Leopard Toby with SPS?

j_mazzy · 11/10/2016, 06:20 PM

Anyone have a leopard puffer with SPS? I know many puffers will snack on SPS but this species is known for eating crabs and shrimp in the wild. I'd be happy to sacrifice shrimp and clams to keep one. I will not however sacrifice SPS colonies.

j_mazzy · 11/11/2016, 09:27 AM

bump

jordans · 11/11/2016, 09:34 AM

i had one with my tank and he was amazing! for 3 months.
he then caused roughly 800$ in damage over night.

Silly clownfish · 11/11/2016, 09:42 AM

I've had a saddleback Valentini for about 7 months in what is supposed to be a FOWLR. But whenever I break off a piece of coral in my main tank ( either as part of pruning or by accident), I often stick the frag in my puffer tank. She occassionally knocks things off of rocks (I don't glu things in this tank), but hasn't eaten anything.

I have frags of SPS (montis and birdsnest), LPS (frogspawn), and softies (leathers and 'shrooms). So all kind of weed-like corals. I wouldn't care if she did eat them, but it makes the tank a little more interesting than just having piles of rocks and one fish.

j_mazzy · 11/11/2016, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jordans

i had one with my tank and he was amazing! for 3 months.
he then caused roughly 800$ in damage over night.

please explain

j_mazzy · 11/12/2016, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jordans

i had one with my tank and he was amazing! for 3 months.
he then caused roughly 800$ in damage over night.

please explain

lionfish300 · 11/12/2016, 08:20 PM

I believe he ate all his corals?

11/10/2016, 06:20 PM	#1
j_mazzy Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: about an hour from charlotte Posts: 622	Leopard Toby with SPS? Anyone have a leopard puffer with SPS? I know many puffers will snack on SPS but this species is known for eating crabs and shrimp in the wild. I'd be happy to sacrifice shrimp and clams to keep one. I will not however sacrifice SPS colonies.

11/11/2016, 09:42 AM	#4
Silly clownfish Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 488	I've had a saddleback Valentini for about 7 months in what is supposed to be a FOWLR. But whenever I break off a piece of coral in my main tank ( either as part of pruning or by accident), I often stick the frag in my puffer tank. She occassionally knocks things off of rocks (I don't glu things in this tank), but hasn't eaten anything. I have frags of SPS (montis and birdsnest), LPS (frogspawn), and softies (leathers and 'shrooms). So all kind of weed-like corals. I wouldn't care if she did eat them, but it makes the tank a little more interesting than just having piles of rocks and one fish. __________________ 75g mixed reef, 20g sump, ocelaris clownfish (20+yrs old), flame hawk, one spot foxface rabbitfish, green mandarin, Bicolor Blenny, Coral Beauty;30g sumpless with Spotcinctus pair with RBTA Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 20g sump, ocelaris clownfish (20+yrs old), flame hawk, one spot foxface rabbitfish, green mandarin, Bicolor Blenny, Coral Beauty;30g sumpless with Spotcinctus pair

11/11/2016, 09:27 AM	#2
j_mazzy Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: about an hour from charlotte Posts: 622	bump

11/11/2016, 09:34 AM	#3
jordans Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 25	i had one with my tank and he was amazing! for 3 months. he then caused roughly 800$ in damage over night.

11/12/2016, 08:20 PM	#7
lionfish300 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico Posts: 795	I believe he ate all his corals?