I have chromis, ,foxface, 3 tangs, a trigger, regal angel, cowfish, scooter blennies, a cleaner wrasse, gobies, a lawnmower blennie, and a few shrimp and other fish with my big guy. The only fish I could not keep with him was smaller clownfish. I have a saddleback and maroon clown but they are too large for him to eat. He allows the cleaner wrasse as well as cleaner shrimp to clean him up, and makes no move to eat them. He is very well fed... so he does not turn to his tankmates for a snack. It was rough when I first got him, and he was new to aquarium life. Now that he has been in my tank a few months, I don't worry too much about him. He knows where the food is coming from now.
He has a fire shrimp he swims around with at lights out and has not eaten any of my peppermints, or cleaner shrimp. My only issue with him is that he eats smaller snails whole, and they make him sick. Usually the snails live under the sand but when they surface he nabs them. Because he cannot digest the shell, he will puff up to try to spit them out.
I have a lot of rock work so smaller fish like the scooter gobies are not easily accessed by the puffer, and can dart under the rocks. I find the puffer keeps to himself and does his own thing. So long as the fish are bigger then bite sized, I have had no problems with housing them with my gigantic puffer. He is a fun fish and is quite endearing with all his begging... and he starts when you are across the room from him.
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