Do you really want a Boxfish? (Ostracion cubicus) 

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Pablo is so stinking cute, I can see why people are tempted by them. 😊

Whats wrong with the people disliking this video... have you no love for Pablo?

i had a cow fish in the early 1970's, his tank mates were lionfish, clarks clownfish, cleaner wrasse, seahorse, a huge anenome, forceps butterfly, and a male masked crab (corystes, a british native with very long arms). Like pablo my cow fish spat water at me and loved to be lifted up and made quite audiable sounds, always very excited when i entered the room, eating most foods and lived about 4 years till the tank over heated one night.

Did I just hear you compare the death of a boxfish with a fart in an elevator😂😂?

Very informative and interesting video. I don’t keep fish, nor do I plan to, but I truly enjoyed learning about Pablo.

I'm completely obsessed with fresh water puffer fish. I try to read and watch all I can about those little weirdos, and yesterday I remembered that puffers have a close salty relative. The box fishes! Searching up "box fish" in RU-vid had your video in the first 5 videos displayed. This video is absolutely fabulous, a practicality perfect mix of entertainment and enducation. I currently lack the skills to set up and maintain a healthy marine tank, but if I ever do, you can be sure I'll get one of these little cardboard boxes with fins. You've earned a new subscriber, friend.

I have a yellow boxfish named Antonio. He is from far the most interactive fish that I have. In the first week, he learned to eat in my hand. If I point my phone to the tank he runs to appear in some photo, sometimes it just gets boring cause it's impossible to take a coral photo without him. He accepted all food that I offered until today. I hope that this list could help someone. Prime Reef Marine Flake Food - Ocean Nutrition Thera A Regular - New Life Spectrum Marine Formula - New Life Spectrum BIONAUTIC FLAKES - Tropical FD CALANUS - Tropical Fd Brine Shrimp - TROPICAL - hydrated with brightwell Vitamin M Here in Brazil it's almost impossible to find frozen food, so I did a homemade a pate recipe with: shrimp Squid salmon apex unflavored gelatin Scott - cod liver oil

I have owned a yellow boxfish for 3 months now and i have had no issues. it has never harmed my corals. It will take brine shrimp from my gorgonians. he shares a tank with two clowns, a flame hawk and a starry eyed blenny. great video.

I beg to differ on the Box Fish not winning any swimming contest. I lived on Okinawa in the 80's and caught all my aquarium fish out of the ocean, up until I had stumbled upon a beautiful yellow polka dotted Box Fish like yours the hardest fish I had ever caught was Moorish Idol's. That little Box Fish wore my ass out, he was surprisingly fast for having such small fins, but I did get him, I tricked him into swimming into a bundle of dead Staghorn Coral which I netted and brought to the surface. I can't speak to the longevity of the little guy as I gave him to a friend with a much larger tank and don't recall him mentioning it after that.

I love these fish but I didn't know about the armoured shell so thanks for teaching me something new!

I had a cow fish for 10 yrs his name was T-bone he got up to 10 inches long he was really cool.

Pablo is sooo cute! Thanks for the box fish lesson, very much appreciated 💛💖💛

I saw these guys a lot diving and always wondered how they survived being so freaking slow. Thanks for the answer!

I just discovered this channel and I would die for Pablo

I was literally laughing so much about the fart in the lift

I came here bc I was watching asmr eating boxfish and I wanted to see what they look like alive lol

I really dont understand how you are capable of dropping rapid fire fart jokes and not crack. I wouldn't have been able to contain myself. Your professionalism is unrivaled 👊👍. Thanks for deciding to put and little more of yourself in these videos.

Pablo is adorable!! :) I was looking for a good video to showcase the boxfish movements. This one was perfect so thank you for sharing. :) I sculpt fish out of clay and then place them in replica aquariums/natural settings that I create with either resin or clay (sometimes both) and I want to start including boxfish. I will have to practice sculpting them a bit first and it should be fun. :) - Heidi

You earned a sub just for comparing a fish's defence mechanism to a fart in an elevator and a Dutch oven lol

Only you can make me laugh watching a box fish video 🤣

I think its hilarious how such a cute, funny-looking fish can be responsible for so much death.

