Reef safe valentini puffer?

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Reef safe valentini puffer?

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Just wondered if anyone had any experience of valentini puffers and their partiality to LPS corals (and perhaps some sps).

I have one in a reef tank and i've never seen him nip a coral but over the last few months a few LPS (torch, acans and duncans) are all struggling in my tank. Perhaps coincidence I dunno.

Either way I wouldn't ever get rid of him, just interested in views and opinions.

Many thanks,

Larry.
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Re: Reef safe valentini puffer?

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I think most of the net says they are not but if it's working for you, thats great. Maybe watch him as he gets bigger. I tried feeding my puffer some softies but he didn't touch them. Maybe LPS's are more tasty.
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Mine stayed away from them for about a month & then all hell broke loose. No coincidence--no such thing as a "reef safe puffer".
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Strikes fear into me that!!

I've had for I think 6 months now - so perhaps I'm one of the lucky ones!! Time will tell.
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Re: Reef safe valentini puffer?

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Like I said--there is a reason your LPS are starting to look poorly. They're sneaky lil devils!
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Also, I would appreciate if someone could confirm the ailment. Here's a video of the puffer.

For some reason the youtube embed doesn't work?? link here --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxZ0El5A5Fw

Thanks,

Larry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxZ0El5A5Fw[/youtube]
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Re: Reef safe valentini puffer?

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Most of the vids here don't work for me.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Re: Reef safe valentini puffer?

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A bit hard to tell. Is it only on that one fin or is it on other fins? On its body at all? It looks more patchy than what mine had but that could have been just the video.
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Re: Reef safe valentini puffer?

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Thanks for the replies so far and also fixing the video.

It's predominantly on that fin although there are smaller specs on the others. I can't see anything untoward on his body, that all seems normal.
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Mine's only ever eaten yellow polyps, but then all I have are soft corals.
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I've just realised I posted my video in the wrong thread. Sorry, it's been a stressful week!!
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Re: Reef safe valentini puffer?

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Pufferpunk wrote:Mine stayed away from them for about a month & then all hell broke loose. No coincidence--no such thing as a "reef safe puffer".

takifugu niphobles seems reef safe to me, didnt touch the snails/crabs/shrimp and never even touched a coral, nipped a mushroom because a krill landed on it and looked like he was trying to barf for the next min from the horrible taste. I had all sorts of softies/lps/sps in the tank....
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