It's also worth noting they're less prone to disease than tangs! They do have venomous spines though so don't handle them (not that you ever would 😅)

I have one and its an amazing algae eater. Does a great job and is way more docile than tangs! Great video 👍🏻

I have mine for about two years now and indeed they are a great addition to your tank ! Also very impressive to see how they can change color and very scary looking when going in sleep-mode :) The first time I saw that I was really shocked but it seems normal behaviour.

great video, im upgrading to a 4 foot tank and considering fish stocking so this was really helpful

For smaller tanks, a Fiji/Bicolour foxfaces are good. I have one in a 200g with lots of live rock, after cycling my tank was full of gha, after adding the foxface, it was all gone within a week.

When I bought my foxface the guy at the store said the day before he was cleaning above the tank and the foxface got spooked, jumped out and stuck into his arm with his venemous spines haha luckily I never had such issues he was always a model citizen for me and even ate out of my hand. Not to mention he never harmed a coral and devoured any and all bubble algea. Unfortunately I had to rehome him as he grew to large before I was able to upgrade my tank.

All I know is I’ve always been impressed & perplexed by this fish’s name ;)

I will soon pull out both tangs that I have and trade them in maybe a one spot foxface will be added but I rather would focus on lowering the stocking level first.

I got a tonga foxface as an impulse buy. I was surprised he fixed my hair algae growing all over my tank and frag plugs. Excellent impulse buy I suppose 😀

Had one after seeing all the reviews. In less than a week he was eating my LPS and Softies. Tank looked like a glitter bomb had gone off after he sat pulling the heads off my GSP and they flowed round the tank. Looked good but had to return him. Wasn't easy to catch in the slightest for me even with 2 people. Shame though as they're lovely fish to watch.

They can be very mean and aggressive eaters when they will grow. My also eats acans, zoas and micromusas. Very bad experience, but their habits are possibly different from one to another individual. Cheers Piotr

Alright you have me sold on one!

Hi Alex! really good video my friend! 😀👍👍

My one spot foxface is becoming aggressive

my local fish shop has a yellow tang in the coral tank instead of a foxface, that fish is very happy lol

Great advice I am totally getting one! :-)

My fox face decided that it wanted an expensive snack and took a bite out of my clam. My poor clam coward for 10 mins as it was worried it would do it again. It's not like I haven't got algea to eat, he was just was extra hungry that day. I feed him some flake food at 1ish most days to stop him biting at clammy and touch wood he has stopped. But he has a lovely personality, I find he is the peacemaker in my tank.

Had mine for 2 years and he never stops eating. Mine has lost his spot tho, it’s now nothing more than a blackish smudge where the spot once was.

Thanks, i will be getting a foxface first rather than a tang

Now I wanna learn how to give a Glasgow Welcome

The foxface is reef caution since sometimes they will nip zoas and donut corals.

don't get one if you have any display algae - mine ate each one of them :), apart from that a perfect fish !

Looks like a good alternative to tangs if you have algae issues

I actually just got a Fiji Foxface and so far I have seen him eat algae off however 3 fishes have died. Im not sure if its a coincidence but I'm bummed. I lost my Japanese Swallow Tail Angel, Coral Beauty Angel, and my 6 line wrasse. I have not witnessed it in front of my eyes if they ran into his venomous fins but ever since I put the Foxface in, my other fishes has passed away every other day.

Mine is amazing and loves to eat all the algae available

Haha, we have loads of Fox face at Frag Farm. Be careful if you have fleshy LPS though

They're so cute! ❤️

The reef dork: get a foxface. My Zebrasoma xanthurum: NO.

I need to ask my LFS if they carry the OSFF at smaller sizes! If they do, I will seriously reconsider having a Yellow Tang! Would you say they’re also hardier and more disease resistant than Tangs?

