Dez' Tank Journal

[H2o2]

The best of all is it is a family tank and a beautiful one by the way

[Ram3500]

I can't wait to go through all 98 pages of your journal tomorrow when I'am busy at work

[Dez]

Shoebox in front if my clam for size reference.

[kien]

Are you ever tempted to BBQ that bad boy?

[Dez]

Originally Posted by kien

Are you ever tempted to BBQ that bad boy?

Yummy

[Dez]

New addition last week. It's eating flake food already.

[asylumdown]

Amazeballs!

Be prepared, those little guys turn in to giant food vacuuming machines! 50% of the food that goes in my tank is specifically for my cowfish, and he's still always hungry. If I don't give him his morning clams (yes, plural) on time, he'll take it out on me by munching on the tips of my favourite acro colony.

They also LOVE nori once they figure out they can eat it.

best advice I can give you, they bigger they get, the bigger they seem to prefer their food. Mine absolutely loves Ocean Nutrition's formula one gel cubes. He's the only fish in the tank that will eat it, so when he was small I used to cut a single cube in half when I fed frozen in the evening, but now that he's over 10 inches from horn to tail he'll eat an entire cube of it in 2 slurps.

[craigwmiller]

Originally Posted by Dez

New addition last week. It's eating flake food already.

Nadine wants you to take him out of your tank and bring it over here

[Dez]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

Amazeballs!

Be prepared, those little guys turn in to giant food vacuuming machines! 50% of the food that goes in my tank is specifically for my cowfish, and he's still always hungry. If I don't give him his morning clams (yes, plural) on time, he'll take it out on me by munching on the tips of my favourite acro colony.

They also LOVE nori once they figure out they can eat it.

best advice I can give you, they bigger they get, the bigger they seem to prefer their food. Mine absolutely loves Ocean Nutrition's formula one gel cubes. He's the only fish in the tank that will eat it, so when he was small I used to cut a single cube in half when I fed frozen in the evening, but now that he's over 10 inches from horn to tail he'll eat an entire cube of it in 2 slurps.

Good to know. Thanks for all of the tips and tricks. I bought it pretty much as soon as he landed. It didn't eat for a couple of days but learned quickly. Already he's super curious. That's how I got the picture. I had my phone out and he came snooping so I snapped a picture of him with my phone. I don't ever do much with my tank so this guy is kind of exciting. I'm too scared of diseases to add any corals or fish to my tank. Knock on wood I think this guy was a perfect addition.

[asylumdown]

Yah just be careful with them. They don't seem like they are very agile, but when spooked they can bolt with a surprising amount of speed. Mine ended up inside my overflow box once, which would have required getting his entire body a full inch out of the water. He lost 2/3 of his tail in the process and it's still growing back.

Also, they're very easy to train to eat out of your hand. However, they can and will draw blood if they mistake your fingers for something delicious, like mine just did a few minutes ago when I was feeding it krill. Their lips are outrageously soft, and then they bite down. Ouch.