Livestock? Yes no...

celamb89 · 01/06/2011, 07:26 PM

Hello

i want to add a rabbitfish to my tank and just want to make sure it will be a good acquisition.
I have a 150gal DT with mostly LPS one SPS and some shrooms and xenia and in the future a RBTA. Right now I have 2 ocellaris 1orangeshoulder tang and 1sixline wrasse
so what do u guys think? The fish arrives to the LFS on Monday and is eating and seems healthy

thanks for sharing

SushiGirl · 01/06/2011, 08:14 PM

Sometimes some of them eat corals.

lilalove · 01/06/2011, 08:43 PM

Yes, my rabbitfish liked to eat polyps and brains. I nicknamed it Zombie before I finally caught it and returned to the LFS.

celamb89 · 01/06/2011, 09:08 PM

:S ... So do they all eat corals? Because I have a lobo coral I don't want it to become dinner! Hahah now I'm thinking it's better out of the tank. Any other experiences?

Zombie, haha good one

bigdoug · 01/06/2011, 09:13 PM

I have had a Foxface in my 125 for 2 months now and have not seen it touch any polyps. From what i understand its hit or miss.

tmgrash · 01/06/2011, 09:15 PM

Mine nipped at my sps

celamb89 · 01/07/2011, 08:47 PM

just added the bugger... after reading some on the fish (blue linned rabbitfish) it seems its hit or miss... if it starts nipping on something its going back 2 the LFS

thanks for the help

m2434 · 01/07/2011, 11:36 PM

What kind of rabbit? Foxedface rabbits are usually excellent. Mine was always my favorite fish until I lost him and others due to a heater malfunction

Great personality. They're mainly herbivores, so they don't tend to eat corals. They do however, graze algae and can nip at algae and algae films on corals. If they are fed well though, they are really pretty safe though.

Great grazer, much better than tangs in that regard.

Would really like another one, maybe soon....

tkeracer619 · 01/07/2011, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SushiGirl

Sometimes some of them eat corals.

Yup its hit or miss

droth335 · 01/08/2011, 07:15 AM

My foxface occassionally nips the heads off of pulsing xenia but as fast as that stuff grows I don't begrudge him a snack now and then. I have never noticed him nipping any other corals and I have a lot of sps/lps.

celamb89 · 01/08/2011, 08:11 PM

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What kind of rabbit? Foxedface rabbits are usually excellent. Mine was always my favorite fish until I lost him and others due to a heater malfunction

Sorry about the loss, i would hate to lose anything to some malfunction :S... hope u get a new one soon

... I have the blue linned rabbitfish or scribbled rabbitfish, i love the colors

... after introducing it, it was a bit stressed but ate a few flakes. Today it was eating like crazy and showing no signs of stress

... it has not nipped any corals but im on the lookout for any missing parts...

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My foxface occassionally nips the heads off of pulsing xenia but as fast as that stuff grows I don't begrudge him a snack now and then. I have never noticed him nipping any other corals and I have a lot of sps/lps.

hahah my xenia is actuallly growing "slow" but i think it will start growing like crazy one day and if he nips at the xenia i wouldnt get to mad either,

Pmoss · 01/08/2011, 08:27 PM

In my experience.......

the coral is eaten in the quest for the algae around it. I always keep romaine on an acrylic rod in my tank for my foxface and he's never touched any coral. Keep them well fed and most people seem to be okay imho

01/06/2011, 07:26 PM	#1
celamb89 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Live in Mexico, from AustinTX Posts: 869	Livestock? Yes no... Hello i want to add a rabbitfish to my tank and just want to make sure it will be a good acquisition. I have a 150gal DT with mostly LPS one SPS and some shrooms and xenia and in the future a RBTA. Right now I have 2 ocellaris 1orangeshoulder tang and 1sixline wrasse so what do u guys think? The fish arrives to the LFS on Monday and is eating and seems healthy thanks for sharing __________________ CEL

01/06/2011, 08:43 PM	#3
lilalove Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 462	Yes, my rabbitfish liked to eat polyps and brains. I nicknamed it Zombie before I finally caught it and returned to the LFS. __________________ Karina For mad scientists who keep brains in jars, here's a tip: why not add a slice of lemon to each jar, for freshness? - Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey Current Tank Info: 180 gallon reef, 55 gallon sump and refugium

01/06/2011, 09:08 PM	#4
celamb89 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Live in Mexico, from AustinTX Posts: 869	:S ... So do they all eat corals? Because I have a lobo coral I don't want it to become dinner! Hahah now I'm thinking it's better out of the tank. Any other experiences? Zombie, haha good one __________________ CEL

01/06/2011, 09:13 PM	#5
bigdoug Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 337	I have had a Foxface in my 125 for 2 months now and have not seen it touch any polyps. From what i understand its hit or miss. __________________ 125g, T5HO 12x39 (8 blue, 4 10k), Eshops 30g sump w/ dual Rio 2500 returns, Bubble Mangus NAC-7 skimmer.

01/06/2011, 09:15 PM	#6
tmgrash Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 580	Mine nipped at my sps __________________ Travis Grasha 240 gal with Aquaillumination LED's

01/06/2011, 08:14 PM	#2
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Sometimes some of them eat corals.

01/07/2011, 08:47 PM	#7
celamb89 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Live in Mexico, from AustinTX Posts: 869	just added the bugger... after reading some on the fish (blue linned rabbitfish) it seems its hit or miss... if it starts nipping on something its going back 2 the LFS thanks for the help __________________ CEL

01/07/2011, 11:36 PM	#8
m2434 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,171	What kind of rabbit? Foxedface rabbits are usually excellent. Mine was always my favorite fish until I lost him and others due to a heater malfunction Great personality. They're mainly herbivores, so they don't tend to eat corals. They do however, graze algae and can nip at algae and algae films on corals. If they are fed well though, they are really pretty safe though. Great grazer, much better than tangs in that regard. Would really like another one, maybe soon.... __________________ Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there. ~Richard Feynman

01/08/2011, 07:15 AM	#10
droth335 Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Iowa Posts: 794	My foxface occassionally nips the heads off of pulsing xenia but as fast as that stuff grows I don't begrudge him a snack now and then. I have never noticed him nipping any other corals and I have a lot of sps/lps. __________________ Dave Current Tank Info: 210 sps dominant reef: 40g sump, kalk,4 reefbreeder photon 32's ; 300DD mixed reef with 180 gallon sump, 4 Reefbreeder Photon 32's.

01/08/2011, 08:27 PM	#12
Pmoss Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Pottsgrove,PA Posts: 74	In my experience....... the coral is eaten in the quest for the algae around it. I always keep romaine on an acrylic rod in my tank for my foxface and he's never touched any coral. Keep them well fed and most people seem to be okay imho __________________ 195 Glass Cage in wall

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