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02-18-2007, 05:02 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Jersey City, NJ
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My first salt water fish.....ain't he great!
When I brought him(or is it a her) home yesterday he was really stressed out. He had turned to a dark brown color which is apparently what foxface rabbitfish do when they are stressed. I think he was in shock for a while because he just stayed in what spot and wasn't really moving around or exploring at all. I left the lights off all night and day today and they came on automatically at about 4 this afternoon. When they came on he was all yellow again and swimming around the aquarium seemingly very comfortable. He was even eating the hair algae that I have growing on the rocks. Hopefully I will be successful with this first fishy addition to the tank.
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02-18-2007, 05:04 PM
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Lost Fish
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Avon, Ohio
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Congrats on your first fish. Looks really good.
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02-18-2007, 05:04 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 3,117
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just make sure you watch when you put your hands around him!
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210 aga, 24 gallon nano(built In) 60 gallon refugium with sump 
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02-18-2007, 05:30 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Punta Gorda Florida
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Congrats on your first fish.
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02-18-2007, 05:31 PM
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waiting for zooplankton
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: East Fallowfield, PA
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it looks cool, congrats
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02-18-2007, 05:32 PM
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moddin aint easy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: newnan, ga
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congrats also, first fish are great, hope you do great with him and many others.
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02-18-2007, 05:34 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Pismo Beach, CA
Posts: 2,311
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They like to be pet. Pet him on his back 
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02-18-2007, 05:46 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Jersey City, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jflip2002
They like to be pet. Pet him on his back |
Funny funny. Actually I have been stuck by a hard head(I'm not sure if that is their real name but they are a type of catfish with a poisonous spine on their back. I had just caught him in galveston tx and the dang thing managed to twist and spear me. The worst part is that he wasn't satisfied with just sticking me. Then he had to wriggle around and dig it in even deeper. I will never forget how much that hurt. I was a little kid at the time.
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02-18-2007, 05:51 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Jersey City, NJ
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Here he is laying waste to a small patch of algae that has been bugging the heck out of me.
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02-18-2007, 05:53 PM
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I'm Kinda Bored
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: north of Dimples
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very nice
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02-18-2007, 05:54 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: new york city
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He looks very happy. Congrats!!
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02-18-2007, 05:57 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Jersey City, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by partobe
He looks very happy. Congrats!!
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Now if I can just keep him that way all will be well.
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02-18-2007, 07:41 PM
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Usually Confused
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Southern California
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Sweet!
Seriously why are you not supposed to put your hand near him?
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02-18-2007, 07:44 PM
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TCMAS President
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Lakeland, MN
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venomous. But I have never had an issue with my rabbitfish trying to bite me. Although, I will say this, he is the only fish in the big tank that I refuse to hand feed. My huge naso tang could definitley give me stitches but that doesnt bother me, it is the rabbitfish that worries me.
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02-18-2007, 07:45 PM
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Keep on truckin'
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL
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I was in my LFS this weekend and a lady was buying one of those. They look much better in the tank than in the bag.
Are they a friendly tank mate?
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