Is this normal?

I bought a small Foxface Rabbitfish last week. Lately, he's been staying hidden
in the rock during the day. I rarely see him (I did today, so I know he's still
alive). He seems to be well fed, but I would rather he were eating the visible
algae than the stuff under the rock.

George Patterson
If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess
to anything.

Yes this is pretty much normal. Mine comes out when I drop some seaweed in
the tank but for the most part he stays hidden. Also, he doesn't eat
anything the other fish eat ,he sticks to the seaweed and algae. Once in a
while I'll see him eat some zoo plankton, but as far as brine or mysis... he
sticks with the veggies.
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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I bought a small Foxface Rabbitfish last week. Lately, he's been staying
hidden in the rock during the day. I rarely see him (I did today, so I know
he's still alive). He seems to be well fed, but I would rather he were
eating the visible algae than the stuff under the rock.

George Patterson
If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess
to anything.

Peter licker and Gerorge the ****** ..What the **** do you think
like a spent turd for, the foxface is a ****ing veggie eater not a
mysid or meat eater, but ****IN VEGGIES you dumb ****! Get with the
mother ****ing program assholes......even missy Wayne sallee knows
that , I think..all the ****ing world loves a god dam dum
ass......thats why God created Pszemol and Kurt for! duh duh duh duh.
Toss a head of romaine lettuce in there and be done feeding for a
month.....and quit your ****ing bitchin assholes.

On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:06:15 -0400, "Peter Pan"
wrote:

Yes this is pretty much normal. Mine comes out when I drop some seaweed in
the tank but for the most part he stays hidden. Also, he doesn't eat
anything the other fish eat ,he sticks to the seaweed and algae. Once in a
while I'll see him eat some zoo plankton, but as far as brine or mysis... he
sticks with the veggies.
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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I bought a small Foxface Rabbitfish last week. Lately, he's been staying
hidden in the rock during the day. I rarely see him (I did today, so I know
he's still alive). He seems to be well fed, but I would rather he were
eating the visible algae than the stuff under the rock.

George Patterson
If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess
to anything.

Peter Pan wrote:
Yes this is pretty much normal.

Thanks. I'm counting on him to reduce the hair algae in my tank. Do I have to
feed him anything else, or can he just munch on that?

George Patterson
If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess
to anything.

The Foxface is a grazer fish. he'll eat through out the day. I usually put a
piece of seaweed in the tank on Monday, Tuesdays, he fends for himself i.e.
eat my algae, .. Wed back on the seaweed.. ect ect..
Sometimes I notice he devours the seaweed in a few minutes.. I then add
another peice to the tank.
I also found if I fold the seaweed up into a square, and place it on a clip.
the foxface is unable to tear it off to have the seaweed floating in the
water.. ( just a tip)
I have he purple seaweed as well as green, The purple claims to have more
protein then the green. So I alternate his feedings..
If the hair algae gets out of control, a good clean up crew will also do the
trick. Some blue claw hermits, emerald crabs and a few turbo snails do
nicely. Some folk like red claw hermits, in their clean up crew.. I never
bought any, the blues do a good job so.. Also I'm not sure what the
difference is in terms of how much or what they eat.




"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Peter Pan wrote:
Yes this is pretty much normal.

Thanks. I'm counting on him to reduce the hair algae in my tank. Do I have
to feed him anything else, or can he just munch on that?

George Patterson
If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess
to anything.

Peter Pan wrote:

If the hair algae gets out of control, a good clean up crew will also do the
trick. Some blue claw hermits, emerald crabs and a few turbo snails do
nicely. Some folk like red claw hermits, in their clean up crew.. I never
bought any, the blues do a good job so.. Also I'm not sure what the
difference is in terms of how much or what they eat.

I've had both. The reds are more omnivorous and seem to fight more than the
blues. I haven't tried emerald crabs but none of the others last long for me.
Dunno why. The blues last the longest, though. Several months, at any rate.

George Patterson
If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess
to anything.