Porcupine puffer coral eater???

[joreef]

I am considering putting a porcupine puffer in my reef and I was wondering if anybody has had any experience in keeping them with corals. I am not concerned about it eating inverts just corals. I have a mixed reef of lps, sps, and softies.

 

[stykthyn]

I wouldnt trust him

 

[Jiddy]

It all depends on the personality of the fish, i guarantee you can have 100people jump on this thread and tell you that a puffer will at least nip at your corals (but they have never seen it happen), and if you tried, it may never happen, i have heard of one person keeping a porc in a reef and my cousin kept one with softies, both times the porc was fine in the tank

 

[hanas]

I agree with Jiddy, you will receive mixed opinions. It's whether or not you want to take the risk.

 

[joreef]

Ya thinks jiddy. Are you the same jiddy from reeffrontiers by any chance? I gona give it a chance and see how it works out I'll just monitor him and see what he does. I don't really think they are coral eaters just inverts as far as I know. I'll let you how it turns out.

 

[Jiddy]

I sure am the same Jiddy as ReefFrontiers.com and make sure you update us, im curious to see if puffers are 3for3 with people who have actually tried it

 

[fish are life]

my porcupine puffer destroyed my reef eating feather dusters, flame scallops, polyps, mushrooms, and frog spawn

 

[fish are life]

my porcupine puffer destroyed my reef eating feather dusters, flame scallops, polyps, mushrooms, and frog spawn