"I'm not Patrick" - Boxfish

I’ve had my box fish for a few weeks and he settled in soo well, he rides the backs of my other fish

I am happy you made this video This is my experience : i have my boxfish now for a month its in a 1200liter system that have 2 tanks and 1 sump in the first week he releasd a neurotoxic posion and all my fish ‘paste out’ i whut clean the tank next day bud all the fish where back ‘awake’ its like the fish are sleeping its strange and stressd me out now everiting is back ok

Such an enjoyable and informative video!! And I don't even own a tank. Thank you.

“A fart in an elevator” Best analogy I have ever heard 👍

Thank you for this amazing video!

That is AMAZING… thank you for sharing 🐠

HAHAHAHA ITS SO TERRIBLE BUT THE ANALOGY OF THE FART IN THE ELEVATOR REALLY GOT ME

Pablo is indeed an absolute legend

I’m an expert aquarist with a 180 gallon and most of my species are triggers. They are peaceful. I’ve seen triggers with these fish before so I’ll consider getting a fairly large one. I have a FOWLR with a few corals that I don’t care about. But nobody touches them! My tank consists of damsels, triggerfishes, a hawk fish, a banana wrasse, a dottyback, and a vlaminji tang which is 1 foot long btw.

'Boxy'is our main tankmate, currently in a 50gallon. Originally he was company for our seahorses but we lost them last year so now hes centre stage in a mixed reef and maybe 5inches long now. WOW 3 YEARS WENT QUICKLY

I had a box fish for two years...he was great, really good fish.... very peaceful and energetic...he ate real good..brine shrimp and even marine flake food ..also live blood worms.

I had a cowfish, it was a white spot / Ich magnet. But he was adorable and very interactive.

the entire family of tetraodontiformes seems to be very intelligent and show similar behaviors in many ways. puffer fish as well as porcupine fish / burrfish also spit water and follow people around when they move next to their tank. highly intelligent animals with an interesting personality.

Fart jokes were presented in a classy way that anyone could appreciate.

My Uncle got a box fish thinking it would be fun, his entire tank of 15 years was wiped out within two weeks, killing all of his fish, some that were there since the beginning. He promptly got rid of it and started over with new fish.

yes. i do want boxfish. i will not be able to care so i will live vicariously through you.

I have only seen a cowfish take out a system once. Three weeks ago a lunar wrasse jumped into the cowfishs' compartment in the same system. Over night the entire system died. If carbon is being run I assume nothing would have happened. 2 k of fish gone.

Love these little guys, but don’t have the proper environment for one. I enjoyed this video a lot! 👍🏻👍🏻

They are cute! Always heard a tough fish to keep though, them and cow fish

Cute video. 👍 I always loved how the box fish look.

Awww Pablo is a little cutie ❤️❤️❤️

I have had a box fix in my reef tank now for a few weeks and he's ok so far. Not seen him touch the corals they are fascinating to watch.

I love box fish and have wanted one ever since learning about them. I’ve still yet to try my luck but maybe some day.

Ive got one. Wanted one for ages. Very cool fish.

"Silent but deadly" 😂😂😂😂

I had one it came up missing.... I looked all over, and finally I saw it.... head first in my anemone.... they like to nip at anemones

haha" not unlike a frat in an elevator this version of an under water duch oven" best think I an heard all day! still got the little guy? how fast did it grow?

Good informational video

I’m a little confused, you say this fish can grow to be a foot long. But you also said the one in this video is 2 years old despite appearing to only be a couple inches long.

Pablo is brilliant! Would love to try one again one day! Had a Hawaiian one long time ago that disappeared after a few days..

I got a box fish my coral banded shrip kept going for it everytime it passed it it was only in my tank for 4hr before it kill everything inside my tank including itself so yes it does kill itself if it releases the toxin in it tank I had a 300l tank. Even tho I lost everything I didn't let this put me off and started again. As cute as they are never again will I add one to my system

I still want one

wow very lucky to have a Hawaiian black box , I have wanted a blue box and a black box for the entire time in the hobby. Tried 3 black ones over the course of 16 years and tried 1 blue box as they are much pricier than the black ones , never had a lick of luck getting them to eat tried a ton of foods . Currently keep a pair of yellows like pablo , they are much easier to get eating and like you mentioned qt to make sure of no ich . Really wanting to try getting a black box or a blue as soon as I set up another qt system , this gives me hope . I have noticed fish are coming in a lot healthier than when I tried so I have seen some really nice healthy looking black boxfish at my lfs but lack a qt set up so I have had to pass . Thanks for sharing

Yet another reason I stay with fresh water. Crazy oozing farting cheese looking weirdo fish.....

