Puffer Killing spree

[Rukusbelow]

Ok so i made a thread to get some information about puffers a while back & i got a lot of warnings about their sudden aggressive behavior, but in the back of my head i knew i had to doubt it looking at my cute arrowhead......guess what, my 7 inch Vatf was missing a big chunk of his belly near the throat area with a "V" shaped bite mark! 100 bucks down the drain excluding the goldfish funds. So far 3 of my Discus are dead, with the same "V" shaped bite mark, This thread should help out all the new puffer keepers like myself not to under estimate a puffer! don't make the same mistake i did.

 

[Fat Homer]

Sorry for your loss... but at the same time, be thankful your puff isn't going after your fingers... unlike my congo which has his moments and now i can never turn my back on him while i'm cleaning his tank...

 

[Pufferpunk]

My Congo has drawn plenty of mine & Hubby's blood. Please head the warnings of folks more experienced than yourself in these forums!

 

[kjfan1]

My puffer is nice.

 

[Pufferpunk]

What kind of puffer? Tank mates?

 

[Rukusbelow]

He's a 5" arrowhead puffer, housed in a 240g with cudas, aros, discus, red severums, bichirs, and a lot of other fish that i got rid of. He never pays any attention to all the other bottom dwellers, scary thing is you can never find him under all my black sand. I sold him by the way, because i did not want to risk losing more expensive fish

 

[Johnnybravo60025]

I've noticed that my two dwarf puffers in my 10g haven't paid any attention to my Otos that I have in the tank with them.

Sorry for your losses though!

 

[Pufferpunk]

DPs are known to get along find with ottos.

Rukusbelow, Did he ever kill any of your fish?

 

[Rukusbelow]

DPs are known to get along find with ottos.

Rukusbelow, Did he ever kill any of your fish?

He killed a Vatf, & 3 discus.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I was actually asking kjfan1 what tank mates he had in with his puffer that was nice.