Valentini puffer ate crab

Valentini89 · 07/22/2018, 03:18 PM

Well I watched helplessly as my Valentini puffer ate one of my Halloween hermit crabs. Now I'm I'm wondering if the other 5 are doomed. The one he ate was coming out of its shell when he got it. Maybe it's a bad idea to keep crabs?

SereneAquatic · 07/22/2018, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Valentini89

Well I watched helplessly as my Valentini puffer ate one of my Halloween hermit crabs. Now I'm I'm wondering if the other 5 are doomed. The one he ate was coming out of its shell when he got it. Maybe it's a bad idea to keep crabs?

I'm pretty sure it is strongly ill advised to keep any crustaceans (snails, shrimp, crabs) that you have any attachment to in the same tank as a puffer fish. They love to eat them all I believe. I would love to own a puffer fish, but I like my shrimp and crabs.

nikon187 · 07/22/2018, 04:20 PM

puffers are not invert safe. corals should be fine but any snail, hermit, crab, shrimp may be on the menu.

Valentini89 · 07/22/2018, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by nikon187

puffers are not invert safe. corals should be fine but any snail, hermit, crab, shrimp may be on the menu.

Yeah he picks at the snails from time to time but can't get to the soft parts. I don't keep shrimps because he ate one I tried. And yes, the corals appear to be off the menu, although he does look at some of them awful closely sometimes.. as if studying them.

scooter31707 · 07/23/2018, 10:56 AM

That's what they eat in the wild and that help wear down their teeth. I would not expect nothing different.

07/22/2018, 03:18 PM	#1
Valentini89 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Bay county, Fl Posts: 624	Valentini puffer ate crab Well I watched helplessly as my Valentini puffer ate one of my Halloween hermit crabs. Now I'm I'm wondering if the other 5 are doomed. The one he ate was coming out of its shell when he got it. Maybe it's a bad idea to keep crabs? __________________ I have 1 1/2 years experience in this hobby. Take my advice with that in mind. Current Tank Info: 26g bowfront QT tank, -- 150g tall = http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2671045

07/22/2018, 04:20 PM	#3
nikon187 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 4,717	puffers are not invert safe. corals should be fine but any snail, hermit, crab, shrimp may be on the menu. __________________ ----------------- Current Tanks: New 210 custom 84 x 24 x 24, 60g sump, SWC 250 extreme with bubble blaster 5000, 2 vortech mp40, 2 vortech mp10, 12 T5, Water blaster 5000, warner marine bio pellets, 60g clownfish cube, red carpet anemone with a 25g sump,SRO octopus 1000sss, 250w radium, lumenarc large.

07/23/2018, 10:56 AM	#5
scooter31707 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 4,971	That's what they eat in the wild and that help wear down their teeth. I would not expect nothing different.