Re: [GSAS-Member] Pea Puffer and Angels

["Javier Perez" <jay98116@comcast.net>]

Hello folks,

[This is my maiden post!]

Hmm, puffers of any size and angelfish: not a good idea, at lest if pea
puffers are anything like their bigger kin.

In my experience, puffers are very nippy not necessarily because of being
territorial or aggressive, but because they have a big appetite and tend to
randomly "sample" stuff for food value. This wouldn't be a problem for most
fishes that take a nip here and there. I think any fish once in a while is
tempted to peck at long, flowing angelfish fins. However, for their size
puffers have these huge, thick, sharp, snail-crushing teeth, so even a
"little nip" on another fish can cause a lot of damage.  I had to put my
Green-spotted puffer (Teratodon nigroviridis) in my molly/swordtail/convict
tank while I was fixing stuff in his 20-long tank for a week. There was no
violence and the puffer seemed almost intimidated by the larger fish, yet
after a few days big chunks of fin were missing from the mollies, swordtails
and convicts, which healed quickly once the puffer went back to his tank!
Ironically, my  puffer has no problems with tiny fish (striped gobies,
Endlers and Heterandria livebearers), which he ignores.

Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com]On Behalf Of Linda Knapp
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:48 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Pea Puffer and Angels


I think they are greedy little fish that will eat until they almost
explode!!!!

 From my iPhone somewhere or other...
linda@bozuk.org

On Mar 10, 2008, at 3:42 PM, "Shango Los" <Shango@ShangoLos.com> wrote:

> Do you think the Pea Puffer nips fins for territory rather than
> curiosity/enjoyment?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Scott Frayo
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 3:33 PM
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Pea Puffer and Angels
>
>
> I think it really depends on the size of the tank.  I regularly keep a
> half-dozen pea puffers in a 150g tank with long finned fish and
> discus.  No
> problems.  I've even had the pea-puffers breed (no idea how the fry
> made it,
> but a couple did).
>
> -----Scott
> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:13:32 -0700
>> From: matt@wrongcrowd.com
>> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Pea Puffer and Angels
>>
>> I think your suspicions are correct, but try it and see... The angels
> might
>> be tough enough to take care of themselves.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Shango Los  wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone ever put a Pea Puffer in with Angelfish?  My suspicion
>>> is that
>>> it
>>> will chomp their tails.  I need to drop a puffer in the tank to
>>> clean up
>>> those darn flat snails.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Shango
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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