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Offline Bright79

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cowfish
« on: March 03, 2011, 00:08:53 »
is the cowfish reef safe.  ????
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Offline sticks_wife

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Re: cowfish
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2011, 07:58:14 »
I personally have never had one, but when we asked about it we were told no. I guess that they will eat your zoas? Check them out online. You can search them and find plenty of info on them.
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Offline Kenn

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Re: cowfish
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2011, 10:59:26 »
I have steered away from them (much to my wife's dismay) because I was told if the die they release a toxin into your system that can wipe everything out. Dont know if this is completely true but with my luck I have decided not to keep them.

They are cute though  ^-^

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Offline lazylivin

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Re: cowfish
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2011, 12:17:17 »
One thing to add is they aren't good swimmers therefore typical flow of our reef tanks are pretty rough on them.
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Offline coral ranch

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Re: cowfish
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2011, 15:22:07 »
You may want to consider size also. They can get 16" - 20"
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Offline The WuSue

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Re: cowfish
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2011, 16:23:50 »
I think it was reefkeeper mag that had an article on these guys a while back. It stated that these guys can release a toxin that will kill everything in the tank if it becomes too distressed or dies... Same applies to all boxfish.
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Offline Cole Harlow

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Re: cowfish
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2011, 12:35:05 »
I know a guy whose cowfish died and it killed everything in his tank
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