lakersfan5016
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Will all Puffers eat snails and/or small crabs?? I was thinking about getting one. I'm a beginner so I need easy to take care of. I have 70 gal. with Live rock. Suggestions??
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bexleyfish
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Ya my tini did well with a snail, it ate it after it died tho. Make sure you have no shrimp!
kanicky
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No puffer is safe with snails and crabs, although I agree that a Valentini or another toby/sharpnose puffer is your "best bet."
My Valentini, Diddy, has ambushed every snail in the tank, as well as almost every hermit. The hermits now know to stay out of sight till nighttime, when Diddy is sleeping.
My Coral-Banded Shrimp isn't bothered by him, but then again, he only really comes out at night, too.
A puffers natural diet is shelled things, so it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that they take a chomp every now and then on the "clean-up crew."
My Valentini, Diddy, has ambushed every snail in the tank, as well as almost every hermit. The hermits now know to stay out of sight till nighttime, when Diddy is sleeping.
My Coral-Banded Shrimp isn't bothered by him, but then again, he only really comes out at night, too.
A puffers natural diet is shelled things, so it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that they take a chomp every now and then on the "clean-up crew."
leftyblite
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My porc puffer likes to hunt and eat the snail and crabs at night. It helps to keep his beak down.