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Juvenile Green Spotted puffer feeding problem, only puffer owners please?

I Bought a GSP and am keeping him in freshwater until i can get him into a brackish tank. Problem is its hard to feed him. I know that they do not like flake, pellet, etc. I have frozen brine shrimp, tiny snails the size of his eye, and tiny gut loaded ghost shrimp. He has only been in the tank two days and i cant get him to eat anything. He doesnt seem to notice it, i have put it right in front of his face and he still wont eat, im wondering if hes worried about the other fish, or if hes still adjusting to the tank. Should i put him in a holding tank to feed him, please help only puffer owners answer this please!
Im really considering putting him into a small holding tank and trying different puffer foods to see if he will eat but i am worried about stress from being caught with my net is this a bad idea?
I know that gsp s dont make good tank mates, im in the process of getting him into his own 29 gallon biocube. I have some loaches, a cichlid, a gouramis, and a few other semi aggressive fish he hasnt eaten any fins yet but he hasnt been in there very long. He is only an inch long and im going to get him into brackish as soon as possible.
Oh and he has lots of hiding places( caves plants fake coral, etc).

freshwater green spot puffer feeding problem?

I have ten of GSP.when i got them.They ate freeze dried shrimp on frist two week.
right now they don’t eat freeze dried shrimp anymore.They seem not intereast to eat that.
Why?

Green Spotted Set Up Questions?

so today i bought a gsp (i have had to tank set up and ready for three days with the filter running and stuff to make sure it was clean and ready). I have a heater, filter, aerator, gravel, one fake plant, one castle rock hide thing, and stuff. So today i bought him from walmart (had to, they are the only place that sells them but he is very healthy he’s brightly colored) any yeah, he’s in freshwater but i just got home from the petstore and bought instant ocean salt and a hydrometer and temperature gauge all in one thing, but my question is how much salt do i put in? and how often and how do i do it? i have a 5 gallon tank (he’s the only one but im getting one more, i know its too small but in about a year or sooner im gonna get a 15). but yeah how much salt? and how often? and one more thing i feed him tropical fish flakes and shrimp brine, and five snails (but my petstore doesnt sell them or crabs, mollusks etc., they just gave me those for starters) so are there any alternatives to trim down its beak?
i just bought a small filter, and small everything, i can’t upgrade to a bigger tank, i literally just bought everything i need and spent so much…unless i can put all the old stuff in a bigger aqaurium, and do they make frozen snails?