fish food

[EXVISOR]

Hi all
update on puffer, two wees now still has not eaten, he seems to be looking for something, im just wondering if he is tired of krill
He blows in the sand lookng for food also its like he's looking on the top of the tank as well, is there something he might be looking for that I have not offered him, not interested in krill-shrimp-sqid =brine shrimp or algae

[Doctor_Reef]

Have you tried any garlic laced pellets??? Or maybe flake food....Try a worm?!?!!? Man I would be trying flies, or what ever about now!!!!

[EXVISOR]

for some reason i was thinking about crickits but I dont know it thats what they eat, yes tried soaking other foods in garlic, no pellits but tried meaty foods as thats all he ever ate ,thinking about going p to store again for some other foods ,man I have so many foods that I bout just sitting here

[Doctor_Reef]

That is so weird!!!!

[EXVISOR]

i've had puffers before ,smaller ones, yes ive seen them get hurt feelings and be upset over something but never sen this before, the fish I added were a few months ago so I dont think its the added fish he's upset about, how ever I now that when I did feed him every once in a while if he was to slow the tusk fish let him know by dodging by and taking the food real fast but other then that cant see anything wrong
Also like I said his temperment changed, its like he wantsnothing to do with people when he would love anyone that came over to the tank, if I didnt know any better its almost like someone did something to him
The only peple living here are me and my wife, my 17 year old daughter would not do anything, she's also a fish lover and has her own tank but she does fresh water
She loves my fish and waches over my tank for me and lets me know everything that does not look normal
Just cant figure it out, thepuffr sight said they can go up to 2 months with out eating, never heard of this or had a puffer do this ,then again most puffers I had were half the sze of this one
Like I said its weird because you see him searching for food but yet he wont eat anything you offer him, in fact when you go to the tank he runs to the other side like he wants nothing to do with you

[Sugar Magnolia]

How about live blood worms?

[EXVISOR]

never tried it, guess its worth a shot as long as the sink to the bottom ,he tends to search for fod at the bottom, going to pik up some foods today, will try them

[EXVISOR]

Thanks for the idea's all ,I was running out

[Sugar Magnolia]

They do sink, and when you drop them in the tank they wriggle like mad. My fish go nuts for them.

[EXVISOR]

wow that sounds good, maybe he will go for them ,are they healthy for the fish or is it better to get them back on some of the prepared foods

[EXVISOR]

ok just tried local fish store, no one has, wondr if this is something a bait shop would have

[EXVISOR]

no blood worms here in florida, everyone asking me if im from up north

[Doctor_Reef]

Wow...that's really odd...Your LFS's don't carry live blood worms??? No, your bait shops won't have them...they are too small to put on a hook... :)

[EXVISOR]

no live, just frozen but there very tiny, ive bought the frozen before, my daughters fresh water fish love them ,when I was talking to the bait shops they said they have live shrimps but thats about it

[EXVISOR]

I told other members before here in florida weather its a part for your car-a part for your house -a tool or fish food and etc its never here local, I always have o order it from the web

[Doctor_Reef]

How funny....You live in a foreign country!!! ;)