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Reef Safe Puffers

I know that none of them are guaranteed reef safe but i would love to hear about any experiences you guys have had with them in a reef tank.

Reef safe puffers. Dog face puffer arothron nigropunctatus and porcupine puffer diodon holocanthus. Dog face puffer arothron nigropunctatus and porcupine puffer diodon holocanthus. I m primary looking at a spotted puffer a saddle puffer a leopard puffer or a blue spotted puffer in that orde.

Commonly available but not reef safe. Another pufferfish in the reef are the guineafowl puffers also appear in coral reefs all around the indo pacific region. I have kept stars and stripes 5 years up to about 15 porc up to about 9 mappa guineafowl and currently a burrfish dogface and green spotted puffer all with soft corals and no problems.

Any of your toby puffers are usually but not always coral safe. No puffer is invert safe although some may leave inverts alone for a while. Guineafowl puffers are omnivores and will feed on tips of branching corals mollusks sponges tunicates algae bryozoans and detritus.

Valentini puffer canthigaster valentini and blue spotted puffer canthigaster solandri. Valentini puffer canthigaster valentini and blue spotted puffer canthigaster solandri. Another stunning saltwater puffer in the reef is narrow lined puffers.

Wrasses are a huge family of fish varying greatly in size and color. Pufferfish that are reef safe.