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DeFishy
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Puffers that graze?

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I've heard that there are several marine puffers that graze on the algae growth in the tanks. Can anyone reccomend one?
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Re: Puffers that graze?

Post by yunachin »

Agnate's Arothron manilensis eats algae but I think it is uncommon for him to do so.
I have a Solandri that grazes but I think more for pods than algae.
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Re: Puffers that graze?

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Canthigastor jactator or the Hawaiian spotted puffer primarily feeds on red and green algae and small invertebrates, especially sponges and tunicates.

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Re: Puffers that graze?

Post by JokerGirl »

My White-Spotted Toby is constantly grazing the macro algae I have growing in it's tank. It's also filled with different sponges and a couple of tunicate colonies, which it surprisingly hasn't touched. They supposedly turn mean, though... I havn't had mine long enough for it to do so.
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Re: Puffers that graze?

Post by marksrush »

I could hardly believe it when I first saw it, but my GSP takes neat little round nips out of the algae growing on some rocks and the side of the tank. I haven't actually seen her do it, but the evidence is all over the place.
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Re: Puffers that graze?

Post by edmlfc1 »

I can't grown coraline because my puffers (stars & stripes, 2-gsp) are always chomping on the rocks. :D I guess you could say they also graze on algea.
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Re: Puffers that graze?

Post by Nick »

My GSPs like to bite almost anything. Macroalgae, regular algae on the walls, live rock, the magically still solid piece of driftwood, the tall plastic plant, the plastic log, the powerhead for the protein skimmer... some things just happen to grow faster than they like to bite them, or be bite-proof.
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Re: Puffers that graze?

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My porc and valentini love algae.
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Re: Puffers that graze?

Post by DeFishy »

My GSP does nip on the rocks, but refuses to eat the algae. Lol. Now I've my Sea Hare I'm quite shocked at how fast the algae is disappearing.
Bettas: Comet(HM/DT), Big Sam(V), Blue Boy(CT), Pi (HM)---Molly, Huntress, Bell, Scarlet (All HMs) Babies
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10gal with hermit crabs, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin
Others: Pleco-Sucker, Golden Algae Feeder-Sneak, Black Mystery snails, Zoom, Zoom, Yin, Corey Catfish
Huge ScreenTerrarrium with Panther Chameleon Arda
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Re: Puffers that graze?

Post by MatthewLaw »

my saddle valentini likes to graze on bigs of algae on the LR
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