😎 Educational I would only recommend for advanced hobbies with the time and space to QT first like you recommended. These fish are bad as spiny box fish i love those little ones also one day I'll get one that will survive

Yes just bought a canary wrasse a few hours ago and it's missing no body found😢

I have personally had a box fish and one day I came home to it dead and everything in my tank closed up and later died. I happen to know that they can wipe out an entire tank.

Liked for Pablo the boxfish.

I've had 4 boxfish and cowfish over the past 10+ years, still have the 4th. Never had them kill anything else by toxin so I believe it's probably a pile of lies :p

I want box fish or cow fish so badly one day. Very cute and unique looking

I love your videos .❤

That background music is epic 😂

PABLO IS SO CUTEEEE

ive had 4 white spot boxfish and never had an issue when they died , i also assumed that they only release that toxin when stressed

I just got a box fish, what do you feed yours? I've only been able to get mine to eat brine shrimp

I love my yellow box fish he is cute and loves me feeding him.

Hey there nice little Video. Have u ever seen him Munch on clams? Tridacna? An how mich did he grow in your home?

I have a box fish that I just rehomed as it was killing any fish I would put in the 300 gal tank. It killed a couple of clown fish, a tang, a rasp, and a few others I can’t remember the names right now and it was only about 3-5 inches long and those fish disappeared in like a week and anything it could not eat like big pieces of bone were buried. I have just never heard of box fish being that aggressive so I thought other fish were killing fish they jumped out of tank as box fish can’t swim well and in the end it was alone in smaller tank with just him and he would let me pet the top of his head when hand feeding but he is happy living with bigger box fish now so I am happy. Anyone know why he is a serial cannibal killer fish?

My box fish died in my nano tank and killed my clowns as well. Went to bed with all 3 alive. Woke up and they were all dead.

Just found your channel and I love it

Love all the videos!!! I would love to ask if you would QT a Box Fish with any chemicals? I wanted one for years and you cleared up my concerns. Thanks.

I love your videos!

I need a Pablo for myself

this is the reason I am building my reef tank sort of easy to see all going on always, so not places to hide.do you know if there are any special requirements when quarantine this fish? I know is a very tricky fish, but I want to give it a try, if I success, great, if not, at least I learn something new. thanks

I'm not experienced enough to keep on of these

I have excatly same one , eats like there is no tomorrow

Love this aquarium

Hey there, I just brought a boxfish for my tank and he as been bitting at my sea cucumber. What you ever seen this before or heard about it? I have my video of it about to upload on my channel

This box fish is AWESOME!!!!! I would love to have one.

I’ve been wanting a boxfish and I’ve been doing research does your boxfish have to have live corals can it live with artificial stuff

He's beautiful and he looks so unique 😊 what size tank does he need to be in.. great video

I had a beta disappear from a communal tank, no body no bits or blood, just gone

We need to see more of you in the videos :)

I know you posted this video awhile ago but I was wondering what is that food you are giving them that's on the glass?

They can poison your whole tank and kill all your fish, which mine did, if it becomes upset. In my case it was after a freshwater dip for ich, which I was wrongly advised to do by a supposedly knowledgeable marine fish store employee.

Before I watched the video... Lol yes they look lit

Pablo must be one of my favourite reef fish 😍 hes so sick! I love the way it swims like a forklift 🤣💜

How long did it take for your boxfish to start eating and what did you start him off with?

I love pablo. I really want a box fish . But I think I will get a solo tank for one

Boxfish killed my entire tank along with itself. It was my mistake though cause I wasn't experienced enough at the time. Only thing to survive was one Goby.

GEODUDE USE SELFDESTRUCT

Can you have multiple in a tank? and can they die from eachothers toxins?

Someone farted in an elevator I was riding in recently. Only 3 of the 7 people riding in the elevator survived! I was in intensive care for 6 weeks, as the corrosive nature of the fart caused BOTH of my lungs to collapse! Please don't fart in the elevators!

Thank you that was helpful

Pablo such a good boyy

great video! marine fish are so amazing

I had the same thing happen 2 me had my box fish for 2 days was eating really well then he went missing I never seen him again and I couldn't find the body it had no effect on my other fish in the tank. I miss my little box fish they are one of my favourite fish.