I just added a Striped burrfish (Chilomycterus schoepfi) to my FOWLR tank and my Cowfish is not happy about it. Everything seemed normal the first day, the cowfish would chase the burr away every now and then but nothing else. Over the night the cow must have gotten ahold of the burr because he had a couple bites the next morning and when I tried to feed them the cowfish went street on him. It rushed at the burrfish, which then puffed up and that only made it a large immobile target. I broke up the fight with my feeding tongs and everything went back to normal. I tried putting a mirror up against the glass to distract the cow, which worked for a little while but the next morning the burr was beat up again. I moved the cowfish into QT and moved the rocks around in the tank. The burr is acting completely normal and still eats like a pig.
I plan on leaving the Cow out of the main tank for 4-5 days and hopefully the burr will establish its own territory. The cow is probably 8-9" and the burr is about 3"
Any other advice or suggestions?
A couple pics to show the size difference
I plan on leaving the Cow out of the main tank for 4-5 days and hopefully the burr will establish its own territory. The cow is probably 8-9" and the burr is about 3"
Any other advice or suggestions?
A couple pics to show the size difference
