Do you really want a Boxfish? (Ostracion cubicus)

Care requirements for the Yellow Boxfish (Ostracion cubicus)

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[MusingsFromTheDen]

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

[korikamon]

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

[coin__]

While I’m certainly not skilled enough to own a boxfish, I could watch hundreds of hours of footage of them. The way that can just pivot in place in the water is so fascinating to me, and I’ve never seen a species of fish demonstrate so much distinct personality from individuals.

[maryfrazier]

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

[barleyarrish]

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.

[clamsahoy]

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

[CallMeJephph]

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 Youtube 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.

[johnfleming]

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

[lamont]

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

[stevendillabough]

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.

[Foxinamangle]

I just discovered this channel and I would die for Pablo

[pkbr]

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

[Celtic-Texan]

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.

[ACIDFRAK]

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

[whitey]

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

[fishydave]

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

[andrewm]

Erwin, our little guy, is several months old now and doing really well. Everyone body loves watching him. Eats frozen missis really well we spot feed him.

[Vctoria]

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

[gabesreef]

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.