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new Ppuffer won't eat anything but nips @ all plastics in qt

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:46 am
by DDC6972
ok replacement porcupine puffer in qt. looks hungry acts very hungry but does not eat anything I give him? I see hes flopping around at the surface when I come in, I see him trying to eat my white plastic temp probe and my black wavemaker cage, but will not touch any food I've tried here's the list


mussel on the half shell

claim on the half shell

fresh shrimp

fresh squid

iqf pro salt clam strips

iqf frozen crab clusters

jumbo mysis

I mean he's telling me to feed him cause when I do not give him something he PUFFS UP but damn dude I do not speak puffer. HELP please

what do I feed him he looked starved at the fish store so I'm being to understand why any suggestions?

Re: new Ppuffer won't eat anything but nips @ all plastics in qt

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 8:52 am
by Pufferpunk
Your puffer came straight from the ocean, where It only had live food to eat. Try gut-loaded ghost shrimp, brine shrimp, blackworms, or small fishing worms.
library/feeding/problems-feeding-your-puffer/

Re: new Ppuffer won't eat anything but nips @ all plastics in qt

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:45 am
by DDC6972
fishing worms like nightcrawlers or the worms you fine under rocks?

Re: new Ppuffer won't eat anything but nips @ all plastics in qt

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:35 pm
by Pufferpunk
Same thing

Re: new Ppuffer won't eat anything but nips @ all plastics in qt

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 9:51 am
by steven1453
DDC6972 wrote: Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:46 am ok replacement porcupine puffer in qt. looks hungry acts very hungry but does not eat anything I give him? I see hes flopping around at the surface when I come in, I see him trying to eat my white plastic temp probe and my black wavemaker cage, but will not touch any food I've tried here's the list


mussel on the half shell

claim on the half shell

fresh shrimp

fresh squid

iqf pro salt clam strips

iqf frozen crab clusters

jumbo mysis

I mean he's telling me to feed him cause when I do not give him something he PUFFS UP but damn dude I do not speak puffer. HELP please

what do I feed him he looked starved at the fish store so I'm being to understand why any suggestions?
Did you try ghost shrimp? Because, They love shrimps for food...