Supplement Foxface Diet

[His Coral Highness]

So I used feed my whole tank Rod’s frozen food and then would put a piece of nori on a clip for my foxface, which would be the only thing that showed any interest in it. Now I have a pigfish (type of grunt) and that thing certainly lives up to its name. It will swim up and rip the nori off the clip and swallow it whole with the foxface lucky to get two bites in. I know foxface are listed as herbivores, but mine eats the Rod’s food pretty eagerly. I still think it probably should have its diet supplemented with some kind of greenery though. What does anyone recommend? Some kind of marine algae pellets?

 

[blaxsun]

Mine really likes the NLS Max Algae pellets. He also gets Reef Frenzy Herbivore and two types of TLF SeaVeggies. To be honest, though - he's kind of a pig and will eat anything.

 

[Waters]

Maybe try putting in two sheets of the nori at opposite ends of the tank? I just use algae based pellets along with the normal mysis and the occasional nori.

 

[His Coral Highness]

Maybe try putting in two sheets of the nori at opposite ends of the tank? I just use algae based pellets along with the normal mysis and the occasional nori.

Haha I tried that! The pigfish got both. The problem is the foxface chews it, the pigfish just rips it off and swallows it whole.

 

[w8lifts]

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The humble algae clip is one of the most important ways to feed seaweed to our herbivorous surgeonfish and reef fish but this accessory hasn’t enjoyed much attention from the DIY and creative types.

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[Waters]

Haha I tried that! The pigfish got both. The problem is the foxface chews it, the pigfish just rips it off and swallows it whole.

So I bought and use black plastic sleeves with holes cut out that forces fish to pick rather than rip off whole chunks (see below). I think this might solve your problem. They are perfect for Foxface since they possess the small mouth to get in and grab pieces out. If you don't want to try those, I have also cut my sheets into small strips (still leaving it as one whole piece) before putting into the tank. When the fish tries to take a piece, each individual strip just rips off.

PouchFeeder for Algae and Frozen Foods

Let your fish naturally graze on algae and other foods with Two Little Fishies PouchFeeder. The pouches are made out of a flexible plastic that your fish can easily peck through to get chunks of food. The PouchFeeder comes with a strong mounting magnet letting you position the food right where...

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[His Coral Highness]

Interesting ideas. I have a bunch of mesh leftover from doing the lid to my tank, I think I’ll use that to create a barrier small enough for the snout of the Foxface but too small for the pigfish to get into and see if that works