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04-03-2008, 05:25 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Chester, Pa Age: 23
Posts: 978
| Valentini puffer and inverts I was thinking about purchasing a valentini toby puffer. Some reviews have said that they will eat shrimp and inverts, others say it may be ok? Does anyone have any personal experience or opinions?
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Equipment: 55 gal, Remora Skimmer w/ maxi jet 1200 pump, 4x54w T5 lighting, 2 super actinics, 2 12,000K actinic white bulbs, 55+ lbs fiji live rock... Inhabitants: Ocellaris Clownfish, Yellow Tailed Damsel, Six Line Wrasse, Yellow Watchman Goby, 3 Chromis, Crocea Clam, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp Corals: Zoas, Yellow Fiji Leather, Pineapple Brain, Frogspawn, Pearl Bubble, Blastomussa Merleti, Monti, GSP, Green Psammacora |
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04-03-2008, 05:48 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Detroit, Michigan
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| i will eat any shrimps and even some snails. i have a honeycomb, which is basically the same thing and he eats anything that moves!!
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120g, 3 niger triggers, 2 tomato's, 2 puffers, 2 anglers,
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5g, 4 baby black ociis, haitian, rock and bubble tip anemone, frogspawn, hammers, candycanes, blue ricordia, zenia, leather, plate coral, peppermint shrimp, yellow jawfish, porcelain anemone crab, lrg ass. bristle worms |
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04-03-2008, 06:01 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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| Puffers are destroyers of all motile inverts. |
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04-03-2008, 06:02 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Louisville, KY ( derby town ) Age: 40
Posts: 980
| All puffers carry toxins inside them ( if they die ) they can fowl your tank water seveerly and even kill the other inhabitants ,
and besides'.. have a good look at the "mouth area" on the puffers'.. some have "chissled" parrot like teeth and some have "rigged mouths" they have a liking for inverts , and some corals .( those mouths arint made like that for nothing )
I dont suggest it.. to many "negitives" out-weigh all the good's... for a a reef
Last edited by wildreef; 04-03-2008 at 06:14 PM.
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04-03-2008, 06:04 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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| But its for a fowler |
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04-03-2008, 08:17 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Chester, Pa Age: 23
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| Yea, im not currently going to make a reef tank, only a fowlr. Would that make any difference? |
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04-03-2008, 10:22 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lakewood, CA Age: 34
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| just that you won't be able to have a "clean up crew" unless they are meant to be snacks. I read/heard that you shouldn't feed puffers, lion, etc.. live food since it can make them more likely to eat other docile fish in the tank. _________ Kimmy |
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04-04-2008, 03:31 AM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
Posts: 1,085
| [quote=Executivelevel;428662]i will eat any shrimps and even some snails. quote]
Wow are you french? _________ |
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04-04-2008, 03:54 AM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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| LOL! Roflcopter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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04-05-2008, 07:23 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Chester, Pa Age: 23
Posts: 978
| ok, so a puffer and no inverts. or inverts and no puffer, thanks for helping |
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