Small Puffer with Angler?

[svejil]

Would a Paraluterus prionurus (Mimic Saddle Puffer) be compatible with a Antennarius maculatus (Wartskin Angler)? This would be for a 50 gallon with no other fish.

SV

 

[SkullV]

I wouldn't do it. Someone posted a video a little while back of an angler eating a very large tang. Their mouths are HUGE.

 

[svejil]

You sure about a Wartskin angler having a huge mouth? DFS shows full size to be 4" maximum. I have never owned one, so maybe their mouth is as big as their entire body????

SV

 

[rssjsb]

Yep - they can eat surprisingly big fish, like up to half it's size. It may try to eat even bigger things with bad results for both.

 

[svejil]

Then are these Anglers best kept as a species only tank?

 

[agreeive?fish]

Then are these Anglers best kept as a species only tank?

from everything i have read YES

disclaimer i have no personal experience with anglers

 

[namxas]

Yes, from experience, anglers are really best kept in a species-only setup.

In this case, not only is the puffer at stake, but the puffer might actually injure/stress the angler in its attempts to graze on the "rock".