The Puffer Forum

ACF wrote:

we_tigers wrote:I do want to get him on dead food, but I'm just having zero luck so far.
The feeder guppies are going at them, but not the puff.

I think I want to feed him all the worms left once a day,
then get a skewer to tease him with.. and hopefully he will fall for it soon.

Just don't want to keep him hungry for more than it should take, plus I just got him eating for the first time so you know it's a tricky situation.
But I do think that the sooner I get him on dead food, the better it will be for both of us in the long run.

Wish my luck, haha

I find Fahakas get moody quite often (like little kids).. I was gone for 5 weeks once and when I came back he gave me the coldest* cold shoulder ever for about 8 days. He didn't eat for that entire time as well. But mine can see the fridge, follows me along the glass to the fridge then splashes water all over the place (no cover on tank). Which wasn't good for the Giant Danios I tried to keep with him, 6/9 were supper over the course of 4 days and the other 3 thought they were flying fish...
When mine was 5" I fed him scallops! His colors gleamed but now he wont touch em with a 10 foot pole! He hates them! Ive tried garlic soaking my food as well but he rathers it frozen.
Try find some baby crayfish! Big Als in Mississauga usually have a slew of them, for mine they are bite size! It's his teat though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S6txXREx9M <--- A little bit of action, He had already eaten a crayfish before that so it took him a bit.

I suggest picking up feeder guppies, I try to keep 30-40 in my tank at all times. I haven't taken my fata$$s house out since last October! They clean the tank spotless and the only LIVE plant that I've managed to keep with my fahaka is a Moss Ball.. He pushes it around with his nose and the *fake* bamboo I got in my tank works rather well as a chew toy!

By the way where did you get your ramshorn snails from?

*Cheers* & Hope all goes well!

Nick wrote:Cleanest possible kill on a cray, took out the entire head/brain in one bite. Good that you don't have to see them suffer. Mine never did that, and when I had to feed crays during a snail outage, mine ate the head last, so I had to cut through it and smash the brain before feeding them to keep the horror to a minimum. Didn't like having to do that, a cray was my first pet as a child.

ACF wrote:We_Tigers..
I went for a joyride today to menagerie pet shop and a girl there said they use to be the snail outlet center but 6 or 7 months ago they cleaned out everything and there is NO more what so ever. They told me it was bad.. Like cockroaches! So there is no more Can't seem to find any LFS that has apple or ramshorn.. Well I have come across apple but they usually arent cheap.