Foxface compatibility?

[ScottR]

I do. The foxface is big. Biggest fish in the tank by far. But he displays no aggression whatsoever. I also had a yellow tang. Pretty small. They fought the first couple of days and then became best buds. Only idiots will try to bully a foxface once he shows his spines! Haha. His personality is amazing, love my foxface.

Tangs oddly do leave them alone. I guess they know better. My guy is camera shy. He bothers no one

 

[najer]

Mine is a satin magnificent, they are all strange fish, all seem to be a bit different, my guess is tank mates.
Over 4 inches now and it would be happy as a happy thing in a 70, very not adventurous!

 

[terraincognita]

agree my friend.

Here’s my guy. I’d guess he’s 4” or so.

What an interesting foxface.

He's way wider like a tang maybe just the angle? lol.

 

[ScottR]

What an interesting foxface.

He's way wider like a tang maybe just the angle? lol.

Tangs come in many shapes and sizes so hard to compare. If I hold out my hand with fingers together, that’s the size he is. My hands are medium sized? ;Hilarious

 

[terraincognita]

Tangs come in many shapes and sizes so hard to compare. If I hold out my hand with fingers together, that’s the size he is. My hands are medium sized? ;Hilarious

yeah just the angle I guess. If he's like your hand then he'll be longer than wide.

He looked to me wider than long in that photo if that makes sense. I'm not explaining it very well. it's too early XD

 

[Zbutcher]

I do. The foxface is big. Biggest fish in the tank by far. But he displays no aggression whatsoever. I also had a yellow tang. Pretty small. They fought the first couple of days and then became best buds. Only idiots will try to bully a foxface once he shows his spines! Haha. His personality is amazing, love my foxface.

My guess is the similar coloration caused that. Well that's certainly reassuring to hear. How big is your tang?

 

[rgulrich]

Here's a frame of reference for an adult one-spot Foxface:

This is in a 300 gallon DD, so the face glass is about 72" X 27". He's a bit over 8" in length. This photo was taken when he was practicing being an "Archerfish"...which he does for amusement, I believe.
After six years he's starting to get a bit ornery/perhaps bored and has begun picking the T. squamosa I've got spread around in there, so he may need to be rehomed soon. If you plan on ever having clams, I'd recommend a pass.
A 120 might be a bit small for a fish that gets this size, especially with a complement of tankmates, rock, and whatnot.
Good on you for doing some research before the purchase - much easier than trying to catch later on.
Cheers,
Ray

 

[nereefpat]

Nice foxface, @rgulrich ! Big zoster too

 

[boacvh]

My guess is the similar coloration caused that. Well that's certainly reassuring to hear. How big is your tang?

Here is a pic of them together. You can gauge size vs the nori feeder. The tang passed of a bacterial infection recently.

 

[Zbutcher]

Here is a pic of them together. You can gauge size vs the nori feeder. The tang passed of a bacterial infection recently.

Sorry for your loss my friend

 

[ThRoewer]

I have a pair of juveniles. They were maybe 1.5" and 2.0" when I got them. They already grew a lot during their 6 week quarantine in a 10 gallon tank but really started to grow fast after I added them to my 100 gallon tank.
They were all by themselves in quarantine and extremely shy there.
In the reef tank they are now fairly outgoing and unfortunately have learned that there are regular feeding... I hardly see them grazing at all
Their tank mates are:

• a pair of Red Sea Anemonefish
• a pair of Maldives Regal Angels
• a pair of Marine Bettas
• a pair of Mandarinfish
• a pair of Royal Gramma
• one lonely Orchid Dottyback
• one lone Yellow Tang (by now removed because he was picking fights with everyone and didn't do his job - eating algae - good enough)

They get along well enough with most of the other fish and so far I have only observed some little conflicts with the Regal Angels when the Foxfaces venture into the main cave. The most conflicts are with the Anemonefish when the Foxfaces come too close to their Anemones and nest. But all that is mostly posturing and a little shoving, never anywhere close to fighting...

Here a video of them during feeding:

 

[Squeaky McMurdo]

As I said, mine was the size of a football. What are the dimensions of your 70 gallon tank? Spike needed 18 inches just to turn around. I rescued him from a 60 gallon (12 inches wide) where he actually had to use the glass on the side to swim up and flip himself around. He was very active in my tank but maybe it was because he was so happy to have room to turn around after being in the 60 for 12 years. My point being, just because they can survive in it, doesn’t mean it’s suitable.

 

[nkyreef]

Very interesting. Do they swim high up in the water column or low?

Usually low and around the rocks. I think as far as algae control goes he does a better job than my purple tang.

 

[Twosixpax]

Sorry to pick up an old thread - just wondering how this worked out. I have a Foxface Lo in my 160. He was the third fish in my DT (after the predictable pair of clowns!). He spent a week hiding in the QT before coming out to eat, but in the DT he became super-confident and vibrant, and would even swim up to the glass when people were near. After 2 months I added a pair of small Swallowtail Angels that were aggressive but not harmful with each other, but didn't seem to bother the Foxface other than him stressing over their darting around. 2 months ago I added a pair of Wattanabe Angels, the male being about the size of the Foxface at 5". Once settled in the Wattanabe proved to be pretty aggressive in chasing the other angels (without any signs of actual damage) but seemed to leave the Foxface alone. Recently, however, the Foxface has been consistently dark in color, and under blue light appears to have small bruises which appear and disappear quickly. He also began eating algae like a maniac and has become pretty heavy. He's eating and will swim around but has gone back to being very jittery when approached. I'm thinking of removing the male Wattanabe and then perhaps even the other Angels to see if he responds. A friend suggested putting the Wattanabe in the QT for an extended period and then reintroducing him - has anyone had success with this? I could see that it would give the other Angels time to grow to nearer his size but not sure how it fixes the Foxface stress when they're back in the same tank.

footnote: I did also add a lot of rockwork recently and in the process of adding a ton more hiding spaces removed the cave the Foxface used to slkeep/hide in.