csababubbles
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Lee,
Have you ever kept any boxfish/cowfish in your tanks?
Have you ever kept any boxfish/cowfish in your tanks?
boxfish/cowfish
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balogh03
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Could I just chime in on what species?
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The Apprentice
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Lactoria cornuta
Hi Csababubbles I have a Lactoria cornuta/ Longhorn Cowfish I have had it since it was a grape in size. If you decide to get one this small you need a slow current tank as they will get stuck to power heads or any strong flow device, This species grows real large Mine is now 4~5" after having for almost 4 years they get along with Wrasses,Tangs,clowns,Mine has over this time taken one bite out of a toad stool and a yellow leather coral. It has left LPS alone and Anomes alone.
Would not trust it with clams
They have a great Personality about them they always watch you this one would require a large tank over time. Mine is in a 150 gallon Reef It is my Wife's personal baby I have to watch as it likes to bite me when ever I am working in the tank! This one Eats Nori,Scallops, Mysis shrimp and big prepaired foods
Lastly here is some eye shots
Hope this helps...Jeff
Hi Csababubbles I have a Lactoria cornuta/ Longhorn Cowfish I have had it since it was a grape in size. If you decide to get one this small you need a slow current tank as they will get stuck to power heads or any strong flow device, This species grows real large Mine is now 4~5" after having for almost 4 years they get along with Wrasses,Tangs,clowns,Mine has over this time taken one bite out of a toad stool and a yellow leather coral. It has left LPS alone and Anomes alone.
Would not trust it with clams
They have a great Personality about them they always watch you this one would require a large tank over time. Mine is in a 150 gallon Reef It is my Wife's personal baby I have to watch as it likes to bite me when ever I am working in the tank! This one Eats Nori,Scallops, Mysis shrimp and big prepaired foods Lastly here is some eye shots
Hope this helps...Jeff
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csababubbles
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beautiful fish you got there Jeff. Do you have sponge filters on your powerheads to deal with the getting stuck issue?
I would eventually like to have one of the smaller species in my 125 tank in a few months so your insight on keeping yours is most appreciated.
I would eventually like to have one of the smaller species in my 125 tank in a few months so your insight on keeping yours is most appreciated.
The Apprentice
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I installed a remote 20 gallon nano tank tied to the sump on my 150 In this tank I have small gobies and some pistol shrimp I put it in this tank till it increased it size to about 1 1/2"
This tank had no power heads in it, All flow was thru lock line fittings they are pretty slow growers so If you have a smaller tank you will have 1-2 years before upgrading to the 125 tank
Good luck...Jeff
