Foxface ? Reef safe? Rabbitfish

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  1. jdameli1

    jdameli1 Torch Coral

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    Ive been clicking and reading on Bluezoo about different fish, really doing research and I came accross that foxfaces/rabbitfish might nip at corals. anyone else see this behavior?

    I have had mine probably about a year, and he is around 5 inches long, he has never nipped at anything and keeps my rocks spotless
     
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  2. Renee@LionfishLair

    Renee@LionfishLair 3reef Sponsor

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    Nope, mine never nipped either. Unless it was stealing food from the tubastrea. Every now and then it would get some of it's flesh. The little thief.
     
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  3. Pickupman66

    Pickupman66 Tassled File Fish

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    they are "reef safe". I did have one turn on an LTA once....pecked at the mouth till it spit its guts up and then it continued till it killed it.
     
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  4. jdameli1

    jdameli1 Torch Coral

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    I suppose it is just hit and miss then, I was just surprised to see it as a caution fish on bluezoo, mine is the nicest best algae eater in the tank!
     
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  5. nicodim55

    nicodim55 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    it is a hit or missed I had one in my reef and it had a taste for elegance, and acans:angry: I took it out and took it to the LFS now my acans are not open all the way. Hopefully they will recover.
     
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  6. patrick824

    patrick824 Montipora Digitata

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    Mine chows on GSP and xenia like it is his job... most people think thas a great thing haha
     
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  7. jdameli1

    jdameli1 Torch Coral

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    You got a smart one :)
     
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  8. bherbst

    bherbst Astrea Snail

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    I have had mine for a year with a LPS & Soft coral tank with no problems
     
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