Valentini puffer
Canthigaster valentini
Curious and slow, paddling around and taking a bite out of everything.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 11 cm
- Smallest tank
- 75 cm
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- Temperament
- Semi-aggressive
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Moderate
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Moderate
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Nips corals
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres11 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres18 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres40 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres75 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Lyretail anthias
- Yellow watchman goby
- Fire goby
- Green chromis
- Royal gramma
- Blue tang
- Yellow coris wrasse
- Leopard wrasse
- Domino damselfish
- Melanurus wrasse
- Radiant wrasse
- Exquisite fairy wrasse
- Cleaner wrasse
- Lawnmower blenny
- Bicolor blenny
- Starry blenny
- Pearlscale butterflyfish
- Yellowhead jawfish
- Aiptasia-eating filefish
- Pink skunk clownfish
- Flame wrasse
- Randall's shrimpgoby
- Diamond watchman goby
- Dispar anthias
- and 32 more species
Caution
- Flame angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- ClownfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Sixline wrasseBoth semi-aggressive
- Yellow tangBoth semi-aggressive
- Clarkii clownfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Tomato clownfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Coral beauty angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Lemonpeel angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Potter's angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Bicolor angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Scott's fairy wrasseBoth semi-aggressive
- Mystery wrasseBoth semi-aggressive
- Midas blennyBoth semi-aggressive
- Blackcap bassletBoth semi-aggressive
- Longnose hawkfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Rusty angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Canary blennyBoth semi-aggressive
- Striped fang blennyBoth semi-aggressive
- Neon dottybackBoth semi-aggressive
- Bartlett's anthiasBoth semi-aggressive
- Kole tangBoth semi-aggressive
- Flame hawkfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Orchid dottybackBoth semi-aggressive
- Banggai cardinalfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Percula clownfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Cherub angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Falco hawkfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Lined seahorseNarrow shared temperature range
- Yellowtail damselfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Azure damselfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Scopas tangBoth semi-aggressive
- Convict tangBoth semi-aggressive
- Raccoon butterflyfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Dwarf lionfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Squarespot anthiasBoth semi-aggressive
- Threadfin butterflyfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Engineer gobyBoth semi-aggressive
- Sailfin tangBoth semi-aggressive
- Naso tangBoth semi-aggressive
- French angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Porcupine pufferBoth semi-aggressive
- Volitans lionfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Niger triggerfishBoth semi-aggressive
Same familyPredators and oddities
- Dwarf lionfishDendrochirus zebra
- Volitans lionfishPterois volitans
- Picasso triggerfishRhinecanthus aculeatus
- Niger triggerfishOdonus niger
- Porcupine pufferDiodon holocanthus
- Yellow boxfishOstracion cubicus
- Longhorn cowfishLactoria cornuta
- Aiptasia-eating filefishAcreichthys tomentosus
- Lined seahorseHippocampus erectus