porcupine puffer in a reef tank?

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Can this be done? Any experiences out there?
what are the disadvantages?

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Notes: Talk about character and personality; the Porcupine Puffer is a favorite of many. It will often follow your finger along the glass and is usually swimming along the front of the tank waiting for food whenever you approach the aquarium. It has a very cartoon-like appearance and its big eyes give it a unique, comical look. The pufferfish can inflate its body to over twice its normal size when threatened making it quite difficult to swallow.

Do not try to make the pufferfish inflate because air can become trapped inside the alimentary tract resulting sometimes in death. Instead be patient and wait. One day, when you least expect it, you will walk in the room to look at your tank and be astonished when you see your pufferfish looking like a balloon with tiny little fins.

Small juveniles are more timid and can often be kept in reef aquariums without threat to anything except very small fish and ornamental shrimp. Adults will not bother coral, but will eat smaller fish, crabs, ornamental shrimp, and other motile invertebrates. Adults may also pick at clams. Adults should be housed with other more aggressive fish such as larger wrasse, triggers, other puffers, large angels, and tangs. Juveniles are best kept with moderately aggressive fishes.

Do not net the puffer out of water, instead submerse the shipping bag into the aquarium after acclimation, and release the puffer underwater. This prevents it from getting air stuck inside its alimentary tract. Do not be alarmed if a small amount of shipping water escapes into the aquarium- our shipping water is completely reef safe.

Offer it a mixed diet of meaty foods such as squid, shrimp, chopped clams, and marine fish. Juveniles can be fed brine shrimp.