Black Cap Basslet Pair

[fishfreak2009]

Anybody else keep a pair of these guys? Mine get along great, even share a burrow with one another. They also have no issues with the ORA splendid dottyback, ORA orchid dottyback, or the damsels that share the tank with them.
Tank is a 96"x48"x19" tall 380 gallon with a 150 gallon sump.

Edit: The hippo tang came to me with the HLLE about 2 months ago. He is already showing improvement from when I got him. The previous owner has had him in a 90 gallon with a clown trigger, a porcupine puffer, a yellow tang and a panther grouper the last 5 years, and in a 75 gallon tub on the floor for the last 5 months or so since his 90 gallon sprung a leak. My fiance and I felt really bad for him and decided to give him a better home.

 

[marleesan]

Were they paired before or did you pair them?

 

[fishfreak2009]

Were they paired before or did you pair them?

I paired them. LFS had 2 really nice ones, bought both, quarantined them in the same tank with a divider down the middle, and they laid eggs within 3 days of being in the display.

 

[ThRoewer]

I never tried them because all the specimen you see in stores are fairly large. And since they are not cheap they mostly have just one or two which makes picking a pair somewhat tricky.

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[fishfreak2009]

I never tried them because all the specimen you see in stores are fairly large. And since they are not cheap they mostly have just one or two which makes picking a pair somewhat tricky.

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Yeah, I was even a little iffy with these 2, but figured they had enough room to get away if they didn't get along, and that I could pull one if needed. Luckily my LFS had 5 to choose from, all around the same size. I picked the two that looked the nicest and hoped for the best.

 

[saf1]

I like the fish and wouldn't have thought to try two. Pretty and striking.

 

[ThRoewer]

Looking at the pictures on my computer screen, they seem to be smaller than what I usually see in stores. What was their size when you got them?

 

[fishfreak2009]

Looking at the pictures on my computer screen, they seem to be smaller than what I usually see in stores. What was their size when you got them?

Around 2 inches. They are smaller than what I normally see at LFS.