longhorn cowfish

Hey! I am a student in the Marine Science program at Central Campus in Des Moines, IA. In one of our aquariums, we have a Longhorn Cowfish (Lactoria cornuta). Over the past few days, a classmate and I have observed a rapid growth underneath the cowfish's mouth. The growth looks to be some type...

The cowfish has been star of my tank for 3 years... but I need to rehome, My Zebrasomas and other fishes are grown up and tank too busy and boisterous for the Cowfish He does not bother fishes, in fact my goatfish and Parotfish steal food from his mouth... he does not touch any CUC. He does not...

Selling my 2 year old healthy peaceful, puppy-like Longhorn Cowfish. No disease, eats nori and every frozen food. Eats from hand and love being pet. He does not bother any corals. My tank cannot support the bioload and thus this post. Selling for $100 (you can't find such big and beautiful...

I got him on Friday threw divers den, so I have had him for about 5 full days now. The first 3 days he was acting Normal and eating. Yesterday he stopped eating as much as he used to and was moving very slowly, and today he is hanging out towards the bottom, and still hasn’t eaten today. When he...

So I got a new cowfish yesterday (named cheese) for my 90 gallon and hes doing wonderful. Im looking to get him some meaty foods today, any suggestions? I just want to make him as happy as I can since Ive wanted one for several years.

Hi all Added a longhorn and box fish 4 days ago and now seem covered in ich. I have regal and powder brown tang which do fine and don't have spots but it must be in the water. I have reef set up so will struggle with copper treatment. All water stats in the green is it just because they have...

I am upgrading to a Red Sea Reefer 525 XL, I already have a Longhorn Cowfish, green chromis, 2 clowns and a watchman goby. The Cowfish is the king of my tank as far as I’m concerned, but with the big 525 XL I was planning on adding more fish, just would like people’s thoughts on which...

Hi! I currently have a small cowfish, that is doing great. But I wanted to see if anyone knows if you can have two cowfish in the same tank? Will they fight, or are they generally friendly to one another?

So I did a dumb thing, I got a baby cowfish. I knew some info about them. I came a cross a tiny probably 1.5 or 2 inch long in a fish store and basically I got emotionally attached to it at the store and did an impulse buy. I currently have 2 small clown fish, 2 firefish, one cleaner shrimp...

Hi! I would like to know your opinions on longhorn cowfish. I can't seem to find a lot of information about them online... I have a few questions about them: How big do they actually get? I've read they can grow up to 16 inches in lenght, but do they really? How fast do they grow? What do...