My experience with a foxface. Yeah absolutely algae eating machine, that said you can see by their mouth they are specialized in how they do it compared to something like a bristletooth tang, one of the only fish I've seen that actually eats bubble algae, and just about any type of green algae (won't touch dinos or cyano unfortunately). That said I got rid of my Foxface, 300 gallon tub that was holding fish for way too long and he did get big, 8" specimen in the store.. yeah that sounds about right for what I had, few years to get there? sure but any success in this hobby is measured in years, not in months, and I'm personally against the "I'll trade it when it gets too big" mentality. Now I was downgrading to a 200 gallon tank when I got rid of him, but the main reason I got rid of him is he was definitely harassing my tangs, specifically my purple tang, chasing and nibbling at the tail. So yeah they are piggies which is great for eating algae, but the piggy mentality makes them aggressive for food too.

Hey, I have a regular foxface. Does it only eat algae? I haven't seen it want to eat shrimp Flakes (extreme) but he also doesn't touch my green nori strips. It's a fairly new tank... like 3 months and I haven't had an algea outbreak. I had one spike of diatoms but my turbos and conch instantly... like next day... removed it. Now I'm worried I might be starving my fish. I was told he would be a monster on the Nore so I felt safe buying him. He is new... like 2 weeks new. So maybe that's why? He's a VERY shy fish.

I like your fish trap like to get one can i ask were you got it🤔

All i got from the video is 0.6 PO4. But why ?? I keep my PO4 at 0.01 and if it rises at 0.06+ coral reduce alk consumption by 40%. Some don't show polyps at 0.06+. Also I have no algae in the tank but would want some for my cleanup hermits/snails.

No. You should get a no-spot foxface, the Foxface Lo. They're slightly less temperamental and with one added benefit; they eat bubble algae much more aggressively.

I have a fox face fish and I have a Quick question is it normal for my fox face to have cloudy eyes ???? Not extremely cloudy but do they have cloud of your eyes then other fish

Hi Alex, i got in love with a tiny one spot foxface at my LFS it is about 3cm only, do you think it will do well in my 24G tank, at least for a year (planning for a bigger one, and saving for it).

What's that light?

great video Alex,i wish i had the the room for a tank big enough too keep one....what algae eater would you reccommend for a RSR 170l 60cm cube?

Just got my one spot foxface 6 days ago (2 inches). At first, I put it in acclimate box. But it was so paranoid its mouth got injured as it swam against the box. I took it out the following day. Now it looks like a real rabbit since its upper lip is gone from injiry. It is getting better everyday. Its lip is starting to grow back, cover its teeth and eat like typhoon.

Have you ever thought of using a light blue tank background?

What if I were to keep them in a group of 4-5 in a 200 gallon tank?

what are your thoughts on fox faces in LPS only tanks. Is that super risky?

I would get one but I don’t think I should squeeze it in my 45g :(

Purchased a large one of these today but it’s being attacked by a damsel which is smaller, turned the lights off so he can get some rest and be left alone. CANT CATCH THE DAMSEL I WANT HIM OUT! Any help please?

I am considering getting into reef keeping and found a store near me that will charge £8.50 per 25 litres for seawater. Is that the normal price for London area? Or should I just get a RO unit? I really don't have much space for the RO to be honest but I can put it in the garden area. Nice video btw!

Do u think I could keep 1 in a 75g longterm

Ya but but but.. tangs 😫

Will they keep bubble algea at bay? I'm currently fighting an outbreak of red bubble algea and its driving me nuts!!

Why dont you get a Kleins Butterfly fish?

I made a massive mistake.... without doing the research i impulse bought 3 tangs 1 blue (2inches) 1 yellow and one powdered blue tang (around 4 inches) in 1 go. I have the reefer 450 they are all still small but sadly because i didnt look at the max sizes im gonna have to get rid of probably all of them in a couple months or years depending on how fast they grow. But i feel like im gonna just get a bigger tank instead...

where do you buy your nori?

Hey at 2min in that wan but face what’s its name love the look

How are they at eating hair algae?

Wish mine would eat it up little bit just snubs his nose at it has a peck once in while

Merci pour ta vidéo !!! 👍👍👍

Can you keep one long term in a 65g tank?

2:40 aphasia spotted

They eat tube worms too.

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I have a magnificent and he/she is a fussy little twat. Im still pulling hair algea out every week.

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