lostiniraq1976

I have a porcupine puffer and I was wondering if it would be alright to put a piece of dead live rock in the aquarium with him?

sirdarksol

It should be, though I would want to pressure-wash the rock, first, to get any old organic material off of it. They are reef-critters, so it would probably enjoy having rock in its aquarium, as long as it still has space to swim.

lostiniraq1976

I will wash the rock, I read on the net they weren't reef safe. I suppose it is because they will eat the corals huh?

hkirchen

Yes, reef safe means that they would be safe to have with corals, anemones, crustaceans... The puffer should be fine with the dead rock though.

lostiniraq1976

Thanks a lot I inherited this puffer with a 30 gal. bow front I bought last night. He is so cute I am going to keep him until he outgrows the tank. Pretty sure the person I bought the tank from didn't do any research before putting him in 30 gal. tank. I was wanting a chocolate chip starfish, will the puffer eat him?

sirdarksol

It probably will. Puffers love eating inverts.

pinkfloydpuffer

Yikes! A porq puffer in a 30 g?!?!?!?! That's a sad mess indeed!
Porkies get about 18" long and really need about 125gs to be comfortable.

I'm glad you know better than the person you got him from.

Angela_96

Lucky puffer person.. lol I would love to have a porcupine puffer!
PFP would know what is compatable....