The Puffer Forum

So I have all the other fish removed from my tank and now My fahaka is acting a little different. He seems to find a nice shady spot and just look around. When the pleco was in there it was a constant assault a soon as he had nipped a fin he was positioning again to nip another. Is he more relaxed now that I have got all the other fish out of his tank? He is still eating he ate 3 Ghost shrimp for dinner and a had a side of bloodworms. Am I just being an overprotective dad or is this unusual behavior?

He's acting as normal as mine. Are you gut-loading those ghost shrimp?

Gut loading does that mean feeding them till I can see food in them?

Gut loading means feeding them veggies, algae wafers, etc., so that when the puffer eats them, they get veggies in their diet.

Tricky I like it my mom use to use a similiar method only she would stuff peppers with Meat and vegies so that we would eat full servings of veggies. I have read that I should use a movement trick to get him to eat but some of the food I get does not sink. How do I get it to sink so I can shake it around with a string. Right now I have frozen mussels I have frozen bloodworms I have freeze dried krill I have ghost shrimp and some big snails that are more just fun for him to mess with than anything what else can I add to his diet I have heard people say prawns in shell is there a special cleaning that these need? Should I cook them first.

P.S. thanks again everyone for their input this is the best place to go if you have a puffer. If any of you who have given me advise find your self in Tacoma WA swing by my coffee shop, Coffee is on me and you can see my Fahaka he is our mascot.