like a maniac every time i see your signature.

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:15 pm**

Just an idea. Feed ghost shrimp medicated food, skewer then feed to your puffer. Also add medication to shrimp holding area? Would that work?

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:15 pm**

That's a smart idea!

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:38 pm**

very smart idea

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:26 pm**

Medication says it's not shrimp or crab safe :/

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:00 am**

most arent, it will kill the shrimp. But as long as it eats some of it to get it in its system then your all good

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:36 am**

That would be an issue if you wanted to keep the crabs and shrimp as pets, but nom nom nom is also not crab or shrimp safe lol
And glad it makes you happy

That was the point, to have my signature make smiles.

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:25 pm**

So that's a good plan then lol. Also killing a few feeder shrimp to help your puff is more than acceptable. I would say good as they will be fed anyway. Also if the meds does kill you won't have to skewer live shrimp which is ideal is it not

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:51 pm**

Haha, yeah. I'll have to give it a try! But if the tablets are fizzy tablets, how do I get the shrimp to eat em? Or are you saying I ought to a food in the meds & then feed that food to the shrimp?

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:11 pm**

Yea soak foods and feed to shrimp when/ if they die hook em out quick skewer and feed. If they don't die you have to skewer them live sorry, lol

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