Puffer fish question

[jwblocal701]

OK im getting my first puffer Porcpine
What other fich will he get along with and what do i feed him
Looking for the poeple who have had this type of fish
I am used to reef and reef safe fish
thank you

 

[hansnfrans]

There's lotsa fish that he'll get along with. What are you leaning towards? (A fish wish list)

 

[jwblocal701]

ya know im not sure I always wanted a puffer
will he get along with any larger reef safe fish as well
maybe a a snowflake eel to not sure i just dont want to put something in there anyone will kill
Obvisoully not a small fish or they are goners im sure

 

[hansnfrans]

Passive Triggers(Blue Jaw, Niger (usually fine, except for a few onri individuals), Crosshatch (very expensive)), eels (Zebra Moray,
White-eye Moray, Whitemouth Moray (can become aggressive)), groupers and angels and many others:

I've kept a dogface with a niger trigger, humu trigger(who happened to have a very bad attitude), white-eye moray, whitemouth moray, and honeycomb grouper. Had no problems.

The only thing that I would worry about with either a Porcupine Puffer and Webb Burr Puffer (it doesn't seem to be a problem with the Dogface) is that these two puffers seem to have pectoral fins that appear very tasty to aggressive fish. Had my humu kill my Webb Burr Puffer, but totally ignore the Dogface

 

[hansnfrans]

A good guy to ask would be Matt over at Sho Tanks in Mundelein.

 

[jwblocal701]

thanks alot for the advice
i guess i need to find some substrate to now sice i cannot use the painted rock

 

[hansnfrans]

Oh, so that IS what you were referring to in that post. Yeah, I would not use it. It escapes me now as to what heavy metal is leached from the rock. But better safe than sorry.

 

[zoebeaglezoe]

I have a golden puffer that shares a tank with a unicorn tang and a harlequin tusk

like hansnfrans said peaceful triggers saragassum and bluechin

groupers, tangs, angels

foods shrimp with shell to where down there beaks krill squid mussels and I'm going to try cockle in the shell if I can find it.

 

[jwblocal701]

shrimp from like jewel
regulst old shrimp

 

[zoebeaglezoe]

yes I bought mine from jewel and also from a local market that sold them whole with head attached.

I was just looking at a couple site that both said that porcupine puffers may nip fins of tank mate


http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=244

http://www.marinedepotlive.com/porcupine-puffer---diodon-hystrix-fish--puffers.html

my puffer doesn't pay any attention to the other fish but fish have
different personalities

 

[zoebeaglezoe]

I would go talk to Jeff at deep reef aquatics he has a few different
puffers in stock now and he will give you an honest answers about compatibility and they have a great selection of different fish to choose from.

www.deepreefaquatics.com

 

[Pufferpunk]

What size tank do you have? 100g min for them. They must be fed crunchy foods (curstaceons) to keep their teeth from overgrowing.

www.thepufferforum.com has tons of info.

 

[jwblocal701]

thanks alot i dont have him yet im getting a little 2 inch one was gonna put him in a 30 long
im not planning on having alot of fish for it its mainly gonna be for the puffer

 

[jwblocal701]

intresting site

 

[Pufferpunk]

I'm the owner. There's an article in the Library on feeding your puffer & another one on keeping marine puffers (mostly porcs) stickied in the Marine Puffer forum.

 

[jwblocal701]

i read it it help alot now i got to decied what to do

 

[Pufferpunk]

I hope you'll post over there, after you get your puffer!