Cow fish attacking my puffer

[reefbroao]

Also they can secrete poison from their body that will do a ton of damage to your tank. Didn't pay attention to that tank size. that's not enough for those fish as others have said. cowfish cannot direct themselves besides forwards and backwards due to their rigid design so if it is blown into your puffer in a small tank it will be getting aggressive.

 

[snorvich]

Cow fish and puffers are one of the most intelligent fish I have ever seen the reason there is agression between the two is because they are similar looking and share the same niche in your tank. Like everyone has said above your tank is way too small for all those fish

I think a 75 could house a single humu, could being the key word and alone

The reason you're getting aggression is because of the cramped tank I'm willing to bet that these fish are juveniles give them a year and you'll see just what agression is. I've seen porcupine puffers slice fish twice their size in half same with triggers

As people have mentioned trade your fish all of them into a lfs and get some more appropriate inhabitants if you like the aggressive fish you could do a dwarf lionfish, a small reef angler, you get the idea

Best of luck to you

Good advice.

 

[sde1500]

Thank you everyone for your feed back. Up until my rent addition my 3 fish have been very happy.. With perfect water no Nitrate spikes, and all other levels great. They are all eating well and being very playful and active. Note: to house a cow fish you mug make sure they are of adequate size so they do not get picked on and stressed because it will kill them, your water must have cycled and be perfect because any spike in nitrates may kill them. Other thank that they are very awesome, no stress in transport, ate the same day and loves attention. As far as poison if they are to die it important to remove them quick because they will release a poison.
Update..
Last night I took the cow fish out and re entered him about 45 mins later and he began to finally swim around and not obsessively look for my puffer Mia. I have herd of this, re entering a fish if they are being an agressor, and it seemed to have worked great. I got up ealry this morning and my cow fish was in the other side on the tank and everyone was happy!! Yay! Although I am new to this I do a lot of research and try and get as much information about the fish I have from people with experience with them. I have started my tank very very slow so it doesn't not crash and I do not kill any fish as some beginners may do because they stock their tanks way to quickly. I am learning a lot from everyone on this site and thanks again. I will look more into everyone's advice.

Wait, did you just ask for advice from experienced members, thank them for the advice, and then pretty much disregard it? Then provide some small bit of reading on the proper care for the cow fish?

You definitely did enough research and clearly started very slow, with 3 fish too big for your tank in just 3 months as you said in your first post. With one fish trying to eat another fish, you probably should be fine and not "kill any fish as some beginners may do because they stock their tanks way to quickly".

:wave: You sure don't seem to need anyone's help here, you got this all figured out.

 

[CStrickland]

I think the point has been made. There's no need for sarcasm.
All of OP's fish are really awesome looking, and someone probs told them this would be ok. It's human nature to hear what you want to hear.
All we can do is give information. Maybe pufferbaby will find decent homes for these fish and replace them with ones they can care for, maybe they will get the point when the fish are dead and the next batch will be reasonable, maybe they'll be stubborn and keep buying pets they can't take care of. That's their choice, but I don't think it helps to make fun of them for being ignorant, and a little stubbornness in the face of bad news is totes understandable.

 

[sde1500]

Fair point. And similar to one I think I made to you in another thread, so point well taken.

Good luck to OP, hope you take what was said under consideration.

 

[AUFishGuy]

OP, re-home the fish or go get a 200 gallon tank. What you are doing is not fair to the animal even if they look healthy. You could be healthy if you lived in a 200 square foot area your whole life but what a sad existence that would be.

 

[PirateToast]

These comments do not progress the conversation, there is no need to negatively criticize a new member, if you have helpful advice please share. If not please do not ridicule a new member and make them reluctant to post questions in the future. Thank You

I'm allowed to express how I (and many others) feel. OP should be aware of the sadness this situation brings, as it's not just about the success of his tank, but the quality of life for those fish.