Same species of Amazon Puffer but bigger one eats , smaller ones do not eat specific food

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To add on, puffers are very individualistic (at least compared to other fish), what one likes can be very different than what others do.
Mine would all have different favorites.
Two things everyone in the tank agrees on are mysis shrimp and bloodworms.
 
Thank you deadeye. bloodworms are favorite of all of them. but what I found really strange that none of them would eat mysis shrimp.
 
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Thank you deadeye. bloodworms are favorite of all of them. but what I found really strange that none of them would eat mysis shrimp.
Frozen or freeze dried?
 
Hmm
Keep trying I guess. If not no big deal, just make sure to have a varied diet.
Mine get a rotation of bloodworms, mysis, brine shrimp, and tubifex and are free to hunt snails and amphipods.
 
I only try once with a frozen food, and if the fish won't eat that particular frozen food instantly, then there's no real point in me trying to force it if there are other alternatives that are just as good or better for its health.
 
you have snails in any of your tanks?

gonna need to introduce them into diet or krill -

otherwise it’s the sedated beak trim shuffle ??‍♂️
 
Try live blackworms if you can source them; my puffers seem to like them quite a bit. Did you treat your puffers with internal parasites? I've kept C. asellus quite a few times, and the ones that were treated for parasites adjusted to captivity a lot better than the ones that weren't. And I do agree with Deadeye; puffers are a lot more individualistic. One of my puffers will eat nothing but brine shrimp, one is an absolute glutton that eats nearly everything I offer, and one's picky about everything, but usually settles for a bloodworm or two. I think variety is key; offer as many unique foods as you can and see if they'll eat it. I tend to give mine small portions of boiled shrimp, frozen krill broken into chunks, occasionally blackworms if my LFS has some, frozen bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp, frozen mysis shrimp, small chopped earthworms, tiny bits of silverside, occasional ghost/neocaridina shrimp, and I have seen them eating some detrius worms and small aquatic copepods. They are in a community tank with some tetras, which do act more like a dither. How many puffers do you have? They seem to do a lot better the more there are; you also do have to be careful when purchasing puffers as I believe almost all are wild-caught, and they tend to stress out much more easily. Ones with inverted bellies, lopsided swimming, tendency to hover, tattered fins, etc. often have parasites and usually don't seem to react too well to treatment and captivity. Good luck! Hopefully they can get established onto something soon. It's good to see that at least one puffer's eating. He might encourage the others to eat as well.
 
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