He has sharp pointy teeth

[~Flighty~]

Watch yourself- (warning, poorly written and researched news story, but you get the idea)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,232777,00.html

 

[SaltCreep]

It has poisonous spines on it's back.......but the bite sent the guy to the hospital?

Hmmmmmmmm................ahhhh it's from Faux News.....

 

[fanaglethebagle]

I hate fox

 

[~Flighty~]

Hey you two, don't make me move this to the lounge. You better be talking about foxfaces, not foxnews.

A rabbit sending someone to the hospital is pretty rare in the hobby I think. Hmmm, Maybe I should be a little more careful since I have two in the tank I wonder what happened for the guy to end up stung?

 

[mloebl]

A rabbit sending someone to the hospital is pretty rare in the hobby I think. Hmmm, Maybe I should be a little more careful since I have two in the tank I wonder what happened for the guy to end up stung?

I was just thinking the same thing as I have one as well. My foxface now that I've had him for a couple years tends to ignore me at this point and stay away. When I first got him if I went into the tank he would change to the mottled colors and raise his fins.

-Mike

 

[nickyblase]

wait a second.... they need sharp pointy teeth for algae/nori???

I had a foxface before I changed my tank around, and it NEVER went near my hands!

 

[fanaglethebagle]

To scrape, yes.
Some vegetables are strong, have you ever tried gumming celery?

 

[~Flighty~]

I have heard that people sometimes get stung when the fish jumps or falls when you are transferring them and you grab them without thinking. I can see that happening, but have not seen any sort of behaviour where I thought I would get stung. They don't really seem to use the venom as a weapon, but more as a stop eating me defence.