My new puffer...

gmax111

gmax111

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Originally Posted by joojoo
Woah, I've never seen such a black one before, nice.
And it is a solid black too... No scratches or flaws anywhere but on his lips and gills... All of his fins are solid white with some black splotches.. AND PEARLY WHITE TEETH!!
I wish i could get a really good picture of him tho...
 
titan

titan

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Nice looking puffer
If it doesn't file it's own teeth on the LR; you can get a faux coral skeleton with hollow appendages. Put a little food inside and make them work for it.
 
gmax111

gmax111

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yeah he's cool... but still not eating yet.. I've been using a feeding stick to put the krill infront of his face. He goes for it but just bites into it chomps it up then spits it out and it seems like he never actually swallows anything...
 
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surfinusa

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Originally Posted by peckhead
ive only seen one like it and always wanted one, what kind is it????
i think its called a midnight black puffer :thinking:
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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That is pretty cool, a lfs near my house had one for a while, but I didn't want to pay the 350 dollar price tag.
My dogface Spits out about half his food then rehits it or just bites something else. They are messy.
 
gmax111

gmax111

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The first one i had was messy but i still can't get this guy to eat..
I've tried everything i have... None of the closer LFS have live saltwater shrimp... I figured i would try a freshwater...
Im really scared he's not going to make it... He seems totally fine but this morning my G/F woke me up screaming that he was puffed up... I walked out there and he was the size of a football I figured that he was a gonner but after rubbing my hands by him across the glass he "Un-puffed" and had a bunch of little white spots.. After about 3-4 mins they were all gone... And he was back to swimming around the tank and seems totally fine...
So the real problem is that the LFS only has a 3 day return policy... And today is day number 3.. I need to see him eat something because if i keep him pass today and he dies that will be a waste of ~$200 bux... Ill try something live and some spectrum pellets(can i get these at *****?):help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help:
 
joojoo

joojoo

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What all have you tried? A whole, thawed, raw shrimp on a feeder stick might do the trick. Bob it up and down like it's swimming. If ***** has any kind of shrimp, SW or FW, it's better than nothing for the time being, getting him to eat is top priority.
 
gmax111

gmax111

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Originally Posted by joojoo
What all have you tried? A whole, thawed, raw shrimp on a feeder stick might do the trick. Bob it up and down like it's swimming. If ***** has any kind of shrimp, SW or FW, it's better than nothing for the time being, getting him to eat is top priority.

i have tried small and large krill on a feed stick (spent hours making it bob up and down and swim around the tank) My Dwarf fuzzy ends up sneaking up on me and grabbing most of them...
i've tried krill and silversides..
 
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