Porcupine Puffer Info?

HidingReefer · 09/07/2016, 06:05 PM

Hey guys,
I am planning on purchasing a porcupine puffer in the future for my reef, I just read a thread on them

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=160734
Based on what I read I am confident they will be fine in my reef, again I know this is all anectodal evidence, but I am willing to try

So I read up that puffers can die from too much food.. how do I make sure I don't overfeed? Do I just play it safe and underfeed?

Also what do i feed them, I read shrimp, krill, and silversides, but I also read that these are unhealthy for the puffer. Is there any food I can get from the fish market?
Also how often do I feed them?

Thanks

MMacro · 09/07/2016, 09:22 PM

Will you be putting this fish in your 90g? If so, they need much larger tanks, upwards of 250-300 gallons. There was a whole thread about this recently. Also, they will pretty much eat every invert in your tank. I currently have a blue spotted puffer fish which is much smaller and it has already eaten my two peppermint shrimp, some emerald crabs, snails, and a one of my smaller urchins. I will be putting it in my diplay refugium once I get it setup to avoid any more CuC casualties.

HidingReefer · 09/07/2016, 09:43 PM

Yes I was planning on it putting it in the 90, I thought they were fine in there? Also my melanurus wrasse has taken out a lot of my CUC, so I am not really worried about that. Is there any other puffer I can go with for a 90? If not puffers I will look into dwarf lions..

Dkuhlmann · 09/08/2016, 03:37 AM

The porcupine puffer gets a foot long and min is a 180 larger is better. There are several small puffers you can get. Here is the link to LA's puffer page. It shows pictures as well as tanks size and how large they get when full grown as well as many other bits of info on the particular puffer.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/a...es.cfm?c=15+39

allicassydanny · 09/08/2016, 06:16 PM

Just sold mine yesterday, had him for a year, the bioload was too much. Could not get my nitrates below 80, that was doing 40% water changes every 20 days, running GFO and a refugium. Started to feed him every other day but it did not matter. When ever someone came up to the tank, he would spit water at them because he wanted to eat all the time. It was heart breaking letting him go but he was too much work.

09/07/2016, 06:05 PM	#1
HidingReefer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 259	Porcupine Puffer Info? Hey guys, I am planning on purchasing a porcupine puffer in the future for my reef, I just read a thread on them http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=160734 Based on what I read I am confident they will be fine in my reef, again I know this is all anectodal evidence, but I am willing to try So I read up that puffers can die from too much food.. how do I make sure I don't overfeed? Do I just play it safe and underfeed? Also what do i feed them, I read shrimp, krill, and silversides, but I also read that these are unhealthy for the puffer. Is there any food I can get from the fish market? Also how often do I feed them? Thanks

09/07/2016, 09:22 PM	#2
MMacro Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,442	Will you be putting this fish in your 90g? If so, they need much larger tanks, upwards of 250-300 gallons. There was a whole thread about this recently. Also, they will pretty much eat every invert in your tank. I currently have a blue spotted puffer fish which is much smaller and it has already eaten my two peppermint shrimp, some emerald crabs, snails, and a one of my smaller urchins. I will be putting it in my diplay refugium once I get it setup to avoid any more CuC casualties. __________________ 155 Mixed Reef (48x31x24)

09/08/2016, 03:37 AM	#4
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	The porcupine puffer gets a foot long and min is a 180 larger is better. There are several small puffers you can get. Here is the link to LA's puffer page. It shows pictures as well as tanks size and how large they get when full grown as well as many other bits of info on the particular puffer. http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/a...es.cfm?c=15+39 __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

09/07/2016, 09:43 PM	#3
HidingReefer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 259	Yes I was planning on it putting it in the 90, I thought they were fine in there? Also my melanurus wrasse has taken out a lot of my CUC, so I am not really worried about that. Is there any other puffer I can go with for a 90? If not puffers I will look into dwarf lions..

09/08/2016, 06:16 PM	#5
allicassydanny Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: rochester, ny Posts: 62	Just sold mine yesterday, had him for a year, the bioload was too much. Could not get my nitrates below 80, that was doing 40% water changes every 20 days, running GFO and a refugium. Started to feed him every other day but it did not matter. When ever someone came up to the tank, he would spit water at them because he wanted to eat all the time. It was heart breaking letting him go but he was too much work.