Boxfish Nano

[salt nate]

I have a 10 gal tank that I wanted to do a reef and boxfish. Will a tank this small be hard to keep good water quality? Do I need to know anything in particular? I have 2 75 gallon reefs...
What kind of filter should I get? What corals can go with the boxfish?

 

[paintballer768]

Just curious, can boxfish/cowfish do ok in a <30 gallon reef? Very interesting fish

 

[subielover]

Aren't they the fish that if they die, everything dies?

 

[scottallert]

Originally Posted by subielover
http:///forum/post/2791640
Aren't they the fish that if they die, everything dies?

yup,
my lfs had a bout 10 box fish in a tank that looked like corn, they werent any bigger than a dime

 

[clownfish11]

No...you definatly can't have one in a 10gallon not sure if im 100% correct on how big then get, but im pretty sure they need like a 180-200gallon tank

 

[spanko]

They grow to +- 19 inches in the wild. Would say no to a 10 gallon.

 

[salt nate]

Oh! I thought there were some that stayed real small?

 

[reef_dart21]

See my little avatar? well it was little until it got as big as a dinner plate and i had to sell it.....

 

[freeborder_01]

yeah the wonders of cowfish, you see them in the fish store and they are always tiny tiny tiny but if you look online some of those babies get hugeeee not only that but if it gets too stressed it will nuke your tank

 

[nanomantis]

I am sure the yahtzee's (tiny little suckers) would be fine. Just dont have too much water flow and I wouldn't keep them with anyone else but their own kind so they don't get stressed. I don't know how large they get, but I do know they grow slowly. You will definetly have to move them to a larger tank or trade them out for a younger model at some point though.