valentini saddle

i bought 1 friday and hes a great fish, very curious and interactive and he's always checking this and that out but the 1 problem im having is lack of him eating, friday i tried a few pieces of mysis which he chewed up and spit out then sat i tried the mysis again which he didnt even bother with then i tried brine sinking pellets which he chewed up seemed to eat alittle then lost intrest i also tried formula 2 sinking pellets which i was told from the lps he ate but he only nibbled on then today i went to shoprite and bought some raw seafood salad, its octopus clam squid and cuttlefish and again he only nibbled and spit it out, not to concerned yet as its only been 2 days but i was wondering if someone can share any experience with me on there saddleback hes only about 2inches and hes in a 10gal isolation right now with about 15lbs of lr and 2 to 3 inches of sand, amm 0 nitri 0 nitra 10ppm with sal at .025
 

cincyreefer

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It is common for puffers to chew up food and spit it back out. Is your puffer then eating the chewed up food off the sand eventually?
 
he chews it up spits it out then he might eat alittle piece or 2 but he seems to be eating off the sand and lr alot plus today he munched a few hermits so i think he's coming around
 
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