Danni Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Hi Got a dwarf puffer about a week and a half ago. He looks healthy and everything and has grown bigger than his siblings at the shop but I never see "him" eating any of the (frozen) bloodworms and his stomach is a bit concave. I have a worm feeder. They were feeding them bloodworms at the store. Do you think there is anything else I can try?? I don't think it's sick because it will hunt and eat feeder snails but I have run out of snails and it will be hard to get snails all the time. Thanks Danni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 it may prefer to pick bits of food at the substrate level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 With mine I found that I had to wiggle the worms at the top to attract their attention and get them to eat. I used a toothpick. Unfortunately I lost several who refused to eat, their stomachs became concave and they eventually wasted away. I tried worming but that did not help. However they were the smaller ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorsemad Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 You may need to source some live food. They will eat mozzie lavae and absolutely love pond snails. Alot of the guys overseas have a snail grow out tank. You may find that once they have got a taste of snails they may get fussy and not eat anything else. Try putting the blood worms in some flow. I find that my guys will eat them if they are moving or look like they might be alive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danni Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Hi Yeah, I might try and get a whole heap of pond snails and breed them in a small tank....hopefully they can survive while I get some....will keep trying to feed 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice222 Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 If you have multiple puffers, I think the problem may be the aggressive ones keeping it away. It might be a good idea to keep it separated for awhile and feed it to bulk up a bit before putting it back with the others? It's sometimes hard to tell if puffers are being aggressive since they tend to do it when you aren't looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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