Am I crazy?

[AJsTank]

400 gallon

High end SPS

Just dropped in a Trio of Cross Hatch Triggers :rollface:

I'll get some pics up tomorrow

 

[bullitr]

Am I crazy?

Nope
I will have a trio also
My current pair


and a trio of scribble picture later

 

[ca1ore]

High end SPS

Hah, euphemism for 'overpriced' .... and a litany of silly made-up names.

400 gallon tank sounds awesome though .... I'm already feeling space constrained in my 265.

 

[AJsTank]

Hah, euphemism for 'overpriced' .... and a litany of silly made-up names.

400 gallon tank sounds awesome though .... I'm already feeling space constrained in my 265.

Ok fine.

Over priced, named, more rare than some other SPS, but super colorful. Lol

 

[AJsTank]

Nope
I will have a trio also
My current pair


and a trio of scribble picture later

How long ago did you get these? You are lucky you got small ones.

 

[bullitr]

Am I crazy?

Small one are collected much deeper than larger male crosshatch. Getting more this Sunday.

My friends have a smaller a 3" and 3.5" males and 2.75" females. But mine are the most colorful so its ok.

 

[AJsTank]

There was a 4 inch male in Texas and a 4 inch male in LA about 45 days ago. They were asking twice as much as a normal priced adult male. I wanted too so bad, but I just didn't want to spend the dough.

 

[bullitr]

There was a 4 inch male in Texas and a 4 inch male in LA about 45 days ago. They were asking twice as much as a normal priced adult male. I wanted too so bad, but I just didn't want to spend the dough.

Yes its double the price but its worth it.

 

[bullitr]

Picture of the reef ?

 

[small alien]

+1 let's see these over priced overly colorful corals!

 

[radiata]

In a 400g I don't think you'll have a problem. A LFS here in NNJ found that they couldn't keep a pair in a 90g without the male beating the sh*t out of the female. They would only "special order" a pair for you. Your 400g should solve the problem. Please let us know if it doesn't...

 

[bullitr]

Am I crazy?

In a 400g I don't think you'll have a problem. A LFS here in NNJ found that they couldn't keep a pair in a 90g without the male beating the sh*t out of the female. They would only "special order" a pair for you. Your 400g should solve the problem. Please let us know if it doesn't...

If you get a juvenile its not a issue in a smaller tank. The only issue juvenile cost 2x more. My pair gets along in 50 gallons qt right now but the trio will be in 435 next month hopefully

 

[humaguy]

..and the females could always turn male, so be ready for that...
when I added my tiny pair to the dt the female changed to male overnight...

 

[SDguy]

First thing that came to my mind is bioload.... GL.

 

[bullitr]

..and the females could always turn male, so be ready for that...
when I added my tiny pair to the dt the female changed to male overnight...

How big was it ?

 

[humaguy]

How big was it ?

Just over 3 inches...

 

[bullitr]

Just over 3 inches...

Very Nice, my friends have same size male xhatch but since I have a bigger tank in the group I took the 3.75"-4" plus its the most colorful one so is not bad .. Its still very small for this gentle giant.

Should a get 3 2.5-3" females for a trio since my other friend is taking mine?

 

[humaguy]

Very Nice, my friends have same size male xhatch but since I have a bigger tank in the group I took the 3.75"-4" plus its the most colorful one so is not bad .. Its still very small for this gentle giant.

Should a get 3 2.5-3" females for a trio since my other friend is taking mine?

They were both under 3 when they came in from Rufus...the female changing to male was a total shock...lol, did a few hundred double-takes when I looked at the tank the next am...

 

[bullitr]

Maybe I should get 5-6" male and 3 2.5" females
Just in case

 

[humaguy]

Maybe I should get 5-6" male and 3 2.5" females
Just in case

and if the male goes after the female separate them asap...I think if the female feels threatened she could possibly make the change...