Spotted Boxfish – Ostracion cubicus

Common Names – Yellow Spotted Boxfish, Spotted Boxfish, Cube Boxfish

Minimum Tank Size – 125 gallons is the minimum tank size for the Spotted boxfish

Habitat Distribution – Indo-Pacific region

Diet - A recommended diet for a Longhorn cowfish would be frozen foods such as,

-        Brine Shrimp (feed sparingly)

-        Mysis Shrimp

-        Clam or Mussel on the half shell

-        Blood Worms

Live foods such as,

-        Shrimp (some shrimp need to be gut loaded as they are mostly water)

Other Foods such as,

-        Squid

-        Octopus

-        Cuttlefish

-        Small Fish

Remember to keep you cowfish’s diet varied. Longhorn cowfish will also spend their time blowing jets of water into the sand in search of prey.

Max Size – 18 inches is the size that the Spotted boxfish grows to in the wild

Tank Environment – These boxfish can be found swimming over areas of sea grass or over coral reefs. Spotted boxfish should not be kept with aggressive or boisterous fish. The tank should have live rock which helps the water quality and can provide copepods or other small inverts on which the boxfish can forage upon.

Other – As with all ostraciids, Spotted boxfish may or may not go after corals so be sure to test them out with a piece of inexpensive coral or invert.

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