Cowfish

[thepudge]

I demand we start talking about how awesome cowfish are.

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[reefman]

moo

 

[inline6]

mmmmm
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Seriously, they are very neat. I had one myself - difficult to get to eat.

 

[thepudge]

Yeah, I think I got lucky with mine. He only seems to eat formula 2 flake food and nori... not that i'm complaining, but he's started to ignore everything else.

 

[inline6]

I had to dump a ton of food to get 2-4 bites.
This went on for about a month before he was fully acclimated to the foods I was giving it.

 

[cybermeez]

Are they reef safe? I assume one would make scampi out of my cleaner shrimp.

 

[thepudge]

Not reef-safe... Right now my little 2 inches is the first and only resident in my 75 FOWLR.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Be careful with cowfish, they can release toxins when stressed or when they die. Some are more toxic than others and their size matters in relation to the volume of water, but they all release toxins. Cool fish though, the southern australian boxes are by far the coolest I have ever seen and super rare. They require pretty cold water too.

 

[chazertis]

i'm sorry but i'm going to have to say it...

did someone say...more cowbell???

 

[Liz]

THEY make a GRUNTING noise when caught & because they swim so slow you can catch them by hand....or so I have been told:biglaugh: