Originally Posted by 95Harley
Do they develop those nice blues and colors or do they stayed faided out alot?
How would you compare tem to a Foxface? Think more than 1 can go in a 8' tank?
Look like a nice sub for a Yellow Tang without the risk of Ich.
Compared to a foxface.....they do get their blanched out look when frightened. Same as the foxface. Once established, they are very active, swim very, very fast. But overall, I like the coloring better. Mine has developed a lot of the blues in the striping. This picture does no justice to his coloring. Very much like the color of the ones you showed.
In a 8' tank I think you could introduce 2-3, so that they grow up together. I have tried to introduce another rabbitfish and mine has no parts of that. He has been in my tank for over a year. They are definately better than tangs in the aspect of "ick magnet". They eat a lot of veggies. He hits my algae strips like a pirrahna (sp?). Very aggressive in eating. I have stopped putting the strips on the clip, he just rips the clip and algae off it. I just put the strips in the tank and he goes for it. Quite a site, as the tangs and him demolish the strips pretty darn quick. I really think in an 8' tank you would be fine.
I honestly have no bad reports as far as this rabbitfish.
