Any corals in a predator tank?

[alfredshouse]

Has anyone been able to keep any kind of corals in their predator tank? Any Zoas, Polyps, etc?

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

This was mine a while back...Four puffers, few triggers, grouper, ect.

All kind of leathers, mushrooms, gorgonians, ect. Zoas were all eaten and well as most polyps.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

This was a puffer tank before that one...

[i have crabs]

im surprised the puffer didnt chomp everything, ive seen hem do it plenty of times,
i think it depends on the type of fish you plan on keeping,normaly i would say no chance with puffers but i guess thats out the window,groupers/snappers/sweetlips/lions wont touch any corals but id be carfull with triggers/puffers and others with sharp teeth

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by i have crabs

im surprised the puffer didnt chomp everything, ive seen hem do it plenty of times,
i think it depends on the type of fish you plan on keeping,normaly i would say no chance with puffers but i guess thats out the window,groupers/snappers/sweetlips/lions wont touch any corals but id be carfull with triggers/puffers and others with sharp teeth

"THE" puffer? Both tanks had multiple puffers. The first one 4 (dogface, burrfish, greenspotted, porc) and the bottom one 5 (Manila, porc, valentini, greenspotted, stars and stripes).

Have you owned many? Over the six years I have kept saltwater puffers, I have yet to have one eat anything besides Zoas. Thats about 12 puffers or so. Before that I kept brackish puffers for about 12 years...they are destructive!

A thread came up on RC a long time ago about puffers in reefs and there really wasn't many people with serious problems, just kind of the odd one that liked to nip a coral or two.

[i have crabs]

im not a puffer guy so not much first hand experience, but i have seen dog face's chomping on shroom's and leathers before for shure, i would have added one to my tank if i knew i had a chance of it not chomping everything