our brackish spotted puffer

[peckhead]

^^

 

[peckhead]

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[watson3]

Nice..I have a few just like him that I saved from the LFS here...What do you feed him..Mine are like a pack of hungry wolves with anything that touches the water..

 

[peckhead]

well today is his first day in the tank but when he was in our freshwater tank he ate plankton and krill both dried out. but he hasnt ate yet. he is still looking around//
anyone else have pictures?

 

[dtreter]

Originally Posted by peckerhead
well today is his first day in the tank but when he was in our freshwater tank he ate plankton and krill both dried out. but he hasnt ate yet. he is still looking around//
anyone else have pictures?
My puffer wouldn't eat for over a week when I first got him. I had to take tweezers and krill and actually stuff it into his mouth. Now he has trained me to feed him by hand. He is so big and lazy but sure likes his krill.

 

[watson3]

The place i got mine had trained them to "hunt", so ripple in the water and they attack..Have to feed them when my daughter is not in the room

 

[ryanhayes9]

how did u acclimate him?

 

[watson3]

over the course of a few days, gradually raised his salinity

 

[watson3]

That of course is my humane response to the question...DO NOT put him back in fresh after the fact...

 

[alyssia]

Those are cute puffers. My daughter wants some.

 

[peckhead]

i did it in a hour. i know people wont like that but its what i did and he is very happy.