My new porcupine puffer wont eat

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I just got a baby porcupine puffer yesterday. From KP aquatics. It seams to be settling in just fine. But I can't get him to eat yet. Does anyone know how long he will go without eating.

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Try some live ghost shrimp, they can sometimes need something live to get an initial feeding response. Clams on the half shell usually gets these interested as well.
 

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I know this thread was old but how is he? Porcupine puffers a lot of times will revert back to only eating live foods or go on a hunger strike after being moved and stressed. Mine did for a week and I panicked before I tried a live crab and he gobbled it right up then started to eat anything I gave him.
 

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