Biggest reef fish?

[Zante]

What is the biggest reef fish that has been accomodated in a domestic aquarium that you know of personally?

No particular reason for this question, just a bit of chit chat...

 

[Drae]

I've seen a naso and sailfin tang in a 800 gallon 10' long tank get pretty big. Maybe a foot or so and thick as a stuffed wallet.

 

[mikem101]

sohal tang is MASSIVE, batfish get pretty big, Dogfish Orientalis can get to 3 feet. Most Groupers lol there are so many!

 

[Bigcefa]

Whale sharks at the Georgia aquarium

 

[LOTUS50GOD]

Unicorn tangs are large. Seen a few up to 16" long and thick as a burrito

 

[Zante]

Whale sharks at the Georgia aquarium

DOMESTIC aquarium!

 

[NeilFox]

I had a Cuban Hogfish that weighed about two pounds in my 180 reef for a few days after a friends tank sprung a leak..

 

[xxvietxjustinxx]

Unicorn or vlamingi tang can get pretty big.

 

[PatW]

I understand that Goliath groupers have been sold as cute little I matures in the aquarium trade. I have seen them on dives off of Jupiter Fl. They get about the size of mini coopers. Well not quite, but they can go over 1000 lbs. In aquaria, I guess the owner would be forced to pull the plug long before that.