foxfaces - cool underrated fish?

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timdam

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I think the foxface is a cool underrated fish by hobbyists? am i wrong?

i mean, they aren't that expensive. and everyone seems to be so in love with tangs over them. what are your thoughts?
 
I really wanted to get one myself but my local lfs said it would be a little wait for one. I got a regal tang instead. If I ever buy another fish it will be a foxface.
 
for me it's the uglyest fish but he is very hardy and he cleans my tank from almost every kind of algea that i hate!

he gets scared with his own shadow is another thing i don't like!
 
i like how their faces look like horses to me. but that's just me probably. they got cool colors on their face. tangs get all the credit in this hobby it seems.
 
they are great fish. Mine was very interactive, but unlike many people I QT'd all my fish and wouldn't put them into the display tank till they ate either flake or pellets and also would not put them into the tank till they weren't scared of people. All of my fished flocked to the front of the tank when I was around.

They are great algae eaters, atleast mine was.
 
timdam said:
i like how their faces look like horses to me. but that's just me probably. they got cool colors on their face. tangs get all the credit in this hobby it seems.
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I agree on the horse thing. I always thought they should be called zebrafaces. :spin1:

I love them, too. I had one with a great personality for a while until another fish introduced a parasite, and he was my favorite. Ate from my hand, never started fights and often seemed to even get between two fish who were fighting, and was an all around great fish. My second one was afraid of everything and I eventually just sold him because the tank mates spooked him. Now I can't get another because I have macro algae growing in my display (on purpose), but I will always love their faces and spikes, color combination, and the personality of my favorite one.
 
Great fish, look totally tropical, keep algae at bay, swim fronmt and center. I have 2, favourite fish. :)
 
I have had several and I have a 5 in. one spot now.
Great fish and algae eater.
Mine also seems to be a peacemaker and is front and center.

When it was small ( 2.5 in. 8 months ago) and in an open top tank , it would stick its snout out of the water and squirt water at me when I came near.

I have had a couple that were easily spooked and I was afraid they would die of fright they got so stressed when I put my hand in the tank.
 
I really never liked them,then I got one free with a aquarium I bought off a Fellow reefer.After having one,I think their a very cool fish and extremely hardy.
 
My Magnificent Foxface is well, magnificent. Oddly enough it "looks" like it wouldn't be a reef safe fish, however, that is far from the case. They are terrific community fish that are even a bit timid for their size.

Mine is the perfect gentleman.

Just keep in mind that they get fairly large and have venomous spines.
 
My mag. foxface sucks, I love the way they look but he is skittish and bullied my pinktail trigger to death, he chases the other fish but doesn't seem as aggressive if they are smaller than him. Plus he has a habit of spazzing out when scared, like when lights go on/off, water changes, etc and flies all over the tank, would have jumped out a couple times by now if I didn't have a cover.
 
wow i had a onespot foxface for about a year...just getting to big for my tank now (about 7-8inches) im giving him to a guy this weekend and funny enough if i can find another one 1-2" imma pick him up....great fish so awesome imo......mine was great he would eat nori out of my hand...didnt really eat the algae off the walls much....but meh my lawnmower blenny does that...

edit: forgot to mention..he was a crack up anytime i brought my camera to take pics of tank he would always get right in front of the camera i'd look at tank he'd get right up close look at me..
 
Yeah, my baby One Spot is a bit shy. But he & my Bicolor angel TOTALLY eliminated all the hair algae that grew after the Heater disaster. They even eat Cyano (Purple Slime) but not as much. One point I don't totally like is when feeling shy or insecure, they put on their night colors. Like certain butterflyfish..
BTW, wouldn't "BadgerFace" be more appropriate.
On the positive, much less hyper than a Tang. Not as Aggressive either..

Matthew
 
First of all they are great fish, I have had two and each time they were painfully shy until I added a sailfin tang. I would not have thought anything of it but it happened twice and as soon as the sailfin was added the shyness went away instantly.
 
I have a foxface relative, a blue spotted rabbitfish. Like foxfaces, also underrated, but a super fish. Good color, size, temperament. Mine is about 7-8", I raised it from a 2" baby. It is best buds with my emperor angel, they swim together. It blows bubbles at the surface. Hardy, a good eater. Not at all skittish.
 
I love my Mag. foxface. The white area is almost pearl. Very pretty. These fish have interesting camoflage when sleeping or stressed.
 
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