Porcupine puffer stopped eating

Sea quest · Jan 24, 2014

2 years old, normally the piggy of the tank, it's been 4 days since she stopped eating, no signs of illness. Tried ghost shrimp, a few feeders, dipping her krill in garlic not interested, any suggestions?

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Sea quest · Jan 28, 2014

Still not eating 7 days, found out prob clogged, so I keep r/o water in a tank and dipped her for 2 minutes. They say that they can get dehydrated from the salt and the fresh water can help them poop, you can do this a couple times a day, it has seemed to help her feel better, have only done it twice so far so I really hope it helps, I'll let you know.

Sea quest · Feb 1, 2014

Still not eating, seems depressed, laying around a lot, she seems to like the dips and it livens her up a bit. I don't know what else to do for her. I'll keep trying, they say I can do it for a couple of weeks, any suggestions please?

Sea quest · Feb 1, 2014

Any suggestions I'm not sure if this is helping

Eienna · Feb 1, 2014

Sea quest said:
Any suggestions I'm not sure if this is helping

Think you might be able to convince her to swallow some peas? It's a fw trick but it might work. They have a laxative effect. Another trick we use is an epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) bath, which also works as a laxative, but I haven't a clue how well that might work on a saltwater fish...

Reefing Madness · Feb 1, 2014

Have you looked at her teeth? If they get to long it bothers them, and you have to snip them. Do you feed anything with a shell, anything she can grind down those teeth on?

Eienna · Feb 1, 2014

Reefing Madness said:
Have you looked at her teeth? If they get to long it bothers them, and you have to snip them. Do you feed anything with a shell, anything she can grind down those teeth on?

Good call. I forgot about that.

Saltlife · Feb 2, 2014

After I first got mine he didn't eat for over a week and I was getting worried. I kept feeding him everything I could find mussels, fresh shrimp, octopus and still nothing. I got some freeze dried krill, he loves it and its all he will eat. I talked to a LFS during this ordeal and they said that puffers can go quite a few days without food and not to worry.