GSP apatite
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:28 pm
So last week I needed to be out of town for a couple of days. So before I left I fed my puffer well and let him fast for the day and a half I was gone. So between meals he may have gone about 36 hours. When I returned it is almost as if my puffer is a different puffer.
He used to be kind of shy, but now he greets me at the front of the tank the way my dog greets me at the door.
He used to be a picky eater, but now he will eat (or try to eat) anything that enters his tank.
He used to sleep in behind decorations, but now he will flop down in the middle of the tank and snooze happily.
As far as his apatite goes...... he used to only eat about 1/4 of a night crawler before he was no longer interested. Or 1/2 a medium sized "small" scallop. Then he would happily much up a snail or two. Now he just always wants more food. I used to have to wait for him to eat enough to "round out" his belly, and now I have to stop feeding him so that he doesn't look like a golf ball. When I put any food in his tank using the forceps he strikes so hard that I can feel it all the way up the handles of the forceps.
Should I be concerned with his new vigor, personality and apatite changes? Is this normal for a puffer who may have finally become comfortable in his tank? I have had him just about 2 months now. He is still moody and not as bright of green as I would hope for ..... but the previous owner had called him a brown fish when they gave him to me and according to them he was never anything but a brown fish, never showing any green at all. He used to be quite dark including his belly but now he always has a white belly and a mild green coloring throughout his body has developed with his neon halo always bright and shining.
He used to be kind of shy, but now he greets me at the front of the tank the way my dog greets me at the door.
He used to be a picky eater, but now he will eat (or try to eat) anything that enters his tank.
He used to sleep in behind decorations, but now he will flop down in the middle of the tank and snooze happily.
As far as his apatite goes...... he used to only eat about 1/4 of a night crawler before he was no longer interested. Or 1/2 a medium sized "small" scallop. Then he would happily much up a snail or two. Now he just always wants more food. I used to have to wait for him to eat enough to "round out" his belly, and now I have to stop feeding him so that he doesn't look like a golf ball. When I put any food in his tank using the forceps he strikes so hard that I can feel it all the way up the handles of the forceps.
Should I be concerned with his new vigor, personality and apatite changes? Is this normal for a puffer who may have finally become comfortable in his tank? I have had him just about 2 months now. He is still moody and not as bright of green as I would hope for ..... but the previous owner had called him a brown fish when they gave him to me and according to them he was never anything but a brown fish, never showing any green at all. He used to be quite dark including his belly but now he always has a white belly and a mild green coloring throughout his body has developed with his neon halo always bright and shining.
