Valentini Puffer in reef tank

[1bigboy69]

Can it be done?
I have a Tridanca clam in my tank, amongst a lot of other corals, and i didn't know if he would mess with them.

 

[lion_crazz]

I would not recommend it at all.

 

[pinkh2]

i had one the puffer ate and or picked on everything and anything it could fit in it's mouth
i would say no but i could have just had a demon puffer i hope this helps

 

[zeromus-x]

I've got a Hawaiian Blue-Spotted puffer in mine, similar to the Valentini... and he picks at everything. I figured it was worth a shot so I put a couple polyps in there... they didn't last three days. He doesn't mess with anemones though.

 

[1bigboy69]

That's why i took my lemon peal angel out of my big tank. He was picking at my clam.
so now he's in the basement 29 reef.

 

[fishieness]

sweetreef has a valentini and a spotted in his. no problems that hes told me.. but i still wouldnt recomend it

 

[feixjai]

i wouldnt get it. my lfs lady said they will eat or pick with anything in your tank.

 

[1bigboy69]

I'm not going to take the chance with him, but i never seen him pick at anything in my 29 reef. I just didn't want him to go after the clam.
I actually just bought him 4 small crabs to eat from the LFS to wear his teeth down and he hasn't even touched them??
But i drop some Misis or brine shrimp in there he's all over them like white on rice!!
I never knew they could swim so fast!!

 

[dstruked]

Are there any puffers out there that dont eat and pick on everything. Would love to get one but not at the cost of my fish and critters
-=Bri=-

 

[edwar050]

Ive got a valentini with red shrooms, two types zenia, starburst, yellow polyps, two types of leather etc. In a 55. I feed my valentini shrimp twice a day and the puffers around 2-3 inches. I am always watching him and have heard they can live for a long period of time "20 or so years". I have had the puffer for roughly 6 months like this although I have only seen him puff up once-

 

[ljn0221]

my friend has kept a puffer in his 55 reef for a while it was all good until it got sucked up into the powerhead

 

[andretti]

I have one in my 125 and the only thing he bothers are the snails and shrimp. He hasn't sent anyone to "fishy heaven" yet.

 

[darknes]

I've got a Valentini Puffer in my 29 gallon reef, and it doesn't bother a thing! He's the nicest fish I could have.
I think it's a 50/50 chance on whether you end up with an aggressive one or not. Best thing to do is to buy one if it's what you really want, and add a few polyps to the tank. If he doesn't mess with them, he should be fine. If it does, you won't be able to keep it in a reef tank.

 

[edwar050]

I talked to an experienced reefer about the valentini "actually the reefer I bought it from" and she said that you have a much better chance if you buy a smaller valentini and then accustom it through quarantine to frozen foods like shrimp, crab?, and musscles. This way the valentini will be full. I have found that my valentini likes to eat out of my hand more than he does when I place the food on the bottom, crazy