Harlequin tusk

[jasonrusso]

about 1.5 inch. Australia Tusk

Did you just get him? I'm expecting to get my juvi this weekend.

 

[OrionN]

A friend of mine arranged to have a dealer send three Tusks to me. This is one of the three. The others are in my friends's tanks

 

[OrionN]

I got him 12/30/2022. I will keep document his developments

 

[jasonrusso]

I got him 12/30/2023. I will keep document his development

Cool, future fish.

 

[OrionN]

Cool, future fish.

Please post pictures of your's

 

[jasonrusso]

Please post pictures of your's

I will when I get it for sure. My comment was a joke because you said you got him 12/23.

 

[OrionN]

I saw that and corrected it.

 

[jasonrusso]

Got this little guy on Wednesday from Biota. He was already eating the next day. He can't be more than 1.5."

 

[OrionN]

Looking good. Feed him well and we will grow fast.
Mine was 1.25-ish on 12/30/2022 and he is pushing 2 inches now.
12/30/2022

Today. On 12.30 he was about 2/3 the length of my Yellow tail damsel. Today he is already longer than the damsel. The Convict Tang below is about 2.5 inches.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looking good. Feed him well and we will grow fast.
Mine was 1.25-ish on 12/30/2022 and he is pushing 2 inches now.
12/30/2022

Today. On 12.30 he was about 2/3 the length of my Yellow tail damsel. Today he is already longer than the damsel. The Convict Tang below is about 2.5 inches.

These guys are the best !!
Mine at 7"

 

[kboogie]

These guys are the best !!
Mine at 7"

Yours is so beautiful!!! I've tried four times in the last 18 months with no success, I'm hoping to give it another try this year. I had two that never ate. One that acted weird (swimming is upside and erratically) and eventually jumped out the back of the tank. The last, a juvenile, died in quarantine after two weeks and was eating well.

 

[jasonrusso]

Yours is so beautiful!!! I've tried four times in the last 18 months with no success, I'm hoping to give it another try this year. I had two that never ate. One that acted weird (swimming is upside and erratically) and eventually jumped out the back of the tank. The last, a juvenile, died in quarantine after two weeks and was eating well.

Sounds like it could have been cyanide poisoning. That's always a major fear because these are hard to catch.

I paid more for a captive bred because I know for a fact that there was no cyanide.

 

[jasonrusso]

Yours is so beautiful!!! I've tried four times in the last 18 months with no success, I'm hoping to give it another try this year. I had two that never ate. One that acted weird (swimming is upside and erratically) and eventually jumped out the back of the tank. The last, a juvenile, died in quarantine after two weeks and was eating well.

I've only had him for 4 days, but look at Biota. He seems very healthy.

Harlequin Tuskfish

Choerodon fasciatus - The Harlequin tuskfish is a beautiful member of the wrasse family. These colorful and personality filled fish often become quick aquarium favorites for their outgoing behaviors. These are currently juveniles and will end up growing to a size of up to 10" so they require a...

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[OrionN]

@jasonrusso
Did Biota specified that these are Australia or Pacific variance of Tusk?

 

[jasonrusso]

@jasonrusso
Did Biota specified that these are Australia or Pacific variance of Tusk?

This is what I was told. I have no reason to doubt it at this point. It's really hard to tell when they are juveniles.

 

[OrionN]

You said that your’s is a lot smaller, only about 1.5 inches rather than 2.5 to 3 inches.
it make sense that they would get the Australian to breed. Best of luck with your little guy. I love mine.

 

[jasonrusso]

You said that your’s is a lot smaller, only about 1.5 inches rather than 2.5 to 3 inches.
it make sense that they would get the Australian to breed. Best of luck with your little guy. I love mine.

Oh, he's definitely smaller than what they said. I don't really care as long as he's healthy. He got a roommate today. I put a ghost shrimp in there and it was funny watching him try to eat a shrimp nearly his size.

 

[OrionN]

My Tusk was too small to eat mysis shrimp initially. I have to shave the block of mysis to thin slide then use ạ pipet to feed him with. He was so small just one mysis or two would fill him to the point of busting
Today, just shy of 1 month, he can easily eat the whole mysis. They grow fast. I feed him tuna, salmon, shrimp, trout and squid along with mysis. I switch food every 2 - 3 days. I have an anemone in there and feed him chunks of whatever I have when I switch food for my Tusk.

 

[OrionN]

Even fish in the same hatch grow at a different rate. I know this from raising clowns. The ones that grow slow seem to never reach full size. This may be good if you want him for a small tank. Hopefully he is not one of the smaller ones in the hatch.

 

[jasonrusso]

Even fish in the same hatch grow at a different rate. I know this from raising clowns. The ones that grow slow seem to never reach full size. This may be good if you want him for a small tank. Hopefully he is not one of the smaller ones in the hatch.

In my experience, the small fish grow fast for an evolutionary reason. They get to a point and slow down.

Once you get to a point where 90% of the other fish can't eat you, it changes.