is it easy to keep small boxfish ?

[chercm]

pls advice

million thanks

[arcanehacker]

ich ich and more ich.. very easily stressed fish so will get ich alot. Not tolerant to normal fish ich medication.

[dleecool]

No problem, as long as ur water parameter is OK!! Small one is easier than big one.

[bigbird]

Becareful of boxfish, When they die they will release toxic, do more research b4 u purchase

[shoelevy]

there's alot of info on coral and fish care at

www.liveaquaria.com and www.livemarine.com and www.wetwebmedia.com

hope it helps

[chercm]

thanks

[monpire]

release poison when threaten by other fish, stress or when it is dead.

[chercm]

what does the fish eat ?

[monpire]

LSF staff told me brine shrimp or anything that is alive...had one previously...saw it blowing air at sandbed to feed on leftover pellet food...however died within a week.

[chercm]

LSF staff told me brine shrimp or anything that is alive...had one previously...saw it blowing air at sandbed to feed on leftover pellet food...however died within a week.

got poison come out ?

[speakerphone]

bite coral ! ! I mean it feeds on coral, So can buy some coral for it to eat.

[bigbird]

release poison when threaten by other fish, stress or when it is dead.

wHEN IT DIE

[Clownfish]

in the wild, it blows jets of water to prey on shellfish (hence, it is a carnivore)

in captivity, it may have itchy mouth to 'chop' ur corals

when it dies it can release toxin (need to remove immediately)

an advanced aquarist would keep it with peaceful tank mates onli in a large enough aquarium (less chance of crash) or keep box fishes in a species only tank

[chercm]

thanks bro for all the advices .

i think i will pass on this little fellow to put in my small tank , i will try another attempt to put BT in my tank as my YT have started to be a greedy fellow

[cornyfish]

The tiny yellow spotted boxfish? Not easy to feed at all... I think feeding and ich are the major issues here with this fish. I couldn't get it to feed on anything at all.. tried everything from live brine shrimps to cyclopeeze to tiny flakes and it just starved itself to death.