Porcupine Puffer Hunger Strike
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 10:30 am
I have had a porcupine puffer for 2 years since he was a baby. He is now 6 inches long and has always been the pig of my tank. I have a 125 gallon with a 4 inch green bird wrasse, 5 inch vampire grouper, small skeletor eel and a 4 inch sting ray. For clean up, I have a chocolate chip sea star and a 2 sand sifting sea stars. I feed him a raw seafood mix from the Korean grocery store. He loves squid, scallops and shrimp. I also feed mysis cubes and he will eat those as well. For the past week he will not eat. He is swimming as usual. Fins are clear and eyes bright. He just ignores food and swims right past it. I have cleaned my skimmer and it is working well. My pH is 8.3, SpG is 1.024, Ammonia is 0, Nitrates and nitrites are 20. I did a 20 gallon water change yesterday with no luck. Everyone else in tank is eating well. This aquarium has been up and running for 2 years. Last edition was 2 months ago.
I have heard that they can go on strikes. Is this behavior typical of a strike? I also read about lockjaw but he rarely has eaten krill. I do not know if checking calcium or adding B vitamin would help.
I have heard that they can go on strikes. Is this behavior typical of a strike? I also read about lockjaw but he rarely has eaten krill. I do not know if checking calcium or adding B vitamin would help.