So Adidas,
Did you break down & get a longhorn cowfish? They are cute. Too bad they're not reef-safe.
Darren,
Do a search on wetwebmedia & you will see lots of people who had their tanks wiped out by dying cowfish. Yes, cowfish are less toxic & less likely to exude Ostracitoxin than boxfish but there is still a risk, as these people found out. I'm glad that you & your friends had good luck with stressed out & dying cowfish without triggering this extreme reaction. My position is "why take a chance?" If I had a dying or stressed out cowfish, I would take it out just in case. I thought it would be prudent to mention this risk for those who are interested.
As for the LFS incident, the owner tried moving the fish that were still alive into other tanks & containers but eventually they still succumbed. That was a boxfish, not a cowfish, that died originally.
Anthony
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