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ok so im watching my bf's two DP and one is eating and the other looks really skinny and isnt showing much interest in eatin. Ive tried frozen bloodworms and brineshrimp he is normally a pig but is just looking at it an swimming away. i can try and get live food on monday if the store is open after i get off work.

Tank stats
10 gallon (fully cycled)
2 DPs just under a half inch long
NitrAtes 10ppm
NitrItes 0
Ammonia 0
pH is stable along with the rest of the water chemistry

It gets a 50% water change each week

Please help i dont wanna kill his fish while hes gone for two weeks

Amanda

Not sure if there's a way to use garlic with the foods you're feeding, but it is a known appetite enhancer in fish.
You can use the juice from fresh garlic, or if you only have powder on hand, mix it with a small ammount of water to form a paste then allow the food to soak.
Of course this only works if they at least attempt to eat, sounds like these arent even sticking their noses at the food let alone tasting and spitting back out like some do. It might be worth a try though.
When this was first suggested to me and I thought it a bit odd I asked around and recieved confirmation from a few people that it's safe for even some of the more delicate SW species.
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WalMart has been selling these little guys as their "fish of the month." I thought they were interesting, but from what I found out about them, they eat snails and their teeth will become overgrown if they don't have them. I think they may prefer live food as well, but will eat pretty much anything. Perhaps, someone else will have more information.

well i think that he is a gonner. he just swam by the garliced food and now i have not seen him in two days. then yesterday when i come home from work i find my newest CT betta floating in his tank ahhhhhhh the world is going to all hell

Amanda

Dwarf puffers are 100% freshwater. They do not need to keep their teeth trimmed. They will never turn down a pest/pond snail unless they are seriously ill. Many never learn to eat dry or even frozen food. I just ordered 2 dozen pest snails because I emptied out all the stores tanks and my own feeding 1 puffer. They can't eat mts. Already found that out. You need the football shaped pest snails with no door on the shell.
Smaller snails are actually better. Mine will kill a snail then decide it's no longer tasty. With the small ones he crushes the shell or sucks them out in one bite instead of leaving them to decompose in the tank.

Last edited by sham at 29-Jul-2005 18:04