Blue Spotted Toby Puffer

[youngguns27]

This is just a sanity check. I was told my Toby puffer could be put into my 180 reef tank with caution, as long as I kept him fed? Anybody?

 

[namxas]

Tobies are notorious nippers, esp. fin-nippers. It pretty much boils down to the individual fish, but most tobies just HAVE to taste almost everything.

 

[youngguns27]

Tobies are notorious nippers, esp. fin-nippers. It pretty much boils down to the individual fish, but most tobies just HAVE to taste almost everything.

I figured but I have him with a filefish and Bi color blenny and he seems fine, but I get what you say

 

[rssjsb]

The other caution in a reef tank is that they will eat snails and probably shrimp. Don't know about hermits, but I would imagine they might eat them as well.

 

[wii64brawl]

Its a hit or miss. I personally wouldn't since the tank is so big meaning he would be hard to get out.

 

[NTP66]

I can't speak to corals, but mine ignores snails and hermits like the plague.

 

[rssjsb]

Well, there you go. Another example of a fish that didn't get the memo.

 

[Redhaloangel]

mine ignores the snails and hermits, but it does peck at my corals.. (only thing it doesn't touch are the mushrooms..).. and it leaves my other fish alone.. but what is really cool about my puffer fish that it eats out of my hand.. and it is just so easy going and it just floats around chillin.. lol

 

[Mr.Tan]

buddy of mine has a toby in his tank until it got sick and died. It seemed to live happily with a maroon clown pair (male/female), a lawnmower blenny, snowflake moray and even an undulated trigger.... the trigger was eventually rehomed LOL

 

[Redhaloangel]

mine seems to be doing well with my clarkii' pair, purple tang, flame angel and a big wrasse.. I just have the 6 in my 75 gallon (4 foot wide)

 

[xrayjeeper83]

I had one in a 29 that did great, never messed with any corals or any CUC. Then it decided to carpet surf

 

[MrTuskfish]

I recently saw a tank at a Dr.'s office and every fish had at least one semicircular piece of fin missing. The classic Toby calling card.

 

[Aquaticfan]

I have a Toby puffer in my 90 gallon. Mainly its a FOWLER tank but I did add two Kenya trees and he doesn't touch them. I also haven't noticed any snails, hermits or other fish being picked on. He is so focused with finding something on the rocks that he seems to not notice any thing else. He never stops looking at the rocks and picking at them. He doesn't even stop when I feed Mysis. Everyone else is at the top getting fed and he's still cruising the rocks. I assume this is normal but then like someone said, each fish is different.

 

[NTP66]

I can't speak to corals, but mine ignores snails and hermits like the plague.

Well, I apparently jinxed myself, because now my toby is stalking and killing every snail that moves in my tank. My trigger followed suit by destroying a zebra hermit and then swimming around the tank with his big claw in his mouth, I guess to show who was boss. That claw now sits in the middle of the sand as a reminder.