I Added a Puffer to My Reef Tank!

Keeping a puffer fish has always felt like a pipe dream — until now.
In a rare moment of brilliance, I decided to dive into the idea of adding a Green Spotted Puffer to a reef tank... and guess what? It’s way more doable than I thought!

Bonus: this particular puffer species is super affordable — priced more like a freshwater fish than your typical saltwater money pit. ????????

Now, heads up: juvenile Green Spotted Puffers usually hang out in freshwater and only transition to brackish or full marine as they mature. That little detail throws a wrench into a typical reef setup — but good news! These puffers can be acclimated to full marine life, and my mangrove tank setup can swing a little brackish to make them feel right at home.

Let’s get into it!
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Chapters:
0:00 Selling off the Frogspawn and Hammer corals.
4:03 Finding our Green Spotted Puffer Fish!!
6:25 Releasing the puffer into my reef tank
8:23 Feeding clam
11:20 Trimming Red Mangrove leaves
13:06 Wasabi... or Wasabi maru?
14:38 Feeding shrimp
15:43 135g Reef Tank update
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