Spottednose Puffer..

[mds438]

Just got a spottednose puffer yesterday.... have two other puffers in 90 gallon tank.. all small.... porcupine and dogface.. the spotted is much more mellow, perches in the back corner behind a rock. got it to take a few nibbles on a piece of brine shrimp using my wand and he came out for a bit a lil after... havent put the lights on yet and did a 5 gallon drip to acclimate... is this normal behavior? any food recs?

 

[Awibrandy]

Do you know how big they get?

Yes, this is normal behaviour. Your lucky he ate anything so soon. My puffers always eat what ever I put in the tank, including the algea flakes thats for the tangs.

 

[MightyMike]

you guys don't mind your puffers chomping on your corals?

 

[Awibrandy]

you guys don't mind your puffers chomping on your corals?

MightyMike, my puffer is in a fowlr. If anyone wants to see what a baby dog face puffer's teeth can do within a matter of seconds check these pics out. Pics are courtesy of "Pedro". During the swicth of my tanks I put two rock anemone in the fowlr, and thats what he did to one of them. I couldn't get it out fast enough. They are now resting peacefully in Wingo's tank. I would never put a puffer in a reef.:Yikes:

 

[mds438]

thanks man. hes eating like a beast now.. swiming around more... the foxface might have been the problem, hes been tryin to spike people today... had to isolate him and now im gonna trade him in.. no1 messes with my puffers! had to rearrange all my rock to get him, but i was going to do that anyday now anyways... i dont keep corals either... to me i think rock is nicer then reef!