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GS - 2005-01-04
If anyone sees a cowfish at an Aquarium store and decide you have just got to have one. Be sure to ask if this fish is poisenous because I was not told that and I put him in a 120 gallon aquarium with a few other fish that were peaceful and not aggressive and then a few days later he started having trouble swimming, I reckon he got stressed and died and poisoned my whole tank and I lost about $500 worth of fish. If I was told that it would possibly release poison, I would have never bought it.

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Scott - 2010-08-26
Did the toxin kill the fish right away when he died or did they die off slowly for the next few days 1 by 1?
Kaylee Cheddah Bendit - 2011-02-24
I would suggest doing your own research. Long horned cow fish are from the puffer family. When puffer fish get scared they puff up and secrete a poison as a defense mechanism. (sorry if my spelling is not up to par). They are cool to look at but they are a fish that doesn't like to be stressed. So fish swimming around them can stress out. I would suggest a puffer. They are a lot easier to handle and don't need to be watched as much. Im so sorry you had these troubles and were not told the right information. Im not sure where you are located but you can look at www.wetspotaquatics.com we also have a facebook. www.facebook.com/wetspotaquaticsinc Family owned from a hobbiests point of view. Not someone who just wants your money. We also do shipping. I hope I helped a little bit!
Coral Carfora - 2011-03-14
If you have actually read about the fish before you bought one, you would've known that when the fish dies it releases something that will kill all the other fish in the tank. I'm sorry for your losses, but before you go out and get another one, do your research.
Ka Ming - 2011-04-29
Is it true? I love cowfish! Have you heard of a Frilled shark, Dwarf goby, Meagalodon (Shark as bigger as a whale shark!), Portugueusge(Jelly fish), small or medium or big mouth Bass, Crappie, Greenland Sleeper shark, Horn Shark and Goliath Grouper?

LINDA HAYNES - 2011-02-15
Can I keep two clown fish with a carpet anemone, and a wolf eel? I also have a cow fish.
What can I get that will get along with all of these in the same tank? Is there something I should remove or add? Any suggestions please, thanks.

Chris - 2011-01-24
Wonderful fish, mine, Rover, spits for food and will eat anything that I put in the tank, unfortunately my hand included which makes cleaning difficult.

geoff - 2011-01-09
Need help my puffer got white spot badly treaded 3 times now still there open 2 advice please and only eat frozen prawns but is that ok?

philip - 2003-07-31
im having trouble feeding mine. he just wont eat. what can i do? ive tried squid, shrimp, pawn, live feeders. he also only comes out at night, are they nocturnal? thanks.

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kirsty - 2010-11-24
Yea they are nocturnal I read up on it.

Courtney Kaplan - 2010-11-05
My dog faced puffer fish Puffy is a sweet fish if you put your hand in his tank he would let you touch him. PUFFY ROCKS!

JULIE - 2010-09-01
Does anyone know why my cow fish died it was ok in the morning then by the afternoon it got darker in colour then just drop to the bottom and died?

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pat - 2010-10-22
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GAVE HIM FLOATING FOOD. I MELT ALL MY FROZEN FOOD IN A LITTLE JAR THEN I MIX IT UP AND THEN DUMP IT IN. IF THESE FISH GET TOO MUCH AIR IN THEIR LUNGS THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FLOAT UP TO GET AIR AND DROWN.

Vipul Verma - 2009-09-16
Man, reading all these great comments I bought 2 pairs of 1" longhorn cowfishes in my 100 gallon aqu. Guess what I wiped out all my fishes and even inverts.
Huge disaster I lost all everything cause these fishes.

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jr - 2010-05-24
Why did you lose everything?
Johnny Interwebs - 2010-07-14
"The answer to a fool is silence".

N.B. You cannot possibly have read the comments, which would have informed you that they

a) are too big for your tiny tank.

b) would rapidly eat all the inverts in any tank

c) leak poison when stressed.
pat - 2010-10-22
Never put 2 in the same tank they get very stressed out and will kill everything in the tank.

Bashirib - 2010-10-13
Just bought a small boxfish for my 90 gal. tank. It already contains 5 cardinal fish, two clown fish, a yellow tang, a striped convict tang, two firefish, and a diamond goby. So far, everyone is fine. They all ignore the boxfish, and he is so cute! Knowing his defense mechanism, I think I'll call him Ali (because he floats like a butterfly, and stings like a bee), if he lives for at least the next 2 weeks.

Hilal Bsat - 2009-12-30
Please I need to know what do a Long-horned Cowfish eats?

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Megan - 2010-08-23
Cowfish will enjoy all kinds of foods including worms, snails, shrimp, various mussels, clams, tunicates, and fish.They are not very picky eaters and will quickly adapt to a variety of prepared aquarium foods and the occasional algae wafer. Flake food is not the best for them; even though they may eat it, puffers will not thrive on it.
goby7 - 2010-09-24
They will eat a variety of food but mine prefers mysis shrimp.

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