Porcupine puffer

[david campbell]

Well dang we have decided to rehome our puffer. Do you remember my older post about what ate our hog fish (here's a refresher pic). Well---- now the wifes faaaavorite fish had gone missing an We have learned that puffers with eat other fish its a carnivore. This fish gets 4 thumb size mussels daily sooooooooo. It also appears this second death also happened in the dark. She's needs to go. Sad day. Disclaimer: we are on the fence.

 

[Thomashtom]

Dont think the puffer ate your fish!!! They are not that aggressive and he is too small. Your fish might be dead somewhere in tank

 

[JaimeAdams]

I have seen porcupine puffers eat small fish, but it was a large porcupine and small bite size fish. There are other possibilities. Maybe you just have a Bobbit.

 

[CMMorgan]

I vote keep the puffer... he should not be hungry enough to hunt down and eat other fish.

 

[david campbell]

Ok since you are of the opinion that it's not the puffer. here are some other facts to consider why two fish have gone missing (one bitten in half).

1. current the tank mates----- post disappearance of the second fish
two small clowns. 1"
two diamond gobies 2"
one bi-color angel 3"
one niger trigger 3"
three yellowtail damsels 1"
one long tentacle nem 6" in dia.

2. this puffer is about 6" long. so small yes, to small to eat a blenny an a hog fish ? no IMO.

3. Pufferfish aren't community fish and must be kept alone, as they are carnivorous. “They will either eat the other fish that are small enough, or they will bite at the other fish's fins if they are too big to eat.

4. i have a negative aquascape, there is no place that i can not see, the blenny is not dead in the tank.

I know this is odd, you never hear much about a puffer eating other tiny fish but if you dive deep into the research you will find they do.

so what bit my fish in half and

 

[whytekeylifter]

Well dang we have decided to rehome our puffer. Do you remember my older post about what ate our hog fish (here's a refresher pic). Well---- now the wifes faaaavorite fish had gone missing an We have learned that puffers with eat other fish its a carnivore. This fish gets 4 thumb size mussels daily sooooooooo. It also appears this second death also happened in the dark. She's needs to go. Sad day. Disclaimer: we are on the fence.

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To all the others saying your puffer could not have done that.. see the below photo I attached.... My puffer ate my engineer goby, a fish that was supposed to be compatible with the puffer.... Soooooo

 

[Intense37754]

Our Porky ate our Clarkii clowns, head first

How did you rehoming go?

 

[david campbell]

we took him to the lfs.