To Foxface or Not to Foxface
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aquaknight
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Should definitely work. I have heard of Kole's not welcoming newcomers, but that is rare. Just make sure the lights are off for a couple hours after you add the Foxface.
BTW, there are a couple types of Foxfaces, which is this guy?
BTW, there are a couple types of Foxfaces, which is this guy?
crypt keeper
Active Member
Do it!
I want a magnificent so badly
I want a magnificent so badly
renogaw
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Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/2970012
Should definitely work. I have heard of Kole's not welcoming newcomers, but that is rare. Just make sure the lights are off for a couple hours after you add the Foxface.
BTW, there are a couple types of Foxfaces, which is this guy?
regular yellow one.
http:///forum/post/2970012
Should definitely work. I have heard of Kole's not welcoming newcomers, but that is rare. Just make sure the lights are off for a couple hours after you add the Foxface.
BTW, there are a couple types of Foxfaces, which is this guy?
regular yellow one.
cleve_seahorse
Member
I would love a foxface...but alas, not horse compatible
renogaw
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leftyblite
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Awesome fish. One of my favorites. My wife and daughter like his camo mode better than regular though.
king_neptune
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I voted no to go against the grain^^
R
rcreations
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One of my favorite fish!
spanko
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Ren, I have had (4) in my 29 biocube. I purchase them small at around 2" and return them to th LFS at aroun 3.5", with fat belly's and in good shape. I use them to control Caulerpa outbreaks. Just took # 4 back to the LFS last night. They are great fish, will eat anything algae wise, docile and sociable.
DO EET!
DO EET!
fishlawyer
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Love Em!
renogaw
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Spot is in the DT after a few weeks QT. Put him/her in last night when the lights were off, and two corals and a rock were on my sand this morning...
then all of a sudden... splish splash
Kole tang with caludal (sp?) fin whacking foxface, foxface all spikey and discolored pokin at kole tang...
they've calmed down and are friends now, but both have some damage from the experience...
then all of a sudden... splish splash
Kole tang with caludal (sp?) fin whacking foxface, foxface all spikey and discolored pokin at kole tang...
they've calmed down and are friends now, but both have some damage from the experience...
renogaw
Active Member
ok, having a little trouble with the foxface. It was missing half it's tail fin, and didn't eat much for a week in the QT. since then, its been eating decently and the fin has grown back most of the way, but i noticed yesterday that it still seems a little thin.
I've fed it what i normally feed my fish (sera flakes, mysid shrimp, home made mush) and all my other fish are nicely fat. I have been putting in sheets of sea veggies, and while the tang likes to eat a little of it, i end up taking most of it out before it clogs up my pumps...but the foxface doesnt touch em.
he's not nipping the corals, not chewing on the algae growing on the rock/glass like the tang does.
what else should i try to get him to eat?
I've fed it what i normally feed my fish (sera flakes, mysid shrimp, home made mush) and all my other fish are nicely fat. I have been putting in sheets of sea veggies, and while the tang likes to eat a little of it, i end up taking most of it out before it clogs up my pumps...but the foxface doesnt touch em.
he's not nipping the corals, not chewing on the algae growing on the rock/glass like the tang does.
what else should i try to get him to eat?
spanko
Active Member
But he is eating the other food? If so just give him some time, he will fatten up. Keep trying the sheets, and watching to see if he is munching at all on the algae in the rockwork. Probably still a little freaked from the initial introduction. IME they are quite skittish to begin with and couple that with a minor war in the beginning well probably needs some time.