Foxface?

reefhead165 · #1 12/20/2007, 07:44 PM

Would a foxface be good to get rid of some hair algae or would other opinions be better? i don't like sea hare's, or snails b/c when they die i always get cyno

kimoy · #2 12/20/2007, 08:24 PM

I take tangsover a foxface eventhough I have tangs and a foxface in my reef

GrandeGixxer · #3 12/20/2007, 08:37 PM

I think the scribbled rabbitfish is a much better looking alternative to the foxface. I don't like the shape of the fox at all.

reefhead165 · #4 12/20/2007, 09:24 PM

Well i already have 2 tangs and they do nothing to the hair algae

freewilly2 · #5 12/20/2007, 11:28 PM

i have had both in the past, and the blue hippo tang and a yellow eye kole tang together did a good job. i have kept foxface in the past and all they would do is nibble at it.

kimoy · #6 12/20/2007, 11:42 PM

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Originally posted by reefhead165
Well i already have 2 tangs and they do nothing to the hair algae

what kind of tang do you have? every tang is different. my hippo and yellow are a lawnmower to any algae that decided to grow. my foxface only do it once in a while.

reefhead165 · #7 12/21/2007, 12:03 AM

i have a yellow and a blue hippo

newnano · #8 12/21/2007, 01:06 AM

i had a few foxface for a short period. and my yellow tangs beat them up so bad they called it quits within a week. but yes it did go after the ha. even the long stuff.

Red Sea Purple Tang · #9 12/21/2007, 01:41 AM

My Tangs (Naso, Purple) and Foxface (Magnificent) don't touch hair algae.

keithntracy · #10 12/21/2007, 05:52 AM

we have a 6 inch foxface, picks at rocks all day. but do some research, ours eats zoanthids also!

444reefkeeper · #11 12/21/2007, 02:10 PM

How often do you feed?

If a "cleaner" is being fed alot, it will not want to eat the undesirables. What would you want? Shrimp and other gourmet meals brought to you or work to eat some nasty vegies? They're not stupid.

If you cut the feedings back, they will be more likely to eat those undesirables. Not guaranteed, but ALOT more likely. IMO.

p.s. My magnificiant foxface ate my blue gorgonian.

Gem Tang Rider · #12 12/24/2007, 07:03 PM

The little 1.5" virgatus rabbit turned into 7" bluegill in 6 months. If you try to starve him, he eats zoos, & tastes clams & LPS. I bought him because I had a small bryopsis problem, he never touched the bryopsis. The bryopsis is going away with high mag levels.

tmz · #13 12/24/2007, 08:11 PM

I have A kole,a purple,a yellow,a rega/hippo, a scpoas and a foxfaxce. The foxface is by far the best grazer.

fl_izzy · #14 12/24/2007, 10:29 PM

i have a magnificent foxface and he loves hair algae. i slowed down his feeding to achieve this but be careful he will pick at zoas like someone else posted

canar · #15 12/25/2007, 12:19 AM

I had a yellow foxface and he ate hair algae like crazy. Now I have a magnificent and all he does is hides from his shadow....