The Puffer Forum

Watch out... If he's as big as he seems, he may take out some of your fish. I had a hairy hermit that did some serious damage to my collection early on.

Peppermint shrimp work great for eliminating Aiptasia... You may lose them to the puffer though...

Watch out - it spreads really quickly and can overtake your live rock

Thanks for the suggestions.. I rechecked the salinity and it was actually higher than 2 days ago - it's now 1.022. I'll try the peas tonight - frozen or unfrozen?

He's approx 3" long.

Thanks... I plan to put him in a 250g eventually that currently only has a snowflake moray and a couple of smaller fishes, but a lot of rock. I wanted to be able to keep an eye on him for a while in the 75g. He's been in the tank for 5 days, I've not seen him eat anything, but he doesn't look partic...

Got a new porc puffer... he's in a 75g tank with a few mates (2 tangs, couple of damsels). He hangs out at the top of the tank during the day - not much activity. Gets very active @ night but doesn't seem to be eating. It's been almost a week and I've added a dozen snails as a tempting treat but don...