Jewel Pufferfish Canthigaster solandri

This species is best maintained in a "˜fish only, with live rock"™ aquarium where it would poses no danger to corals, ornamental snails, shrimp and other small prized inverts. Tankmates should be chosen carefully; species with long fins should be avoided,as occasional puffer specimens will nip and leave their tell-tale circularholes in the fins. This behaviour is more likely to become apparent in smalltanks, so adequate space must be given. Jewel Pufferfish should be kept singly, unless a mated male-female pair can be acquired, and even then, they should be watched carefully lest the male becomes too aggressive. Will fight with other members of the Canthigastergenus. This species is mimicked by the filefish Paraluteres arqat, which, in the wild, shoals with the Jewel Pufferfish so that predators avoid it - assuming it to be one of the toxic puffers. This mimic filefish should not be housed with its model puffer within the confines of an aquarium, as the pufferfish is likely to pick on it. As with all pufferfish, it should never be deliberately provoked into inflating itself. 

Offer a varied diet for omnivores. Meaty items should include krill, vitamin-enriched brineshrimp, chopped cockle/ mussel/ hard-shelled shrimp/ squid/ fish/clam meat etc., and herbivore rations such Nori, spirulina tablets, vegetable matter etc. Browses on red and green filamentous algae, red coralline algae, and devours many tiny critters found in the live rock (this action should help keep the beak worn down). Feed small amounts 3 times per day.

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https://ornamentalfish.org/what-we-do/advice-information/care-sheets/caresheets-marine-fish/