Is Foxface Reef Safe?

[scarolinaguy20]

I was wanting one and just wonder if anyone has any experience with a foxface in a reef tank?

 

[anonome]

I have a 125g reef tank. It has mostly LPS, softies (leathers, zoas, and mushrooms), RBTA, and 2 crocea clams. My scribbled rabbitfish and foxface have been perfect reef fish. So, yes in my view they are reef safe with these type of corals.
Of course, I also feed my fish 2x's a day. This may help with picking at corals, not sure, but I believe that a fish that is not hungry is more likely to not go after corals.

 

[a sea k]

I've posted on several threads about my foxface being reef safe. I've had him for 1 yr 10months and he has nevered bothered any of the LPS corals I have in my tank until recently. About 2 weeks ago I acquired a Duncan. It opened nicely and I was very pleased with the new coral but began to notice it and an Octo coral I have started staying closed up. It took some patient watching but I have seen the foxface nibbling on the Duncan, not frequently but enough and I'm certain it will intensify with a little more time. I have not seen him nibble on the Octo yet but I suspect he is the culprit.
I'm not sure if the addition of the Duncan brought on this behavoiur or not. He is fed a variety of meaty food 1X daily and also gets nori daily and is quite healthy.

 

[rcreations]

My foxface has been reef safe as far as coral. But he does like to munch on a pincushion urchin. Otherwise perfectly reef safe.

 

[hmcklveen]

I have one in my 75 gallon the yellow fox face and all i have is zoas and he hasn't touched any of them he has been in the tank for about a year and a half now. I have heard it depends on that particular fish some will and some wont. I'd start with some inexpensive corals and see how he does and then go from there

 

[calaxa]

Foxface is not known to bother any corals. Of course, individual specimens might nip once in awhile. My tangs check the flavor of some polyps once in a blue moon. Then again, they like to pilfer the food that my anemones catch as well.