Tried my hand with pea puffers a while back, but could not keep 'em fed. Tried every trick I know, every type of live and frozen food I could get my hands on, and still watched 'em slowly waste away. One of the pickiest fish I've ever dealt with. Wanna try again, but not 'til I figure out why they wouldn't eat for me. Nothin' I've read 'bout 'em says they're any harder than other puffers to feed, and to be honest with ya, considering some of the species I've kept and had spawn over the years, I'm rather ashamed to admit I crashed and burned so miserably.
But, it is what it is.Anyways, a pleasure to make everybody's acquaintance, in advance.
Cheers,
WYite
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As for parasites, possible, but I'd be surprised. I treat for parasites during QT, a habit I got into with WC mbuna to help prevent bloat. Used a combo of mild dosages of Prazipro and metro. The only thing they'd eat and not spit out was live copepods; ignored small pond snails and ramshorns, small live worms of various types and anything frozen I tried. I couldn't keep a steady supply of the copepods without a culture, and got that established too late. Like I said, was at wits end, never dealt with such picky fish. Everything I've read said they should be eatin' at least some of the things I tried. Mayhap it was just the particular bunch of DPs I acquired mine from, but I plan on bein' a bit more prepared next time around.