Let's see your TINY fish that grow up to be BIG fish!

revhtree · Sep 8, 2016

All fish, even BIG fish, have to start from somewhere! And to me when these guys are little they are too awesome! This little Bandit, who doesn't get too big, is just plain cool!

Let's see your photos of your tiny big fish! :p

Image via Pacific Island Aquatics

themcnertney · Sep 8, 2016

revhtree · Sep 8, 2016

Dan McNertney said:

HA! Love this one!

jlanger · Sep 8, 2016

My Lamarck's Angelfish started as a little 2" long baby.

And is now the dominant fish in the tank at almost 6"+ long.

Macdaddynick1 · Sep 8, 2016

jlanger said:
My Lamarck's Angelfish started as a little 2" long baby.

And is now the dominant fish in the tank at almost 6"+ long.

HOW BIG of the tank do these guys need?

jlanger · Sep 8, 2016

Macdaddynick1 said:
HOW BIG of the tank do these guys need?

I have a 120gal (48"L x 24"W x 24"D) and the fish is ready to find a larger home.
Being that it is the dominant fish (and acts an angelfish), it will briefly chase a couple the other fish to the point of snapping off some of the corals; so more room would be appreciated.

Lynn52 · Sep 9, 2016

In February I mistakenly received a yellow belly hippo tang in a shipment from an online vendor. She was about the size of a dime. Her body was almost transparent.

This is after two weeks of tank transfer and another two weeks of observation in a small beaker used to move her to my display. In the 4 weeks of QT she started to get better color and fatten up. She is now close to 2 inches long.

Nigelk · Sep 9, 2016

my queen angel in my profile pic was less than an inch long when I got her, she grew into that beauty, shortly after the pic was taken I lost her.

revhtree · Sep 9, 2016

Nice photos!

lion king · Sep 10, 2016

1" blueline and clown triggers, and a 1"niger trigger rooming with juvi jewel moray.

4FordFamily · Sep 10, 2016

Nigelk said:
my queen angel in my profile pic was less than an inch long when I got her, she grew into that beauty, shortly after the pic was taken I lost her.

That is actually a blue angelfish. Beautiful fish, and a close cousin of the Queen.