Thinking about adding Lornhorn Cowfish

[aquasport24]

Wanting to add my last fish (Lornhorn Cowfish) to my 160g sps and zoas. Already have a naso tang,4 blue reef chromis, a sixline, pair of percula clowns,and a common cleaner wrasse. What do you think? How much reefsafe is it? I know it can cause some toxic if it dies but what else to watch out for? PROs and CONs .please.

 

[Sardaukar]

A lot of people think that the toxicity fades after a few months of captive care (must be something they eat in the wild that gives it to them) as plenty of people have had them die without nuking the tank.

They are really fun, personable fish that seem to get a lot of attention from non-hobbyists, but they can get BIG, don't really like super high flow tanks and can have trouble competing for food with fast, big eaters.

 

[surferboi2113]

I know its not exactly the same species, but i had a Cubicus in my tank a while ago that nuked my entire livestock. He was doing fine for a few weeks then one day the snails start falling off the glass and the fish all started tweaking, everything dead in about 10 minutes. it wasnt pretty...

On the other hand, i did have a small cowfish a few years back that did fine...so its definitely a toss up, but a nice fish.