Feeding the fox face

[Fireplug]

My Fox Face is one active little girl. :bounce::^:. All the ones I see in the store are just staying in one spot. and she is eating hair algae. Question is will she eat shrimp? And how often do I need to put the algae strips in there? Dont want the girl to starve.

 

[little_fish]

I would put some in daily for her and she should eat other frozen foods. Im glad she is doing well!

 

[Bifferwine]

She will eat shrimp -- she's omnivorous, although the majority of her diet should be vegetable-based. So she will eat the same stuff your other fish eat, you just need to supplement with algae.

 

[parrotchute]

They are very active fish - so much so, I had started worrying my 75 wasn't big enough, cruising back and forth all day in front of the glass!

She should get to like frozen foods, they have a ravenous appetite. However, the main food should still be algae. Mine never took a liking to algae strips - they weren't "stringy" enough, I guess.

I had tremendous luck growing tons of caulerpa algae in my fuge, and he went wild for it. I'd throw in a handful of it every few days and he'd spend some time hunting it all down in the tank.

As for the ones in the store, they seem to be very shy when in new/uncomfortable surroundings. Mine would always come out for me, but if I had a guest, he'd hide!!

As long as her belly looks fat and there's plenty of greens avail, she should be fine.

 

[vrod2169]

I have a magnificant foxface and does very well. Been in for about 6 weeks now and eats everything I put in including pellets, flake,mysis shrimp, cut up lance fish, red algae sheets, and algae off back glass. Good luck!:Cheers: