Blue spotted Toby aggression

[Is this the LFS]

I have a blue spotted Toby which I believe it the Papuan type. He is in QT with a coral beauty and decided to take a bite out of the coral beauty’s tail. The angel is fine now and I put a divider in there separating them. My question is, do you think this is a one off thing and likely not a typical occurrence? Maybe because of it being in a qt with not a lot of rock and maybe it become territorial. Or is this something that this fish will do a lot? Below is a picture of my puffer. Thanks

 

[mort]

I think your guy is a solandri but the same rules apply, ie puffers can be a little fin nippy and what you are seeing is normal behaviour. I think you are correct that the lack of cover has been a large factor but every now and then in the display you might see the odd nip out of one of your fishes tails. I've had tobie's in reefs for years and as I say it happens but the fish generally become weary enough and give the puffer room, so it's not something I'd massively worry about.

 

[jsvand5]

Those Puffers are the devil. I’ve seen them terrorize tanks. I saw one that killed a large blue tang recently.

 

[Is this the LFS]

I think your guy is a solandri but the same rules apply, ie puffers can be a little fin nippy and what you are seeing is normal behaviour. I think you are correct that the lack of cover has been a large factor but every now and then in the display you might see the odd nip out of one of your fishes tails. I've had tobie's in reefs for years and as I say it happens but the fish generally become weary enough and give the puffer room, so it's not something I'd massively worry about.

Your write. I though I had gotten it right but I was wrong ;Facepalm

 

[eatbreakfast]

That sort of aggression should calm down. Puffers are intelligent and curious, and they explore their environment with their teeth. In a bigger tank with more to explore it should occur less. Also, most fish learn to avoid puffers once they've been bit.