Puffers As Cleaner Fish!

[Marine/Freshwater?]

My GSPS and my Takifugu are cleaning one another. Do puffers normally do this?

 

[nmonks]

Have never heard of cleaning behaviour by puffers. I'd be more concerned about aggression: puffers are quite prone to biting one another during aggressive display. This will leave very distinctive circular marks on the body.

Cheers, Neale

My GSPS and my Takifugu are cleaning one another. Do puffers normally do this?

 

[jennybugs]

That reminds me of my C. irrubescu. Called the little chap Ringo before someone explained they were bite marks

 

[nmonks]

How cute! They really are a nice species.

Neale

 

[Marine/Freshwater?]

They are definately not biting one another. They are eating the the biggest sea lice because they can see them. They are not showing aggression at all. No wounds besides the ones made by the sea lice. The C. irrubescu in the picture looks like it has scars form ringworms, might what to get rid of them.

 

[jennybugs]

No, it was bite bruises not ringworm.