Puffers and Morays
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marksrush
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Puffers and Morays
It seems like I hear about a lot of people keeping various species of moray eels with their puffers. Does this really work?
Re: Puffers and Morays
Corvus wrote:If they are able to pierce the skin of the belly and the stomach, the puffer cannot puff anymore and is prey...
...since both moray and puffer may die when the moray tries to swallow the puffer and it gets stuck I do not recommend them as tank mates in general. The only moray eel I have with a puffer is a zebra eel, which has no long, but only plate like teeth.
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DRRT
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Re: Puffers and Morays
i'd listen to what corvus says.
the shark reef in las vegas keeps puffers and morays in the same tank, and most all of the fish are pretty much full grown. i don't think they've had any problems, but that is a two or three thousand gallon tank
the shark reef in las vegas keeps puffers and morays in the same tank, and most all of the fish are pretty much full grown. i don't think they've had any problems, but that is a two or three thousand gallon tank
i'm busy thinking of ways to remember what i was going to say
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marksrush
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Re: Puffers and Morays
Ah, OK, good to know. I guess some people like taking chances, but I'm not one of them. I was just curious, because the combination seemed counterintuitive to me, but then sometimes the best tankmate for an aggressive fish can be another aggressive fish, so...go figure.
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puffertt77
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Re: Puffers and Morays
What about a Dwarf Eelmarksrush wrote:Ah, OK, good to know. I guess some people like taking chances, but I'm not one of them. I was just curious, because the combination seemed counterintuitive to me, but then sometimes the best tankmate for an aggressive fish can be another aggressive fish, so...go figure.
http://justrarefish.com/assets/images/h ... f_eel2.jpg
To small to get a Puffer in it's gob
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yunachin
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Re: Puffers and Morays
I have had eels with puffers before and it has turned out disastrous.
E.Ridgeway