Cowfish and Boxfish

[HairyAsHell]

Hi all,

I was wondering where I can get cowfish and/or boxfish? I wanted to setup a tank exclusively for them. I went to Iwarna last weekend but they didnt seem to have. Any where else you guys can recommend? Thanks in advance!

[tuajia]

Hey bro, to my experience I've seen cowfish at Coral Farm. Ah Beng also has quite a few oddballs but I haven't seen cowfish though, maybe you can enquire with them

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[illumnae]

Ah beng more or less every week will have cowfish and should have the more common species of boxfish too.  Coral farm has them often too.  I've seen the more uncommon species of boxfish at iwarna and marinelife

[bane]

Long horned cowfish are very common and come as small as 1 cm specimens .. Ah Beng brings them in very often.

irwana can bring in the scrawled cow if your tank can handle the bioload.

i once had a thornback cow which is actually the most suitable for a marine tank - maxes at 15 cm while the Long horned can reach 50cm and the scrawled 75cm.

 

as for box fish start with the common yellow/whitish ones commonly available.  They feed fairly easily.... 

The female blue box (black with multiple white spots) is a coin toss when it comes to feeding...

'the male blue box..... I have had 8, only one ever ate .....

and make sure you have an ich free tank... Have an ultraviolet light to assist.