[Okayamapiper]

Went to collect stock in the hopes of netting some Moorish Idols, but I guess the water is still a little cold as I couldn't find any (not even a bannerfish!), so I netted what I could. I brought back a round-belly cowfish, some lionfish, lyretail anthias and a dozen blue devil damsels as well as a 12-inch crown of thorns starfish (food for my harlequin shrimp). I had a round-belly nuke a tank last year which I blame on my putting two roundbellies in one tank. At the moment the new guy is in a QT with two lionfish and a pinecone fish. As the other tankmates are not aggressive I hope not to have a repeat of last year. Is there any info on special requirements or things that I should avoid when keeping a Cowfish? For a boxfish, it has to be the easiest to get to eat prepared foods as it started wolfing down freeze-dried krill within 8 hours of capture.

Here are some pics.
Cowfsh

Small Lionfish

Big Lionfish

[Okayamapiper]

Well, so far the cowfish has yet to poison its tankmates, so the one cowfish per tank rule might be appropriate. Lionfish and pinecone fish at all the saltwater shrimp I netted yesterday, so nobody is going to starve. 4 more weeks and they can go into a display tank.