The Puffer Forum

I finally got my 29g tank to a point that I could get the little 2" porcupine puff that was at my lfs. Now, before you get onto me for the tank being too small, I am looking for a 125 his final home. He shouldn't be in the 29 any longer than a month.

Quick question, the lfs he was at was feeding him live feeder guppies and now the little turd wont eat anything that he does not get to chase down. How do I wean him off this? I did finally get him to eat by tying a string to the tail of a shrimp and moving it around in the tank, but as soon as he sees the string he stops.

Edit: I didn't mean the dirty word, it was a typo!

wait til hes good and hungry
then he will hit anything that floats moves or smells like food.

id say he needs 48-72 hours without food to get him to try new things.

How did you cycle his tank? Keep a very close eye on the parameters in there (daily). Glad you were able to get him.

I posted earlier on my tank cycling, I used mollies and a damsel. I test the params daily. all good now. How long would you say I havebefore I have to have him into a 125? I am looking for more of a number and not an ASAP (I already know that )

umm honestly under a month. you might be able to squeeze 2 months. but i still think hell suffer stunting in that tank if he says past 1 month. its just not enough swimming room.

He is still really small in the tank and is the only inhabitant, not really any live rock in the tank, lots of room

I finally got him to eat, but he is bieng rather high maintainence. I have to peel and cut up his shrimp or he wont eat it. On a positive note, I did find a hermit crab I though was lunch. Hiding in its shell of all places.

The shell is best left on, for his teeth.

I tried to feed him with the shell but he wont eat it. I'm hoping I can get him used to the shrimp peeled and start feeding him shells and all. I'm just happy with him eating.

I'd probably feed him a few bigger meals every couple of days to get his hunger response built up. The more hungry he is come feedign time, the more eager he'll be to accept whatever it is you offer.

went three days and he still was being hard headed. he is still a baby so I am hesitant to go much longer than that. I also just got him so you could see that his stomach is already caved in a little and after three days it was even worse. He does eat this now so I am going to work with him on other foods, but I need to get food in him asap.