Spotted Leaf Fish

[Illest_Soulja]

i went to my LFS and saw them keep dwarf puffers with spotted leaf fishs can u actually do this or will the leaf fish eat the puffers? or vice versa

 

[timmystood]

It's really not something I would recommend. Spotted Leaf Fish are micro-predators and when they are bigger are more than likely to eat some of the Dwarf Puffers.

 

[The-Wolf]

I'd be more concerned with the puffers eating all the fins of the leaf fish

 

[DarkEntity]

i went to my LFS and saw them keep dwarf puffers with spotted leaf fishs can u actually do this or will the leaf fish eat the puffers? or vice versa

Was it a Leaf Fish or was it Ctenepoma Acutirostre?

Either way i wouldnt risk it. The Dwarf Puffers would nip and given a chance the Ctenopoma will eat the Puffer or at least try.

 

[Eyebiter]

I have a Ctenopoma, which is what I’m assuming they mean by Spotted Leaf Fish. They're a great fish and I don't think they'd eat a puffer - most fish just seem to know better. I still wouldn't risk it. I've kept small puffers before but always in brackish tanks. Nothing ever bothered them but occasionally you get a nippy one. And that's trouble with their teeth.

 

[DarkEntity]

Mine would definately give it a go. They tried to eat everything else lol

 

[nmonks]

This would be my fear, too. Ctenopoma acutirostre is a very nervous, stealthy predator. All it wants is to be left alone. One of the things aquarists are sometimes surprised by is that predators rarely use their "firepower" to deal with aggressive or annoying tankmates. So it would be entirely possible the poor Ctenopoma would end up hiding all the time, in a shady corner, terrified of that annoying, buzzing little puffer.

Of course it might eat the pufferfish too. Depends on their relative sizes. Ctenopoma acutirostre aren't terribly piscivorous, but they won't say no if a bite-size beast swims into view. Given they're somewhat crepuscular, whereas dwarf puffers are more daytime animals, it is possible the Ctenopoma would ignore the puffer by day but eat it one evening once the lights are out. In short, not a combination I'd recommend.

Cheers, Neale

I'd be more concerned with the puffers eating all the fins of the leaf fish