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Two weeks ago, five days to eat one shrimp

but, now One meal a dayMY MBU eat shrimp on every day ,

but no increase in weight? TELL ME WHAT?

Could it be internal parasites? How does the poo look?

bertie 83 wrote:Could it be internal parasites? How does the poo look?

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How big is your puffer? From the pictures he looks long, so maybe he needs more than one shrimp.

Try feeding several small meals instead of one large meal. It takes about a month of good feeding for a puffer as skinny as your puffer is to look normal

Also can you feed him more than shrimp? He will like variety. Try worms, crayfish, clams, prawns..different foods provide better nutrition.

Like other said, feed him a bit more, and feed more variety. He needs way more than just shrimp. Also look for a liquid vitamin to soak his food in before feeding it to him.

Try to add Crayfish, Crabs, or Mussel on halfshell.

purplecandle wrote:How big is your puffer? From the pictures he looks long, so maybe he needs more than one shrimp.

Try feeding several small meals instead of one large meal. It takes about a month of good feeding for a puffer as skinny as your puffer is to look normal

Also can you feed him more than shrimp? He will like variety. Try worms, crayfish, clams, prawns..different foods provide better nutrition.

Eight months old...
I thought ...because shrimp did not nutrition...
MBU Not greedy ...

T.k wrote: Eight months old...
I thought ...because shrimp did not nutrition...
MBU Not greedy ...

Shrimp can be very nutritious. It's mainly brine shrimp that lack nutrition. Variety is best, though.

T. K, the size as in how long is it now. And the size of it 8 months ago and what's the size now?

scpion wrote:T. K, the size as in how long is it now. And the size of it 8 months ago and what's the size now?

8 months ago size:15cm
now size: 22cm...

Pufftastic wrote:

T.k wrote: Eight months old...
I thought ...because shrimp did not nutrition...
MBU Not greedy ...

Shrimp can be very nutritious. It's mainly brine shrimp that lack nutrition. Variety is best, though.

brine shrimp??
what?

7cm in 8months is extremely horrible growth rate..

I notice u have another video of a mbu posted on YouTube 6 months ago. In that video, that figure is very nice and rounded. Man.. I wonder what happened in between...

Pufftastic wrote:brine shrimp??
what?

Correct; brine shrimp are 98% water.

I think what he meant was what is brine shrimps. Think he's using a translator so not everything is translated properly..

LOL, can't imagine a mbu would waste it's time catching brine shrimp anyway... unless it's a tiny juvie.