The Puffer Forum

just bought 2 new little saps a couple of days ago, theyre in a 180l tank atm, by themselves, pH8(ish) ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate <10
up till 2nite they both been ok ,eating like little pigs and just basically acting like little lunatics as saps tend to do lol. when ive come back in tonight tho, they swam right upto me like usual, fast as rockets, and 1 of them kinda looked as if he lost his balance and started rolling over n over really fast right at the top of the tank instead of swimming. now since then everytime he swims 2 fast or gets excited he does the same thing again lol!! what could be causing that?

lol ive worked out whats going on with him...hes eating to many worms, getting to fat and then overbalancing lol!! this only happens after worm time. the greedy little puff is taking all the worms that i put in for both lol! then when hes trying to swim fast, hes looking like 1 of these lol!! is quite cute, but obv isnt good for him, how can i stop him being so greedy?

I don't know if that is possible, I have 1 that will eat almost everything (and anything), 1 that will eat some and the little guy gets let out sometimes.

oh kk thanks anyways!! ill just have 2 try make sure the other 1 gets some before fatty gets 2 them all!

yes, targeted feeding works well... or do the "dine and dash" feed piggy first in his corner so he becomes distracted and then feed the other (targeted feeding).

that is kinda what i been trying 2 do...but the 2nd 1 still isnt fast enough lol the greedy 1 scoffs his share down, then almost before the smaller 1 gets to look at his worms, greedy puff is straight over the other side eating the rest of the worms! he needs to learn some manners lmao!

haha.. I don't know what to say...

are you feeding snails at all?

that may be a better solution. If you feed them at night, they actually have to go looking for them.

oh ill try that! yeh i do feed them snails,and cherry shrimps. the snails neveer seem to interest either of them much, but then i never see any snails in the tank either, so i guess they are eating them at some point both seem to like the shrimps, but how often should i be feeding them shrimps? ive been using them as a 'treat' kind of lol, every couple of days or so.

IME, SAPs require high-crunch food daily.

ok ok, thanks!! i have always had a lot of trouble getting my other saps to eat anything that isnt bloodworms, but the 2 new 1s will try pretty much anything. im hoping once theyve been quarantined long enough, and i put them all together, the old 1s will copy the new 1s and be a bit less nervous with new food