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Ornate Boxfish
| Latin Name | Aracana ornata | ||||||
| Common Name | Ornate Boxfish | ||||||
| Also known as | Ornate Cowfish, Ornate Thornback Boxfish | ||||||
| Fast Facts | AVAILABILITY NOTE This is a waiting list item. Availability is unpredictable and highly limited, and the window of opportunity to grab one is very small once we say we have one. Be prepared to jump on it immediately when available. Contact us to get on the waiting list for this item. With a highly limited range in nature, the Ornate Boxfish is of the rarest boxfishes that enter the trade. The Marine Center is one of the only places you'll find this incredible fish! All of the normal precautions for the care and handling of boxfishes apply here. Like all boxfishes, it should only be housed with non-aggressive tankmates. If housed with bold feeders, it will have trouble competing for food. Make sure you keep an eye on this fish during feeding time if kept with any remotely bold feeders, and beware that it may never adapt in such a situation. Better still; keep this fish only with fish totally dissimilar fish, which don't compete for food (like mandarins!) The Ornate Boxfish rarely bother other fishes, but like any boxfish, do not keep it with bold active fishes such as trigger or large wrasses (such as Thalassoma sp.) Fairy Wrasses on the other hand are suitable tankmates. In other words, know your stuff before contemplating this (or any) boxfish. Once adjusted to aquarium life and begins feeding, they usually fare somewhat better than other common boxfishes, despite their being a cool water species. Good thing, since they are very expensive! |
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| Sizes | Most Specimens are around 3"-5" |
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| Range in Nature | Southern Australia | ||||||
| Minimum Aquarium Size | 100 | ||||||
| Diet and Feeding | Omnivore, provide a varied diet that includes frozen preparations for omnivores. Feed this fish at least twice daily. | ||||||
| Ease of Care(5=easy, 1=difficult) |  |
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| Reef Aquarium Compatibility | Likely to eat many types of sessile invertebrates and nip at corals. However, keeping it in a reef tank or at least with live rock will greatly facilitate adaptability. | ||||||
| Related Fish | Shaw's Boxfish, More Boxfishes | ||||||
| Availability | Contact us to get on the waiting list |
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| Add to Cart | Ornate Boxfish
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Availability is not guaranteed and is subject to change without notice. Note: Because these are living animals, and not made in a factory, actual specimens will vary and will not look identical to the image provided. Sizes stated are approximate.
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