Might be better to reduce 'daylight' timing until he is more settled... I have added very small live crabs to induce feeding with previous HTs.
New Australia Harlequin Tusk
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goreef170
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Try some fresh squid, they really love it and it may bring him around.
This is my one, a couple of years ago
And a more recent pic
Wow, Great looking Aussi !
Jessesoto33
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Here's min 8 1/2"
goreef170
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Very nice Jesse !
OrionN
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I am thinking of getting a Tusk tomorrow. There is one at the LFS that have been there for the last month. 3 inches for 100.00. Another LFS have one coming in tomorrow. Hope smaller. If everything goes well I think I will pick the smaller of the two
This one will go into my 320 gal tank. I ad one for many years in my 450 g tank in the past. I really love this fish. The eliminate the rather large snail population in my tank but leave the rest of the animals alone.
This one will go into my 320 gal tank. I ad one for many years in my 450 g tank in the past. I really love this fish. The eliminate the rather large snail population in my tank but leave the rest of the animals alone.
sc50964
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criticalencore
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Mine eats everything including flake food. Small snails may get him eating. Mine goes crazy when I toss in handfuls of Ilyanassa obsoleta i catch at the beach. Mine is define try more active at night and hardly see him during the day.. hopefully watching the other fish eat will teach him soon enough
ben jammin
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New Australia Harlequin Tusk
Sorry Goreef, I've been traveling and haven't checked the forum in a few days. Here's a picture of my tank - taken with my phone, so sorry for the blurry fish:
How is your tusk doing? Started eating yet? So far everything you've described is consistent with my experience, even the swimming only at night. Like I said, it took nearly a month for him to get comfortable and start eating, but eventually he did and he's been doing great ever since.
Oh, and the goby was in the tank long before the tusk. I've got another in there too, an orange striped shrimp goby. He seems to be smarter than the watchman and bolts for his cave whenever the tusk or triggers get near.
ben jammin, How about a pic of your tank ? You know we love to see pics
Question: Was the goby in the tank first, or added after your Harlequin ?
Sorry Goreef, I've been traveling and haven't checked the forum in a few days. Here's a picture of my tank - taken with my phone, so sorry for the blurry fish:
How is your tusk doing? Started eating yet? So far everything you've described is consistent with my experience, even the swimming only at night. Like I said, it took nearly a month for him to get comfortable and start eating, but eventually he did and he's been doing great ever since.
Oh, and the goby was in the tank long before the tusk. I've got another in there too, an orange striped shrimp goby. He seems to be smarter than the watchman and bolts for his cave whenever the tusk or triggers get near.
CoralsAddiction
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Truly beautiful specimen. Worth the extra $$$.
OrionN
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It is an Indo. The price is one of the reason I did not pick him up.
Is Australia specimen more colorful? I know that the Grey blue color on the hind third of the Australia Tusk. How about the orange? Is the band brighter orange?
Dmorty217
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The indos oranges and blues aren't nearly as bright and colorful, the Aussy will have very bright orange and blue and a pink/red margine at the tip of the tail. 100$ for a 3" juv Australian would be a steal... They go for 250$ on DD that size and 2" are 180$
Dmorty217
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Here is a comparison
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goreef170
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Very nice looking tank ! I like the see thru....
Still not eating... Altho i'm not to worried cause I keep thinking about what you went thru. Mine is doing the exact same thing
Dmorty217
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What makes you believe that's a juv indo and a adult Aussy in the picture? That's really the color variations in the two. That picture is a pretty good representation of the differences in the two.
I'm still on the fence about mine. Came from QM as an aussie, so I trust that it is... but it's small, and looks very "indo" to me....
sc50964
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I haven't seen any adult indo and juvi Aussie for as long as I can remember. I had a juvi indo and it was a very slow grower. I have an adult Aussie one and am really glad with the colors. Here are what I can find online for an one to one comparison.
Indo
Aussie
