this might be a stupid question?

[kennymohr]

New to salt water, I have a porcupine puffer and a snowflake eal, in a 55 fish only, . Can I add snails and, crabs for a cleanup crew? or will the puffer eat them?

 

[monsterx]

nice fish, I have a sonwfalke and porcipine together to. Well if you dont mind replacing the crew periodically then sure, they will last for a little bit and serve as an expensive treat. The only invertabrates that would be fine are starry hermits which might actully attack you eel, form of agressive star fish such choclate chip or bahama star.
Good luck

 

[psusocr1]

i have a choc. ship star and a bahams star and they dont clean anything!! all they do is beg for more shrimp,sliversides, etc. etc.

 

[lion_crazz]

You can try snails and hermits, but the puffer will most likely eat them.

 

[heath492]

I have a porc puffer, with 10 blue legs, 6 turbo's, 4 emrald crabs and 3 regular sized hermits. My puffer does not even look at them. My puffer is only about 3 inchs long though. He is in a 55 now but will be moving very very very soon. If you have a lot of LR they should be fine. I don't remember exactly how much rock I have but I am sure it's over 60lbs, so my snails and my hermits just blend in with everything around them. I was thinking of getting a SFE but decided to just wait until the 180 is done and the room around it is done also. "Just don't trust that sort of noise and dust with my tank".