Hawaiian Spotted Puffer reef safe?

[mopar9012]

does anyone have any experience with them? Is it like a 50/50 chance he will be reef safe?

 

[aquaknight]

Depends what you define as reef safe. They are coral safe, but small inverts, little snails, hermits, etc, run a risk of been eaten.
Not that in the grand scheme of things, a CUC is realy necessary anyways, or that the beauty of this fish far outweighs the occassional need to toss in an extra hermit or two....

 

[ajchang1]

my hawiian spotted puffer likesto eat my zooanthids. he will not touch bubble coral yellow star polyps , green star polyps nor duncan coral. he ate all my hermits and shrimp turbo snail is somehow surviving ,at this time. hope this helps