Mating Foxfaces?

[Zionas]

I found this video clip of 2 Foxfaces from a (what I assume) Polish reefer. I didn’t know they form bonded pairs. Are they hermaphroditic?

 

[i cant think]

I found this video clip of 2 Foxfaces from a (what I assume) Polish reefer. I didn’t know they form bonded pairs. Are they hermaphroditic?

Actually, foxfaces although people say can’t be kept together, they can be (I know someone who had 12+ foxfaces in an 8 or 12’ tank)

 

[Zionas]

Is the behavior seen in the video clearly a sign of a mated and perhaps a spawning pair?
What I’m most curious about is their social structure, whether they are hermaphrodites that start off as females and one becomes a male.

 

[i cant think]

Is the behavior seen in the video clearly a sign of a mated and perhaps a spawning pair?
What I’m most curious about is their social structure, whether they are hermaphrodites that start off as females and one becomes a male.

I don’t think it is, it may be though (I don’t think pairs of foxfaces have been kept in captivity, maybe studied in the wild if I were to go deep enough into finding out about mated pairs)
Id love a pair of magnificents, I have one at the moment but I would love to try raise smaller ones
I don’t think foxfaces are hermaphrodites, if they are then they’re probably like the tangs and VERY hard to sex

 

[Zionas]

That would be really nice to try. If you go for it please let me know. I have seen several people keep multiples of Yellow, sometimes Purple Tangs together but I’m not sure about their social structure. The question is whether forming a pair (if that’s what they do) or maybe a harem is as straightforward as it is for some other species where we know their social structure and biological structure quite well, like Clowns, angels, Dottybacks etc.

 

[i cant think]

That would be really nice to try. If you go for it please let me know. I have seen several people keep multiples of Yellow, sometimes Purple Tangs together but I’m not sure about their social structure. The question is whether forming a pair (if that’s what they do) or maybe a harem is as straightforward as it is for some other species where we know their social structure and biological structure quite well, like Clowns, angels, Dottybacks etc.

With foxfaces I’ve been reading that they are aggressive to others in their genus if not added simultaneously (Similar to the tangs). I may wait for a 5’ tank and then try add a smaller Foxface in with him/her.
I have been reading on them and yes they form pairs but not always mated pairs. Although in the wild they often pair off from the “shoal” they start in.

 

[Zionas]

Interesting. Would love to see how it goes.