anyone have harlequin tusk in reef

[steallife904]

I was wanting to add a harlequin tusk to my new reef tank but wasnt sure if he would mess with my linkia starfish or a clam if i add one at some point? i know they can eat snails and crabs and that doesnt bother me but am worried about him eating/killing starfish and clams. What do you think? Anyone with one please advise as well.

 

[mattsilvester]

I had one in a 150 gal mixed reef for about a year. It was about 4-5". It didn't touch anything. Stars; shrimps; clams; corals; small fish.

 

[angelman21]

I've had 3 in my life and never had an issue with any. Recently had a 3.5-4 inch harlequin in my 220 reef and he was a model citizen

 

[Tkieu78]

I have a juvenile tusk in my reef. Shrimps crabs clams gobies. He doesn't touch a thing.

 

[steallife904]

so u think i am safe?

 

[m0nkie]

Does harlequin Tusk require swimming room like tangs?

I have a tall aggressive tank, about 150gal, but 4ft tall. Wondering if it's ok to house one. he won't have a ton of space to swim left or right, but there's a 4ft tall rock structure to switch around

 

[Tkieu78]

Mine is in a 60inch tank with minimal rock. He swims throughout all day long. Id say their active swimmers

 

[kegogut]

I have a 4 inch HT in my 220 and recently added 6 dispar anthias to the tank. within 30 mins of adding them the HT was eating one. Regardless to say between my HT and my niger trigger none of them survived.

If your going to add one make sure hes the last fish you add or things could go bad for additions later.

 

[albano]

so u think i am safe?

Yes...there's no way the Tusk can hurt you!

 

[steallife904]

Yes...there's no way the Tusk can hurt you!

nice one. lol

 

[lhm nole]

Dont put one in a acrylic tank you will regret it

 

[Cosmojo]

Interesting to hear all of the anthias were killed by the trigger and HT

 

[albano]

Dont put one in a acrylic tank you will regret it

I have kept tusks since 1973 & I have had tusks in multiple acrylic reef tanks since 1991... Without any problems

 

[coral49]

I have one in mixed reef tank 300 gallon acrylic tank 2+ years.. no issues with any coral. When i went out of town for 3 days and the autofeeder was empty he did eat 2 fire shrimp. Not sure what is the issues with acrylic. One of my favorite fish.. very active and curious.

 

[blazend]

I have a medium grown (indo pacific) tusk in my 90 gallon reef tank. (4ft) He doesnt eat any corals and he is a good community fish. He leaves alone all wrasses and smaller fish so far. I do feed him feeder guppies every once in a while though.

One of my favorite fish and i would highly suggest him.

 

[kegogut]

I have a medium grown (indo pacific) tusk in my 90 gallon reef tank. (4ft) He doesnt eat any corals and he is a good community fish. He leaves alone all wrasses and smaller fish so far. I do feed him feeder guppies every once in a while though.

One of my favorite fish and i would highly suggest him.

I think the feeding of guppies will come back to bite you. Well,not you but...:fish2:

 

[blazend]

I was positive he would eat my cleaner wrasse due to size and wrasse mix ups. But honestly my harlequin leaves all my wrasses alone including a leopard wrasse.

They are friends.

 

[goreef170]

Dont put one in a acrylic tank you will regret it

I have a Aussi H.T 6" for about 1 year in a 250 acrylic tank without any issues.
He doesn't even look at my clean up crew. The trick is just to keep him well fed.

 

[nuxx]

Coral should be fine... inverts and small fish as mentioned could be an issue...

 

[SALTYwaterDOG]

Really want one reefs 2go calming they've got them for $60, I could do that. Inverts are on the menu does that include anemones?