Fox face requirements
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MattL22
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They get quite large need 200 + tank
I got a 2 barred rabbit fish he's my favorite at night he changes color and acts like a pice of seaweed or something really amazing !
Also he's friendly which is nice
I got a 2 barred rabbit fish he's my favorite at night he changes color and acts like a pice of seaweed or something really amazing !
Also he's friendly which is nice
A one spot doesn't need 200g, but I wouldn't go with less than a 4' tank. I'd say a standard 75 or so as a minimum. Some of the other rabbitfish need huge tanks though. The one spot is a big but not huge like some of the other rabbitfish. One spots get to 7" max in the wild, but usually not quite that big in tank. 5-6" or so.
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I always keep a veggie clip with seaweed for my Foxface to snack On.My Lo Foxface also likes brine and mysis shrimp.....My Yellow Tang almost killed him but now theyre best buds.
Trae
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I had my Foxface in my 72 bowfront and he was great. He would change color at night too. Just know where he is at all time if you have to reach in the tank. He'll spot up just like at night if he feels threatened and lay flat against the rocks with his venomous spike in the up position.
I had some soft corals too but he never messed with them.
I had some soft corals too but he never messed with them.
A 55 bow front? Common sizes are either 46 (3'), or 72 (4'). Could you confirm the tank size?
jedimasterben
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I have a pair of Siganus doliatus. They're both about 4.5" long. They live in a 40g breeder along with a pair of clowns, three wrasses, four blue gudgeons, a watchman goby, a scooter blenny, and a scissortail dartfish as QT, and they'll all (well, maybe not the blue gudgeons or the scissortail since I haven't seen them for weeks except for about 10 seconds in the mornings) be going back into my 80g tank soon.
The two rabbits voraciously eat anything offered. If I am in the room, they are in the front of the tank and pace back and forth until I come and feed them. In QT I've been feeding them exclusively NLS pellets and nothing else.
When the first one I got was in my display before being taken out while the tank is being moved and set back up, it took a few weeks for it to start picking at the foods I gave it, and once it started eating pellets, it got bolder and bolder. It will literally eat out of my hand now, and the newer one is still wary but is starting to come around.
As for eating coral, that's a negatory. They're definitely algaevores in the wild, and are far and above any surgeonfish for algae control and prevention. They'll eat any and all macroalgae presented to them - hair algae, bryopsis, chaeto, gracilaria, ulva, halymenia, blue ochtodes, bubble algae, film algaes on teh rocks, cyanobacteria, and even toxic dinoflagellates. They're the only creature I know of that can eat dinoflagellates and live to tell the tale - I lost over half a dozen tangs due to them picking at algae on my rockwork and ingesting dinoflagellates.
The two rabbits voraciously eat anything offered. If I am in the room, they are in the front of the tank and pace back and forth until I come and feed them. In QT I've been feeding them exclusively NLS pellets and nothing else.
When the first one I got was in my display before being taken out while the tank is being moved and set back up, it took a few weeks for it to start picking at the foods I gave it, and once it started eating pellets, it got bolder and bolder. It will literally eat out of my hand now, and the newer one is still wary but is starting to come around.
As for eating coral, that's a negatory. They're definitely algaevores in the wild, and are far and above any surgeonfish for algae control and prevention. They'll eat any and all macroalgae presented to them - hair algae, bryopsis, chaeto, gracilaria, ulva, halymenia, blue ochtodes, bubble algae, film algaes on teh rocks, cyanobacteria, and even toxic dinoflagellates. They're the only creature I know of that can eat dinoflagellates and live to tell the tale - I lost over half a dozen tangs due to them picking at algae on my rockwork and ingesting dinoflagellates.
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kacrocorals581
Gotta have that acro
I love my magnificent foxface my favorite fish
jedimasterben
Bubble coral sting good
That's more than fine.
Ah, ok, so it is the same length and width as a 72, but shorter. I agree then, it should be fine for a One Spot Foxface. I am not positive it is large enough for a Foxface Lo though (the "ordinary yellow" ones you are referring to). They get a bit larger than the One Spot.
jedimasterben
Bubble coral sting good
As far as their maximum wild-caught size, yes, they can vary by around 2-3" between all of the Siganus genus, but realistically in captivity they should all max out around the same size, 6-8".
jedimasterben
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Have you seen it take a dump yet? It's wicked. Both of mine crap out a lump about the size of a fat neon goby, and after the whole thing is out it disintegrates into the water! YUCK! lol
jedimasterben
Bubble coral sting good
Like I said above, in captivity there will be only a small difference in their maximum size, if there is any.
