Trapping Fox Face

[daniella3d]

don't forget that the dorsal fin is poison on these fish, so be carefull how you handle it!

Originally Posted by Enigma

Thanks, Daniella.

If I find a small enough one, I may not need to remove it. My next upgrade is coming on my 40th birthday in February (happy birthday to me ). In the event it does get too big too fast, I'll replace it with another small one. I've got some ideas as to how make trapping easier: in the event I need to do it.

We have a crazy abundance of Mexican Turbos out here. If you purchase any corals from this neck of the woods, maybe a couple could be tossed in the shipment for you.

[Enigma]

So, I got my itty bitty one spot fox face today. He's the same one I saw back on the 11th. He's safely in the QT, and he's all "camoed" with his spines stickin' out. I'm hoping that he chills out a bit . . . soon. He is not happy. He had been at the store for three weeks, so I'm hoping that bodes well for his health. He looks good.

The first thing he did was nip a Kenya tree frag (I'll move the frags out when I start ParaGuard). He has a veggie clip with nori . . . I'd think that would be more palatable.

Good thing I'm going to enter the nano contest . . . I may have to move all of my corals into it. As long as he eats bryopsis, I'll tolerate just about anything from him!

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Enigma

So, I got my itty bitty one spot fox face today. He's the same one I saw back on the 11th. He's safely in the QT, and he's all "camoed" with his spines stickin' out. I'm hoping that he chills out a bit . . . soon. He is not happy. He had been at the store for three weeks, so I'm hoping that bodes well for his health. He looks good.

The first thing he did was nip a Kenya tree frag (I'll move the frags out when I start ParaGuard). He has a veggie clip with nori . . . I'd think that would be more palatable.

Good thing I'm going to enter the nano contest . . . I may have to move all of my corals into it. As long as he eats bryopsis, I'll tolerate just about anything from him!

lots of nori will keep him away from corals


his camo will def die down once hes settled, they can be a bit skitish so nothing to worry about

[Enigma]

I just snuck into the bathroom on him . . . He's camo free, but not bright yellow yet.

I'm going to have to watch him . . . He's in the same tank as the duncan and was checking it out a little too closely.

[Skimmerking]

Shelley how i catch mine all the time is after lights out the foxface would hang up by the top. I would use ared light fish cant see the red light at night. then slowly get the net into the tank wait about 30 sec move into the area and bang. you have him in the net.

[gregzz4]

Give your new Fox time to get used to you - ours calmed down pretty quick
Smudge was in a 20g observation for just over 2 weeks
I spent as much time as possible around the tank and hand fed nori. He got used to me fairly quickly but still freaks out in the DT sometimes
He gets pellets for breakfast, mysis for dinner, and nori every 2 to 3 days
He's never bothered any of my corals and we have softies, LPS and SPS

As far as netting goes, it is as easy as already stated, but I actually caught mine daytime with 2 nets

[emerald crab]

Mine have been with me for 4-5 years. He never touched any corals. (I have only SPS )