Hi all, I'm a big fan of natural cures for problems because I don't see Mother Nature dosing anything so "something" has to work. Problem is bubble algae. Proposed solution is a foxface Lo. Cool fish but would love some experience posts. This would be in my sps tank. Trying to catch and relocate my purple tang now.
I'm also a big fan of natural cures. What size tank are you placing it in, your 120g? Tangs and Rabbitfish can be placed together if the tank is large enough. The 120 might be.
General thoughts on the fish -- I've kept the one spot foxface (Siganus unimaculatus) not the foxface lo (Siganus vulpinus), but they are very similar. Take care in handling them, they are not aggressive but do have venom in their spines. You don't want to accidentally prick yourself on them. They are very shy fish and will stay in hiding in the QT and when first introduced in the the DT. They also camouflage if startled or when hiding. This fish, like tangs, needs a diet of algae, so make sure you can provide lots of different algae for it. They are less prone to ich then most fish, it is quite a hardy little fish as long as it is given a good diet of algae. After a couple of weeks in DT my foxface was eating algae from my hand.
Interaction with sps -- I haven't had issues w/my foxface and sps corals. The fish does pick at the rocks all day but no issue with coral polyp death. It has eaten the
Chlorodesmis species of algae that I have been dealing with for the past 3 years - yeah! That stuff is the worst and I went through crabs, hermits, snails, and fish to find something that eats it.
Interaction with other fish -- The foxface isn't an aggressive fish. If it is bothered by other fish it will flare its spines as a warning sign to the other fish to stay away, but it won't harass or chase after your other fish. Mine is housed with an angle, clowns, a blenny, and wrasse. Sometimes the angle or clown goes for it, again a little fin flaring from the foxface and then it swims away.
