Orange spot rabbit fish with foxface

[reely989]

Hey guys I have an 8 foot 300 gallon tank. I currently have a fox face, what are y’all’s experiences adding an orange spot rabbitfish? Just gonna be luck of the draw?

 

[i cant think]

Hey guys I have an 8 foot 300 gallon tank. I currently have a fox face, what are y’all’s experiences adding an orange spot rabbitfish? Just gonna be luck of the draw?

If I give you this, I’ll let you see what will work :)

In my LFS, currently out of the 3 coral trays, 2 trays house rabbits;
1 coral tray (8’x3’x12”)…
2x Siganus virgatus

2nd coral tray (8’x3’x12”)…
2x Siganus virgatus
1x Siganus vulpinus

Previously these trays have mixed so many more species… just some include;
S. vulpinus
S. uspi
S. doliatus
S. guttatus
S. punctatus

And in my own tanks, all introduced at different times;
My old 400l (100G - 4’x2’x18”) held 2 Rabbits…
S. niger
S. magnificus

And my current 700l (180G - 5’x2.5’x2’) holds 1 at the moment but has held…
S. virgatus (currently)
S. uspi
S. magnificus (currently waiting for a small one to emerge)

None of these mixtures had issues occur either :)

 

[reely989]

If I give you this, I’ll let you see what will work :)

In my LFS, currently out of the 3 coral trays, 2 trays house rabbits;
1 coral tray (8’x3’x12”)…
2x Siganus virgatus

2nd coral tray (8’x3’x12”)…
2x Siganus virgatus
1x Siganus vulpinus

Previously these trays have mixed so many more species… just some include;
S. vulpinus
S. uspi
S. doliatus
S. guttatus
S. punctatus

And in my own tanks, all introduced at different times;
My old 400l (100G - 4’x2’x18”) held 2 Rabbits…
S. niger
S. magnificus

And my current 700l (180G - 5’x2.5’x2’) holds 1 at the moment but has held…
S. virgatus (currently)
S. uspi
S. magnificus (currently waiting for a small one to emerge)

None of these mixtures had issues occur either :)

That’s likely the only nudge I need. Thanks!

 

[littlefoxx]

I have a foxface now, I will be adding a gold spot soon! I had two foxfaces before and they were so cool together!

 

[fishboy3000]

I didnt see what happened exactly but i think my young gold spot rabbitfish killed my slightly larger one spot foxface. they would usually fight over nori with my foxface bullying, nipping at the smaller rabbit. as the gold spot rabbitfish grew larger, to match the foxface in size, the fighting seemed to slow down. this morning, both rabbitfish were healthy and swam to get the nori i put in. a few hours later, I find the foxface dead on the bottom. again, not sure what happened, but I assume the foxface was bullying the gold-spot for taking most of the nori, and the one-spot put up his spines in defense. i would see similar displays often between the two, but i think this time the foxface got spiked. i dont know if thats what happened, or if the spine attack alone could kill the foxface, but it seems like it. other fish are fine and the water is fine.

 

[littlefoxx]

I didnt see what happened exactly but i think my young gold spot rabbitfish killed my slightly larger one spot foxface. they would usually fight over nori with my foxface bullying, nipping at the smaller rabbit. as the gold spot rabbitfish grew larger, to match the foxface in size, the fighting seemed to slow down. this morning, both rabbitfish were healthy and swam to get the nori i put in. a few hours later, I find the foxface dead on the bottom. again, not sure what happened, but I assume the foxface was bullying the gold-spot for taking most of the nori, and the one-spot put up his spines in defense. i would see similar displays often between the two, but i think this time the foxface got spiked. i dont know if thats what happened, or if the spine attack alone could kill the foxface, but it seems like it. other fish are fine and the water is fine.

Oh jeez!

 

[DanP-SD]

I have a foxface with three orange spot rabbit fish and have zero aggression between them. FWIW, the foxface is considerably bigger than the rabbits and is a gentle giant.

 

[reely989]

Thanks! I added a gold line rabbitfish and he's still tiny, but so far so good. He's pretty skittish, but he's starting to explore a little more.