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Originally Posted by Delphinus
Question about boxfish and the risk they pose with their venom if stressed or perish ..
What do people do with boxfish? Keep them in a tank on their own? Live with the risk that if they kick off, they might take the tank with them? Or is the risk of that overstated? Or is the strategy, run loads of carbon, and hope to heck you get it in time, in case of something bad happening?
Ok I guess that's more than one question. But it's kinda all related... 
I know people have these .. maybe mostly in FOWLR tanks.. so would love to hear people's thoughts on these. |
I've had three box fishes in all my time with salt water. The first time I had one he lived for quite a while (3 years?) in a FOWLR before I had to shut down that tank and move
The second one I had did not last long at all. He got ich so bad it enveloped his entire body and nothing I did helped the poor guy. My third and final box fish I got a few months ago?. I think you might have seen him when you were here a couple of times ago? Anyway, he was a huge mistake in my tank. There was way way too much flow in that tank for him. He just kept getting whisked around the tank. He would find calm spots and hover there, but whenever he tried to venture out, whoosh! Round and round he went. I was going to give him up to a new home but sadly I was too late and he didn't make it
Neither deaths resulted in any adverse effects in my tank(s) though. None that I noticed anyway. My conclusion is, they are really poor swimmers. If they are weak they will get stuck to powerheads and or overflows grills.
I have seen them thrive in the odd tank here and there though.