SRC Member Lucifer Posted May 23, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted May 23, 2005 i bought a boxfish 3 days ago....tried pellets n hendry's food n the fella still not attracted to food leh..n keep swaying left n right how ar??can somebody help me?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veliferium Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 try food soaked in garlic....maybe u can soak the mysis in garlic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAV-65 Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 i bought a boxfish 3 days ago....tried pellets n hendry's food n the fella still not attracted to food leh..n keep swaying left n right how ar??can somebody help me?? This one is tricky, I kept alot of boxfish before and some of them like to just peck on rocks, some will eat the MS/BS that u feed, it's purely luck... Juz make sure that all ur powerheads are well protected from the boxfishes, I los a few to these powerheads... Quote People do not plan to fail; Often they just fail to plan... Wat I do to prevent myself from tearing my hair out... My stress remedy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 brother still can get ur box fish to eat ? If cannot try small market prawn meat that will suit it or u may try brine shrimp lolz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Lucifer Posted June 9, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted June 9, 2005 bro Rav-65 i lost it to the powerhead too...too bad by the time i read ur reply its already too late... guess i'll nt keep boxfish in the future... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 I got a powerhead too... but my hovercraft boxfish seem to be fine .... and it still willing to be handfeed... hmm dun wish to lose it too... it is simply too cute lolz hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Lucifer Posted June 9, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted June 9, 2005 prevention is always better den cure....in this case theres no cure for it so take care Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member somebody Posted June 9, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted June 9, 2005 hmmm... what does the powerhead do to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Lucifer Posted June 9, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted June 9, 2005 bcos boxfish is a slow n weak swimmer,so when they swim near to the powerhead they tend to get suck by it. And when they r stress or dies they release toxins which r harmful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member somebody Posted June 9, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted June 9, 2005 that's why i dun dare to get one for my tank. though my gf would love me to have one... sianz... heard they are not too reef safe and toxic... =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAV-65 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 I got a powerhead too... but my hovercraft boxfish seem to be fine .... and it still willing to be handfeed... hmm dun wish to lose it too... it is simply too cute lolz hahaha I used to have a Boxfish that can be spoonfed.... :D Quote People do not plan to fail; Often they just fail to plan... Wat I do to prevent myself from tearing my hair out... My stress remedy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member cornyfish Posted June 12, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted June 12, 2005 I've kept cowfish before and mine loved to eat frozen bloodworms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member chewlaoheng Posted June 12, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted June 12, 2005 how big is your boxfish? mine so far for over 2 years seems reef safe but not tubeworm safe not really that toxic...at least the stress of netting it out of the tank doesn't make it release enough toxinc to kill the tank it eats most fish food especially meaty ones like market prawn, any frozen shrimps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 kekez agreed with chewlaoheng lolz. My hovercraft boxfish only pick on tiny tubeworm and normally will not especially when u feed it with prawn meat. Mine can be hand fed also haha at the moment it doing very well dun think it will die or stress out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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