Blue Spotted Puffer

Bring an abundance of charm, intelligence, and curiosity into your aquarium. The Blue Spotted Puffer is a delightful dwarf puffer featuring a rich reddish-brown body covered in glowing, iridescent blue spots, framed by striking neon lines around its expressive eyes. Known for their puppy-like behavior, these intelligent fish actively watch their owners and quickly learn to beg for food at the front glass.

Unlike giant pufferfish that require massive tanks, this compact "Toby" puffer fits beautifully into mid-sized aquariums, making it a fantastic centerpiece fish with massive personality.

Tobies possess eyes that rotate independently and highly developed minds. They will actively track your movement across the room, display curiosity toward new tank additions, and show clear, endearing personality traits.

Features a fused, beak-like tooth structure that continuously grows throughout its life. To naturally wear down their teeth and prevent overgrowth, their diet must include hard-shelled foods like unpeeled krill, clams on the half-shell, snails, and frozen crab pieces.

While they do not eat corals flat-out as a primary food source, they are chronic nippers. They will sample fleshy LPS corals, zoanthids, clam mantles, and the legs of ornamental shrimp or crabs. They are best suited for Fish-Only-With-Live-Rock (FOWLR) systems.

Possesses the unique ability to inflate its body with water or air when highly threatened to make itself too large for predators to swallow. Never lift a puffer out of the water with a net, as inhaling air can be fatal; always transfer them using a water-filled container.

Generally peaceful toward medium-sized fish, but they can be fin-nippers to slow-moving tank mates with long, flowing fins (like lionfish or seahorses). House them with active tank mates like wrasses, damselfish, hawkfish, or small tangs.