puffer/koran/and mandarin goby can they live together?

[ichiromariners]

i was wondering that as long as i have a good hiding place for the mandarin goby would it be alright to put him in with the puffer? i had small damsels and a medium size clown in there with him and he did nothing to them and i never saw him chase them either. i have a 55 gallon and will have plenty of live rock by the time i get the goby and the only other fish in the tank will be a koran angel who chases the puffer sometimes.

 

[bartman]

If i am not mistaken a puffer fish is an agressive fish. Also if you have a reef set up the puffer will damage corals and rocks in the tank. Just take a look at thier teeth.

 

[sistrmary]

Ehhh..I don't know. Damsels are too fast for puffers, if they cornered them or found them sleeping, I'm sure the puffer would eat it. They're nocturnal, so they have an advantage. The mandarin however untasty it is for most fish..puffers don't typically care about taste. It's bulk food that interests them. I love mandarins too much to chance it. (Which is why I have too many SW tanks lol I wanted too many fish that don't coexsist)

 

[ichiromariners]

i have two tanks that are fully running so if the puffer goes after him i will take him out and put him in my smaller tank. i am gonna get as big a one as possible so that maybe the puffer will think twice. my puffer seems gently enough he comes to the surface and spits water at me till i hand feed him his krill and silver sides i think i feed him to much sometimes cause he'll look really fat then sink to the bottom and vegetate there till the next morning. i have no corals so no worries about him eating them.