Has anyone seen a large to xl foxface rabbitfish?
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Their thanks do look pretty healthy. If they live then it'll be worth the price. So far the CBB has gone somewhat unnoticed and the foxface is starting to hold it's own. I've got 2 mirrors taped around the tank to give them a better chance.
If I have to rehome the scopas so be it. My powder brown went full boar on him when not distracted with his reflection. I gotta say that fella is absolutely beautiful when he's all fired up. He looked painted.
I basically bought two fish I wanted to give the CBB a better chance on release from acclimation. So far it seems like it worked. The only question mark is the tomini started taking notice of him. Hopefully that'll die down after a few days.
If I have to rehome the scopas so be it. My powder brown went full boar on him when not distracted with his reflection. I gotta say that fella is absolutely beautiful when he's all fired up. He looked painted.
I basically bought two fish I wanted to give the CBB a better chance on release from acclimation. So far it seems like it worked. The only question mark is the tomini started taking notice of him. Hopefully that'll die down after a few days.
Feed like crazy (small amounts of course) to distract them more. They should make a large plastic fake tang or fish you can put in during the process to distract the fish even more. I'm surprised no one has come up with a "dummy" fish for this purpose? You can also print pictures of fish and tape them to the glass so it seems like you added 6 fish.
That would be a pretty cool idea lol. Maybe I’ll some pictures. I called AOA and they were super cool about bringing him back if need be when I explained the situation. I’m worried if I pull him the attention may turn to the CBB.
Fox face is fat but he’s just been pacing the glass. Hopefully he settles in to tank life soon. Nobody is really messing with him now though.
Fox face is fat but he’s just been pacing the glass. Hopefully he settles in to tank life soon. Nobody is really messing with him now though.
Not really. I used to be really strict about QT'ing fish but I never QT'd corals for the 76 day duration. I had really good success with QT for a while but for some reason my luck changed and I kept killing fish that appeared fine to me so I stopped that process. Felt like a slaughter house. I also felt I was putting them through extremely stressful meds like copper just to reintroduce them to a tank where coral was not qt'd for 76 days. Add to that extra time, costs and space of the qt and I got burnt.
I focus more on offering lots of quality food and boosting their immune system that way. LRS and Rod's Reef are my main foods. If mysis or brine I soak in selcon. I normally freshwater dip new additions to look for flukes but haven't done that on the last few out of laziness. I haven't had much issue treating for internal parasites in the DT with metro/focus.
I focus more on offering lots of quality food and boosting their immune system that way. LRS and Rod's Reef are my main foods. If mysis or brine I soak in selcon. I normally freshwater dip new additions to look for flukes but haven't done that on the last few out of laziness. I haven't had much issue treating for internal parasites in the DT with metro/focus.
