Puffers in reefs

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Cichlid23

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I have a 125 gallon aquarium that I'm planing adding a few corals to, mainly just some mushrooms, pineapple trees, or other hardy corals. Not a lot I want the main focus to be fish. I might also had some sea stars, tuxedo urchin, and maybe a lettuce sea slug. If those are not compatible I will be fine without. My main question is why are puffers not reef safe? I'm not going to add any crabs(unless I add it to wear down the teeth), shrimp or small fish if that's the problem. I'm mainly looking at getting a dogface or spiny box. Let me know If any of you guys have tried this before or how you got around it.
 
Stars, urchins and slugs will be eaten by the
Puffers, corals will be alright (might lose an occasional chunk but usually that's all), I would go with a spiny box or a striped puffer.
 
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