pork puffer on hunger strike?

[david campbell]

so my porcupine puffer has not ate in a week.. ive tried

fresh and cook mussels
fresh and cook claims, including shells and no shells
fresh shrimp
ghost shrimp
brine shrimp
my diy bleand of squid,clams,mussels shrimp and octo.

all foods listed are soaked in vit c, vit m, selcon, and entice. fish tear it up when its feeding time. he goes and smels or sniffs it then swims away. very odd

he looks normal, no sunken belly or any other noticable external problems... his still chuncky and healthy looking.. not sure whats up.. im wondering if he has starting eating at night. thoughts?

 

[JC1977]

so my porcupine puffer has not ate in a week.. ive tried

fresh and cook mussels
fresh and cook claims, including shells and no shells
fresh shrimp
ghost shrimp
brine shrimp
my diy bleand of squid,clams,mussels shrimp and octo.

all foods listed are soaked in vit c, vit m, selcon, and entice. fish tear it up when its feeding time. he goes and smels or sniffs it then swims away. very odd

he looks normal, no sunken belly or any other noticable external problems... his still chuncky and healthy looking.. not sure whats up.. im wondering if he has starting eating at night. thoughts?

Kind of odd for a porc to go on hunger strike. I know mine is constantly swimming in front of tank begging to be fed. While they are nocturnal by nature I don’t think that this is always true in captivity at least not with mine. Anyhow assuming water parameters are in check it’s definitely a mystery. Have you tried krill? I know as well as anybody that it shouldn’t be a staple in their diet but that’s how I got mine to start eating upon introduction the tank. How are your water parameters? Hopefully you get it figured out or he decides to start acting like a puffer again lol.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

so my porcupine puffer has not ate in a week.. ive tried

fresh and cook mussels
fresh and cook claims, including shells and no shells
fresh shrimp
ghost shrimp
brine shrimp
my diy bleand of squid,clams,mussels shrimp and octo.

all foods listed are soaked in vit c, vit m, selcon, and entice. fish tear it up when its feeding time. he goes and smels or sniffs it then swims away. very odd

he looks normal, no sunken belly or any other noticable external problems... his still chuncky and healthy looking.. not sure whats up.. im wondering if he has starting eating at night. thoughts?

Possibly constipated, needs a good pooh, try just plain food without adding extra vitamins