White Spotted Rabbit Fish

[ho19829]

Hail all experts!

Just caught a baby White-spotted Rabbitfish(2.5cm) at east coast recently.

would like to know if its safe to release it in my FOWLR + some zoos.

anyone tried ?

http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/m...sh/text/379.htm

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[gothia]

east coast can catch alot of fishes...once i spotted a bat fish!

i saw polyart has a rabbit fish in their aquarium with BT, YT, Angels & etc..

please clear my doubt...isn't rabbit fish what we eat during CNY??

is it the same , huh??

[ho19829]

ya, Big ones r the same as what we bought from market. its the "Baek Dor". Can steam and eaten with lime/chilli/soya.

its currently co-existing with a 8mm tiny kelong chi and it feeds on seaweed. (vege fish!). looks harmless but still in doubt if it will live peacefully with my LRs..

. ..will snap some images and post it up. its really very small 2.5cm.

[gothia]

ya! i saw it at clementi polyart aquarist..

seems to be doing well with other fishes! ...but must be fish with live rock only lor...

[ho19829]

Finally drop this fish into the main tank last night. Settled down with the rest of the reef fish with occasional scribbles with the existing occupants.

Woke up this morning to find big patches of weeds disappeared.. guess its ok if it don't nip on the sponges or zoos

heres images of blue eyes

[dleecool]

east coast can catch alot of fishes...once i spotted a bat fish!

i saw polyart has a rabbit fish in their aquarium with BT, YT, Angels & etc..

please clear my doubt...isn't rabbit fish what we eat during CNY??

is it the same , huh??

Hi sis,

when do u see BT in Polyart? r they still availble?

[gothia]

so far i dun see them selling BT.. it is just in their display tank for viewing only..

if you want BT..perhaps you can try aquamarin @ jln kayu..on & off they will have BT..but please call them to confirm before you go down...

[Gouldian]

Finally drop this fish into the main tank last night. Settled down with the rest of the reef fish with occasional scribbles with the existing occupants.

Woke up this morning to find big patches of weeds disappeared.. guess its ok if it don't nip on the sponges or zoos

heres images of blue eyes

Rabbit fishes are great algae eaters, they have razor sharp fin rays that can inflict a painful cut; in fact, some species have poisonous glands along their spines, which immediately releases a toxic substance into the inflicted cut. This has made the rabbit fish less than popular than Tangs in our hobby.

Thus, please be careful when handling them.

[Hard Rock]

Gouldian is right.you got to be careful when handling rabbit fish as I had encounter the fish before.

[ho19829]

thks. aways used a cup to scope it up

anyway the fish had died.

the moment it got acclimatized in the main tank, it stops eating algae or seaweeds. Instead it tries to feed on flake food like the rest of the fishes.

Either its not getting nutrition from the flakes or its suppose to eat strictly vege,

it gets very skinny and finally dies

[Gouldian]

Sorry to hear about your loss.