Please HELP

[lions den]

I have a pork puffer that I have had for about a year and a half. All of a sudden least week he stopped eating. He is in a tank with a Koran Angel, Niger Trigger, and Sailfin Tang. All of them are acting fine and they are still eating. His body looks good and just like it always has, but now when I feed them he will go to the food, look at it, then swim away. I have tried feeding him Brine Shrimp, Krill, Silversides, and another type of shrimp that I have, but he has not shown an interest in any. 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites in tank. Salinity is great. Now, he just sits on the bottom of the tank and somtimes swims, but its errattic. Please help!

 

[elfdoctors]

Have you been feeding it any hard foods? Sometimes puffers cannot eat because their teeth have grown too long.

 

[lions den]

yes, that is all i have fed it. what else should i have been feeding it?

 

[lions den]

I normally feed him Krill and Silversides and my lfs said he probably has lock jaw which they said is pretty common. They told me to treat my tank with K-Mycin for 3 days to see if that helps. Do you all know much about this and what are your thoughts on its effectiveness?

 

[lefty]

I have heard of it but never used it. I don't think it would hurt to try using it, although I would administer it in a QT only.
-lefty

 

[sheracr123]

Hi Lions Den,
I had a porc for about 6 years. He got lockjaw once during that time. (This was due to my laziness. You MUST feed porcs hard crunchy food.)
Believe it or not, the only thing that got my porc eating again was to have his jaw massaged. I had a brave wonderful soul at my LFS who kept him a week, and massaged his jaw everyday. Believe it or not, it worked. I don't know how far back the post go, but it was about a year or so ago. You may want to look at them. And if you get him eating again, make sure you feed him some crunchy food. Raw shrimp with the shells, a sacrifice damsel one in a while, what ever it take to keep his jaw healthy!
GOOD LUCK!
Mendee