Orange Spot Rabbitfish

[Beardo]

Please share your experience with orange spot rabbitfish as I am considering one.
I know they get large.
I've seen some reports they might munch zoas. How about LPS and which type if they did nip them, clams? sps?
Tank is 270g, sps dominant but do have a couple lps, zoa colonies and a clam. Wouldn't be heartbroken over the zoas being snacked on.

 

[dragon99]

Love mine. Definitely not a small fish though, but very unique coloration and causes no trouble with any other fish. I don't have any zoa in the tank, but there a couple euphyllia and an acan that he completely ignores.

Fast grower, he was pretty small 6months ago

 

[Beardo]

Thank you.

 

[mort]

You already know they get big but it's often quite surprising how quickly they grow. I personally think this is why people see the odd nip here and there, simply because their feeding isn't keeping up with the fishes metabolism.
If I had a big enough tank I'd likely have one. They may be a slight risk with corals but it's generally pretty obvious what they are eating and easy to deal with. They can become really pet fish, so it's always worth a go.

 

[dragon99]

Surprised no one else has chimed in, didn't think they were that uncommon. Also, I totally have zoas in my tank...I'm completely acro obsessed and forgot I have one rock with a few zoa on it. Orange spot hasn't been seen nipping at anything, and honestly I rarely see him nip at algae on the rocks even. He does love some nori though.

Here's a punk rock shot for fun.

 

[Beardo]

Thanks for sharing and great picture. I went ahead and pulled the trigger on one, will be here next Friday.

 

[Southpaw240]

Have had one for several years. Great fish, nice size, mine is about 10". When the lights go out and they camouflage is pretty cool. Very aggressive eaters, will eat anything., minnows, ghost shrimp, frozen, nori. I think if it is picking at coral its just picking the frozen food off of it. Haven't seen it actually chomping on coral. Peaceful with all the other tank mates.

 

[Zionas]

How did you manage to get two Rabbitfish to coexist?

 

[Southpaw240]

Just did it. The spotted had for several years. Then added the two bar I guess a little more than a year ago. The two bar does show a little aggression towards the foxface on occasion. But nothing out of control. The tape with the markings in the unclear pic is for measurement purpose. They are at 1 inch intervals.

 

[mmarine9]

Surprised no one else has chimed in, didn't think they were that uncommon. Also, I totally have zoas in my tank...I'm completely acro obsessed and forgot I have one rock with a few zoa on it. Orange spot hasn't been seen nipping at anything, and honestly I rarely see him nip at algae on the rocks even. He does love some nori though.

Here's a punk rock shot for fun.

awesome fish

 

[Beardo]

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences.

Here is my little guy (or gal) that arrived yesterday.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I just got rid of mine Friday - It ate $400+ of zoa, all my clove polyps and a good portion of GSP in two weeks ! No more rabbits in my tank

 

[dustyrays]

I love mine. He is the biggest personality, he likes to go up top and blow bubbles. Put him an airstone in the back corner and that's where he sleeps. He's a big baby and will get very upset when I move things around. I got him about a year ago and hes about 4.5 inches. He likes posing for me. Ive got him and everything else in a 110 gallon and hes doing okay for now, but I intend to move up to a better size eventually

 

[Awake2005]

Surprised no one else has chimed in, didn't think they were that uncommon. Also, I totally have zoas in my tank...I'm completely acro obsessed and forgot I have one rock with a few zoa on it. Orange spot hasn't been seen nipping at anything, and honestly I rarely see him nip at algae on the rocks even. He does love some nori though.

Here's a punk rock shot for fun.

I have had mine for a few years ..... he is almost 11 inches now and is such a pig when it comes to algae sheets it is insane, he would eat till he sinks I believe....

 

[biecacka]

LFS has one that was a customer trade in. It’s every bit of 12 inches long. Thing is massive.
But I miss mine, want to get another one.

Corey

 

[Louis Z]

They are eaten . So if you have no place to put one you can always think of them as food . I had 3 rabbit fish at one time . Just not this species. Put them all in at one time at same size . Eventually outgrew the 55 had a tragic loss someone at the school unplugged the extension plugs that ran the pumps . Went anoxic . But they are ravenous . Went to pond pellets and nori to feed them . Ate a ton , started to second guess them after their large size and insatiable appetite . Even though I had algae all over the tank . It’s the reason I got them .