Puffers and corals

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blackghostknife

blackghostknife

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I know someone who wants to keep a porcupine fish and a regal tang in a 300 gallon but wants to place blue and green fluorescent mushroom corals and favites and blue platygyre brain coral. I think the puffer will eat them but he says know. Will the puffer eat the corals?
 
he has his heart set on that porcupine puffer AND the corals. Any experts out there who can help?
 
I doubt it would destroy the corals but i would guess that it would take a bite out every once in a while, as they do like to taste things. If the person is fine with corals being damaged sometimes then sure he/she can get the puffer. If the person gives the puffer lots of hard shelled foods like crabs and snails and shrimp, then it may be less inclined to bite the corals, as they also bite corals and rocks to keep their beaks trimmed.
 
He may actually be ok. He won't be able to have any cleaner crew though. Or any small "reef" fish. Personally I wouldn't do it, but he can try.
 
he is only going to feed it hard foods like frozen shrimps,clams,scallops, and muscles. He knows that snails will only be eaten and plans to use them as live foods anyway. He swears that the tang will clean up his algae and says that it won't eat a sailfin algae blenny but I think it will eat the blenny. What do you guys think? He also says he will not mind a few bites taken out of the coral everyonce in a while, so long as they are not completely devoured.
 
Sounds tome like your friend kinda has their mind set. I say let him/her try whatever they want. Sometimes things work out. Sometimes lessons are best learned the hard way.
 
personally I love porcupine puffers and was thinking about a similar set up. Would they get along with long nose hawk fish?
 
No puffers are reef safe--period. At my forum, there are puffers eating mushrooms & everything else in the tank. You may get one that leaves them alone or not or eats them a year later...
 
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