How likely are foxface to eat my coral?

[maxemorris]

I have the perfect sized one spot foxface on hold at my LFS, but i’m worries about adding him to my tank, which is entirely soft and LPS coral.

How likely is the risk they will eat my coral? I feed my tank every other day with more mysis shrimp than the fish can finish.

 

[billyocean]

I've never had a problem with mine but feeding one every other day might lead to unwanted snacking.

 

[Johnz]

They are as reef safe as it can get. Great algae eaters and they never hide. If you feed regularly you have nothing to worry about.

I've had multiple fax faces over the years. Model citizens.

 

[Reefdiculous22]

I just returned mine to the lfs today. His 2 nd day in the tank he ate my newly purchased Yuma and then starting going after my duncan. I put him in the sump for a few days, introduced him back to the tank and the first thing he did was go after my duncan again. So back in the sump he went. Left him there for a week, put him back in the display fed the tank, went out to the garage and came back in and the Duncan was shriveled to nothing. So put him back in the sump til I got him back to the lfs today. He wouldn’t touch seaweed, barely touched frozen, but would mow down pellets.

 

[TheBear78]

I have a 3" Foxface in my 110 gal. I've never seen it go after my Duncan or Zoas but the I feed pellets in the morning and a cube in the evening each day, supplemented by Nori every few days. He rarely touches the frozen (unsurprisingly) but is brilliant at picking algae all day long with his buddy the Convict Tang. Hopefully this won't change as he grows.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Hit and miss, imho. Had a rabbitfish destroy my gorgonians!