I had a Midas blenny in my previous tank. Had him for maybe 18 months & then one day he vanished. I looked everywhere inside and outside the tank. Never found any remains. I do think I may like another in my new tank.
Little bit of both. I wouldn’t call him a workhorse but he doesn’t turn down a free meal.
Huh, mine’s 5-6” so it’ll be interesting to see how he goes over the next year or two!
Mine gets 24/7 TLF green/purple/red seaweed + frozen twice per day so that could be a factor.
Mine is a magnificent but up to 8” after 4 years or so. They get big, fast’
I have a tank bred regal in a nano with a few softie / LPS frags. It has little interest in them but he’s barely an inch long. “Reef safe” angels tend to be pretty hit or miss in my experience. Even my flame goes through phases of chomping on meat corals but then leaves them alone for months at a time _shrug_
White tail, foxface will look so cramped in that tank, they are huge! Ill get a picture of my new foxface in my tank to show you. Plus bristletooths are always in the rocks scraping algae. Best algae eaters ever! When I had my white tail all I ever saw of her was the white tail sticking out of the rocks as she was picking
Youre saying the regular foxfaces are about 8 inches??? Wonder if mine will get any bigger, its 8 inches or so now!
The regular ones are meant to get 10 inches (vulpinus), the one spots (unimaculatus) about 8in. But those are max measurements in the wild, from a Swedish database. No idea how updated it is or if captivity results in more or less growth, although I would tend to believe equal to or less--I've seen some FAT fish on the reefs, so they must be eating well!
Purple Tangs are my favorite Zebramosa too. They are always the tang I add to a new tank.Purples are my favorite zebrasomasthese are my two in my 300. Love them both even though Calypso the sailfin is a NASTY tempered fish
Interesting! Ill have to see if the one I just picked up grows more, he is pretty big!
Yeah! They are super pretty. This purple is a cave monster though, he likes to swim in the rocks and only swims in the open for food. He likes to dive bomb fish from inside the rocks. Never had a purple that wasnt constantly out and about so he is just odd! Had him since he was like an inch!
I would not use the term “Reef Safe” for any angel other than the Genicanthus. I put Regals in the same tier of reef safe as pygmy angels. Clams tend to be the thing they nip at. I’d put the reef safe success rate of Regals at 65% to 75%. Where Genicanthus are 98% and pygmy angels are 75% to 90%.
Yes! Those are so cool! Do you get two females and let one change?
That is rare behavior. I love how my Tang Gang swim in the front of my tank where the flow is the highest. It reminds me of the turtles in Finding Nemo.
Mine went from 3in to 5in very fast (and from flat skinny to round!). I don't know if their growth rate starts to slow down after a certain length. @i cant think might know better. I think @Slocke has a brave Siganus vulpinus as well.
Mine also might force another upgrade (oh no!!) if it maxes out, although its swimming tendencies are hang out behind rocks, come out when food time. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Oh yeah they grow so fast!!!
Mine is actually aggressive. He hasnt hid at all or gone stress coloring. My sailfin has been bothering him since he was put in the tank but he will chase her off and flare his spines at her. First foxface Ive seen that doesnt act like the sky is falling when I fish swims by
One thing I find people don't realize is that the Foxface Lo (Siganus vulpinus) and the One-Spot Foxface (Siganus unimaculatus) are actually two different fish, with the former growing to be about 15% larger than the latter.
Mine eats from my hand. Has hardly grown though in the 3.5 years I've had it. Maybe an inch or two
