View Full Version : arrowhead wont eat??!?~?~
madehtsobi
02-22-2009, 9:16 PM
hey guys
i just purchased an arrowhead puffer a few days along with some temensis bass....
this puffer just sits on the bottom all day and i put some feeders and cut up market shrimp and he just watches it pass by....
he wont eat anything!!!!
my bass on the other hand eat the feeders....
any ideas??
digger
02-22-2009, 9:40 PM
what was he eating before? also I believe arrowheads go crazy for ghost shrimp.
madehtsobi
02-22-2009, 9:51 PM
i didnt ask the store.....
yeh i had put ghost shrimp as well....didnt work.....
digger
02-22-2009, 9:58 PM
call the store and try to use what they did also was he in his own tank and does he now have mates? Also how long have you had him? whats the schedule for lights and of course water quality?
Pufferpunk
02-23-2009, 12:45 AM
IMO, you shouldn't feed feeders to ANY fish but especially not a puffer.
See: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/feeding/feeders/
Getting your puffer to eat: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/feeding/problems-feeding-your-puffer/
Feeding your puffer: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/feeding/problems-feeding-your-puffer/
madehtsobi
02-23-2009, 9:09 AM
call the store and try to use what they did also was he in his own tank and does he now have mates? Also how long have you had him? whats the schedule for lights and of course water quality?
well all the other fishes there that i asked about he said feeders...so im assuming its feeders...
yes he was in with another arrowhead...nows n a 180 with a bass, arrowana, rtc, ray....
had him for like almost a week?
lights come on at 6ish til 12 every day...
water quality is perfect...
Pufferpunk
02-23-2009, 9:32 AM
I can guaratee you that suvattii will no doubt start taking chunks out of your other fish. Must be housed as a singleton!
Please read those links above & also these:
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/puffers-in-focus/arrowhead/
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/puffers-in-focus/suvattibreeding/
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/puffers-in-focus/three-suvatti-and-a-palembang/
More articles on this species than you'd find anywhere else, written by long time pufferkeepers! :D
madehtsobi
02-23-2009, 10:08 AM
cool man...thanks for the info!!!