one spot fox-face reef safe?

[Noah Hemingway]

I am in the process of making the stock list for my 5 foot 120 gallon reef tank! I would like to have a one spot foxface but I have heard mixed reviews on how they are with Zoas? I have a beautiful zoa garden I would hate to lose & there are other soft corals & Palys that are going to be added to the tank... is it too risky? Or are they usually okay?

 

[Soren]

I am in the process of making the stock list for my 5 foot 120 gallon reef tank! I would like to have a one spot foxface but I have heard mixed reviews on how they are with Zoas? I have a beautiful zoa garden I would hate to lose & there are other soft corals & Palys that are going to be added to the tank... is it too risky? Or are they usually okay?

This is only based on my research, not personal experience, but I have heard that typically foxfaces only eat corals when they are allowed to get hungry. If you keep a good supply of algae (either growing or provided in sheets), I have read that they do not bother corals.

I plan to include a foxface (or 2) in my build, and hope to grow out ulva sea lettuce in my sump as a supplementary food source to what grows in the display and to dried nori sheets. I'll find out if there are any problems with coral consumption...

 

[Noah Hemingway]

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This is only based on my research, not personal experience, but I have heard that typically foxfaces only eat corals when they are allowed to get hungry. If you keep a good supply of algae (either growing or provided in sheets), I have read that they do not bother corals.

I plan to include a foxface (or 2) in my build, and hope to grow out ulva sea lettuce in my sump as a supplementary food source to what grows in the display and to dried nori sheets. I'll find out if there are any problems with coral consumption...

thought so! thanks for your help

 

[MugenReef95]

Yeh man i have a one spot foxface in a tank filled with euphillya and never had a problem with him but i always gave him a sheet of nori every day and feed couple times through the day

 

[sp1187]

I have a Lo, and I see him occasionally picking at corals, but not enough to cause any long term issues with them.