I just acquired a tiny 1" puffer collected near a marina in some sargassum. OMG! So cute. There were some tiny shrimp in the weeds and he ate some in the bucket.
Now he's in my tank and getting acclimated. He's not in the top corner as much but exploring and hiding in various places in the rocks.
I feed my fish spectrum pellets. So far he hasn't taken any. I'm not worried yet, because he just had the shrimp he came with 5 days ago. My wild lionfish went for 3 weeks without eating.
Will he ever take the pellets? When should I worry? Will live brine shrimp work, or live freshwater ghost shrimp? I can get those in my yard. Problem with live food is that my psycho yellow head wrasse attacks everything I throw in as live food. He'll keep eating shrimp until they just stick outside of his mouth. I need to get rid of that jerk. But he is entertaining. I can wait until he goes to bed to throw the live food in. The belted sand fish does the same thing and gobbles everything.
Just hoping my puffer will be ok and will eat. Suggestions?
Now he's in my tank and getting acclimated. He's not in the top corner as much but exploring and hiding in various places in the rocks.
I feed my fish spectrum pellets. So far he hasn't taken any. I'm not worried yet, because he just had the shrimp he came with 5 days ago. My wild lionfish went for 3 weeks without eating.
Will he ever take the pellets? When should I worry? Will live brine shrimp work, or live freshwater ghost shrimp? I can get those in my yard. Problem with live food is that my psycho yellow head wrasse attacks everything I throw in as live food. He'll keep eating shrimp until they just stick outside of his mouth. I need to get rid of that jerk. But he is entertaining. I can wait until he goes to bed to throw the live food in. The belted sand fish does the same thing and gobbles everything.
Just hoping my puffer will be ok and will eat. Suggestions?