Long Horn cow fish!!!

[jjlazo]

I just bought a long horn cow fish, it's been in the tank for two days it's eating, but I did a research and found that this fish might be harmful to tank mates if they release toxic liquid from his body,,can anybody give me any advise,, I have about 8 non-agressive fish in the tank

 

[leo ent]

Hey, it only will release unless if feelt threaten, or stress, if. Ur tank mates r not aggressive your good, I was looking for a cow fish, their very interesting, esp when their hungry, they'll squirt water from the top of the tank too let you know

 

[leo ent]

How big is the cow fish?

 

[Red Terror]

don't worry it'll only happen if the cowfish is attacked or something, and even so it probably won't kill the other fish

 

[THEDLO]

if the tank is small then i would worry. but if its pretty big then its nothing a water change cant fix.

 

[daisy]

So I googled this fish to learn some more about it, and it seems that it does not usually secrete this toxin unless it is severely stressed out.

That said, there were two facts of note I wanted to share with you -

1. This fish can be very stressed out by cleaner shrimp, which could irritate it so much that the fish can become sick and die.

2. The toxin this fish secretes is comparable to the toxin that sea cucumbers secrete - and I have seen first-hand the demise of a sea cucumber causing the death of every fish in a HUGE and wonderful tank, save the sand-burying wrasses and (remarkably?) two clown fish.

It seems like if you can provide a stress-free comfortable environment for it and feed it a few times a day, it should be quite happy. Just keep an eye on it

btw - the articles also said that as they get older, they need to eat foods that will help to wear their teeth down....

 

[THEDLO]

wow please disregard my post. thats scary, how long did it take for the fishs to die cause of that cucumber?

So I googled this fish to learn some more about it, and it seems that it does not usually secrete this toxin unless it is severely stressed out.

That said, there were two facts of note I wanted to share with you -

1. This fish can be very stressed out by cleaner shrimp, which could irritate it so much that the fish can become sick and die.

2. The toxin this fish secretes is comparable to the toxin that sea cucumbers secrete - and I have seen first-hand the demise of a sea cucumber causing the death of every fish in a HUGE and wonderful tank, save the sand-burying wrasses and (remarkably?) two clown fish.

It seems like if you can provide a stress-free comfortable environment for it and feed it a few times a day, it should be quite happy. Just keep an eye on it

btw - the articles also said that as they get older, they need to eat foods that will help to wear their teeth down....

 

[daisy]

Man, it was horrible. I don't know how similar the toxin of the cowfish is to the cucumber, but the cuke died some time over the weekend, and the tank was tank of death Monday morning

We were mighty surprised anybody survived.

The corals were not really impacted at all. Clearly it attacks a system/systems that corals lack... Truly, truly sad. It had to have happened overnight.

One thing to consider - the cowfish is small, the cucumber was large. But still... It was in a really large tank...

 

[THEDLO]

Man, it was horrible. I don't know how similar the toxin of the cowfish is to the cucumber, but the cuke died some time over the weekend, and the tank was tank of death Monday morning

We were mighty surprised anybody survived.

The corals were not really impacted at all. Clearly it attacks a system/systems that corals lack... Truly, truly sad. It had to have happened overnight.

One thing to consider - the cowfish is small, the cucumber was large. But still... It was in a really large tank...

wow...thats quick

 

[jjlazo]

thanks guys for your comments, my Long Horn cowfish is doing great, and aeting a lot,,he is very interesting fish

 

[THEDLO]

pics!

 

[jjlazo]

This is My Long Horn Cowfish

I bought last week, so far is doing great and eating like a pig

 

[THEDLO]

soooo cute!!!! i hope to see a video soon!

 

[jjlazo]

I have a video, I might upload tomorrow

 

[THEDLO]

kk cant wait! might have found my next fish!

 

[cthoughts1]

Nice fish.. Goes well with the pineapple you have there aw well.. Does he nip on any corals or anything? Reef safe?

 

[jjlazo]

get it, they're so cute, and when I get close to the thank, he swimp up and down asking for food

 

[jjlazo]

Cthoughts1: I have fish tnak only tank, only few hermit crabs, snails, and lobster, nothing have happend to them yet, I also have a "valentine puffer" never eat any hermit crab

 

[jjlazo]

Can somebody tell why I can't upload video, it say file error, am trying to upload Long horn cowfish video