One spot foxface

[Smithjm5]

I'm setting up a new tank a 65G and I have been researching fish, and the main fish I want as a "show fish" if you will is the one spot, I've been researching on live aquaria and here, but don't know a ton about them so I was wondering if anyone has experience with them on here? Are there certain fish they don't get along with well? Are they picky eaters? Any and all info is helpful.

 

[Neebles]

I have one. He gets along with everyone, and eats everything. He doesn't pick on any coral either. My only complaint is he is a big baby, he hides when I come near the tank. I suppose he will stop after a while, but it's been a good 6 weeks.

 

Be aware, when they are scared/stressed they will fade and turn blackish gray, scared me the first time I saw it as I thought he was dead.

[jestep]

I've had 6 foxfaces total, 2 one spots, 2 yellow, a bicolor, and a virgatus, 5 of which I've rehomed, and one I lost to a pencil urchin collapsing my entire rockwork in the middle of the night. Awesome fish, great personality, but will definitely outgrow your tank. I'll take them over any tang in personality. This is one fish I have to completely disagree with LA's suggested tank size on. They're fine as juveniles, but definitely need a very large tank once mature. I have had to rehome all of them from my 90 gallon as it's not even close to enough room once they're close to mature. The one spots both got to 5" in under a year. They have a ton of energy and require a lot of food to keep them healthy at that size.

 

Otherwise, they get along with everyone including tangs, I haven't tried multiple at the same time though. They aren't normally shy. Once they settle in, they will normally follow your movement when you're walking around the tank. They definitely entice shy fish out into the open. They have never touched coral for me. They eat any nuisance macro in the tank including GHA, bryopsis, bubble algae, and caulerpa recemosa, as well as any pellet or frozen food you add.

 

Basically, they're the perfect fish IMO, but they just have too much energy and eat way too much to keep for long term. If you can rehome one once they get past 3 - 4", go for it, otherwise I would go with a bristletooth (Ctenochaetus) tang if you want to keep it in there forever.

[Smithjm5]

I have one. He gets along with everyone, and eats everything. He doesn't pick on any coral either. My only complaint is he is a big baby, he hides when I come near the tank. I suppose he will stop after a while, but it's been a good 6 weeks.

 

Be aware, when they are scared/stressed they will fade and turn blackish gray, scared me the first time I saw it as I thought he was dead.

Yea i read about them changing color when stressed, thanks for the info!

 

I've had 6 foxfaces total, 2 one spots, 2 yellow, a bicolor, and a virgatus, 5 of which I've rehomed, and one I lost to a pencil urchin collapsing my entire rockwork in the middle of the night. Awesome fish, great personality, but will definitely outgrow your tank. I'll take them over any tang in personality. This is one fish I have to completely disagree with LA's suggested tank size on. They're fine as juveniles, but definitely need a very large tank once mature. I have had to rehome all of them from my 90 gallon as it's not even close to enough room once they're close to mature. The one spots both got to 5" in under a year. They have a ton of energy and require a lot of food to keep them healthy at that size.

 

Otherwise, they get along with everyone including tangs, I haven't tried multiple at the same time though. They aren't normally shy. Once they settle in, they will normally follow your movement when you're walking around the tank. They definitely entice shy fish out into the open. They have never touched coral for me. They eat any nuisance macro in the tank including GHA, bryopsis, bubble algae, and caulerpa recemosa, as well as any pellet or frozen food you add.

 

Basically, they're the perfect fish IMO, but they just have too much energy and eat way too much to keep for long term. If you can rehome one once they get past 3 - 4", go for it, otherwise I would go with a bristletooth (Ctenochaetus) tang if you want to keep it in there forever.

They sound like a model citizen, If I did go with one I didn't plan on keeping them in there long term as I figured they'd outgrow my tank, thanks for the write up haha, really helps! Do you still have that rabbitfish in your sig? Awesome looking fish