spiny box puffer acting strange please help

[jp1990]

i recently trades another reefer my foxface for his spiny box puffer he sed he had it in his sump because he was aggresive and he was feeding him krill since i put him into my tank he has not ate a single thing i offer shrimp feeders clam he shows no intrest in eating all he does all day is swim up and down the glass nonstop and doesnt go anywhere near the bottem none of the othe fish pay any attention to him so hes not getting bullyied i begining to think i got traded this fish because there is somthing wrong with it and he wanted to dump it on someone else any ideas would be greatly appreciated

 

[jeff1974]

how long have you had this fish i have seen fish go a month with out eating any thing i have the same fish and that show mine acts but it does eat fine

 

[vamaro]

I had a spiny puffer. They can be difficult to feed. I suggest trying the exact same food as he was eating before. My puffer would very picky. He would only eat one brand of krill and frozen ghost shrimp. Nothing else.

 

[oldreefer76]

Any updates? We have one and was hard to get to eat at first till we tried a home made food mixture of various fresh clams, mussells, scallops, shrimp, krill and whatever other foods we have to add to the mix

 

[vamaro]

I had a spiny puffer. Mine was not aggressive at all. However, feeding was an issue. It would only eat frozen ghost shrimp and occasionally some krill. Nothing else. They can go a while without eating. I suggest finding out what it was eating and try target feeding with a stick. They are great puffers and they do not get that big.

 

[bowfinger]

Feeding krill on a stick in front of his face (wiggle around). Once I got mine to eat he would eat any meaty food, but not as aggressive as other fish, so target feed.