she just got a pair of spiny box puffers 3+" been about 3 days and they look hungry and are starting to thin but wont eat. tried shrimp,krill,prepared sticks, nothin? any ideas what might trigger feeding?
mom's new puffers not eating?
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seriously teams aside i got 2 puffers really hungery that need some help do it for the fishys. momma says please!
I had a puffer .. try frozen brineshrimp, Frozen Squid, or just get a Saltwater Variey pack at your local petstore and try all the different frozen cubes in the pack, but be sure to thaw out the cubes in a cup i usually put warm water from the tank in the cup then plop the cube in
try soaking the food in garlic or some other like products. Im surprised shirmp did not work. What kind of shrimp did you use???
I assume these spiny boxfihs are burrfish and unfortunately these fish are very hard to get to eat in captivity. i will let Pufferpunk know about them.
WHAT REALLY sorry, gets me is she got them from an amish fellow which in its self is intresting, but one would think that they wouldnt be using anything fancy food wise?
heck i gave her every food in my freezer from my puffers to no availe its almost like thier to stupid to eat, they see it just wont eat?