zoidberg01
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I bought him a few days ago but he doesn't eat he just faces his head ib the back of the aquarium
what do porcupine puffers eat
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geridoc
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My experience is that they eat pretty much anything. Did you see it eat in the store? Is it in quarantine? If not, what are its tankmates? Often an aggressive fish will intimidate newcomers and they then decline to feed out of stress. Another possibility is that it is just stressed, and will eat in a few days.
zoidberg01
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Nobody bothers him and he just stays near the protein skimmer
zoidberg01
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And the funny thing is when I see him near the skimmer he barely moves so I turn off the lights and then he starts moving
geridoc
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Originally Posted by zoidberg01 http:///t/396614/what-do-porcupine-puffers-eat#post_3533999
And the funny thing is when I see him near the skimmer he barely moves so I turn off the lights and then he starts moving
Sounds like stress. When I am going to move a fish from QT into the display I always feed the tank, then turn the lights off, rearrange a few pieces of rock, and then add the newcomer. By the morning the new fish is usually doing well, and I make sure the first feeding is the same food that the newly added fish was eating in QT. I think that sometimes they don't eat because they just don't recognize food as food.
Originally Posted by zoidberg01 http:///t/396614/what-do-porcupine-puffers-eat#post_3533999
And the funny thing is when I see him near the skimmer he barely moves so I turn off the lights and then he starts moving
Sounds like stress. When I am going to move a fish from QT into the display I always feed the tank, then turn the lights off, rearrange a few pieces of rock, and then add the newcomer. By the morning the new fish is usually doing well, and I make sure the first feeding is the same food that the newly added fish was eating in QT. I think that sometimes they don't eat because they just don't recognize food as food.