Blue Spot Puffer... Yay or Nay?

[tuscani]

I know they are hit and miss with coral and every fish is different, but I am thinking of giving one a shot.. livestock list below. Other than coral, I am slightly concerned about the Maxima clam and inverts. But was planning to feed heavy and use clams in half shell for feeding as well. Thoughts?

Fish:

1 - Flame Angelfish
1 - Mandarin Dragonet
1 - Yellow Tang
1 - Tomini Tang
1 - Gold Midas Blenny
1 - Diamond Goby
1 - Filefish
1 - Lawnmower Blenny
2 - Banggai Cardinalfish
2 - Orange Storm Clown Fish

Inverts:

2 - Pitho Crab
5 - Lightning Dove Snail
1 - Lambis Spider Conch
2 - Gold Ring Cowrie Snails
5 - Mexican Turbo Snails
1 - Tuxedo Urchin
10 - Astraea Snails
10 - Nassarius Snails
5 - Black Foot Trochus Snail
2 - Peppermint Shrimp
2 - Scarlet Skunk Shrimp
1 - Fire Shrimp
3 - Strawberry\Tiger Conch
1 - Bumble Bee Snail (Hitchhiker)

Softie:
1 - Kenya Tree
1 - Devil's Hand Leather
1 - Jason Fox CC Pink Constellation Zoa
1 - Jason Fox Burning Blossoms Zoa
1 - Jason Fox Deep Galaxy Star Polyps
1 - Jason Fox Haunted House Xenia
1 - Jason Fox Orange Infused Rainbow Clove Polyps
1 - Armor of Gods Zoa
1 - Gold Zoa
1 - Gatorade Zoa
1 - Oompa Loompa Zoa
1 - Reef Raft Pink Cadillac Zoa
1 - White Tip Toadstool Leather
1 - Nirvana Zoa
1 - Blue Clove Polyps
1 - Neon Green Star Polyps

LPS:
1 - Green Bubble Coral
1 - Indo Ruby Red Cynarina
1 - Pink Tip Torch
1 - Cotton Candy Micromussa
1 - Octospawn
2 - Duncans
1 - Fungia Plate
1 - Tyree Bubblegum Monster Chalice
1 - Jason Fox Raja Rampage Chalice
1 - Red Lobo Brain Coral

SPS:
1 - Slimeball Anacropora
1 - Bubble Gum Montipora Digitata

Misc:

1 - Caribbean Feather Duster
1 - Rock Flower Anemone
1 - Hard Tube Coco Worm\Feather Duster
1 - Maxima Clam

 

[MnFish1]

Nay. Please don't take this personally - because it sounds like you have a great tank - and a great selection of animals. Because of that, I would not add a puffer. There are some fish that are reef safe 'with caution' - and I've tried plenty of these - with success, but one disaster was a lemon peel angel that literally killed hundreds of dollars of coral (before getting caught and returned). Blue spotted puffers are listed on many sites as 'not reef safe' - on others 'with caution'. If I were you I would not add it. But - either way - let us know what you decide.

 

[Seansea]

Did you add it?