New Australia Harlequin Tusk

[Kyuss]

How's yours coming along goreef?

 

[Dashylock]

Congrats... Very cute... Glad to hear he's eating

Thanks - what an entertaining fish...he's great to watch :dance:

 

[goreef170]

How's yours coming along goreef?

Hey Kris, Thanks for asking..

He still rests in the rocks most of the day, and comes out at night. Alto he is coming out a little more each day.

He still doesn't eat any food I give him. I have put pieces of krill and squid right in front of his face and he still ignores it.... Alto he remains fat and healthy. I think he is eating little critters off the rocks and sand. I thing he will soon start eating, or at least i'm hoping

Keith

 

[albano]

I think he is eating little critters off the rocks and sand. I thing he will soon start eating, or at least i'm hoping

If you can pick up some small crabs or snails, they may get him to eat.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Very cute little tusk.

 

[goreef170]

If you can pick up some small crabs or snails, they may get him to eat.

Thanks for the suggestion....

I do have a lot of small snails....and he may be munching on them..:twitch:

 

[Dashylock]

Thanks for the suggestion....

I do have a lot of small snails....and he may be munching on them..:twitch:

Have you tried adding a few drops of garlic extreme to a diluted mysis cube? That's how I fed mine the first time and he loved it.

 

[goreef170]

Have you tried adding a few drops of garlic extreme to a diluted mysis cube? That's how I fed mine the first time and he loved it.

Yup, tried extreme garlic. When ever I add a new fish, I usually will add Garlic to their food. Thanks

 

[Dashylock]

Yup, tried extreme garlic. When ever I add a new fish, I usually will add Garlic to their food. Thanks

Is he still in qt or in your DT? Maybe be feels threatened by larger fish during feeding? Have you tried feeding him in an isolated environment?

 

[goreef170]

Is he still in qt or in your DT? Maybe be feels threatened by larger fish during feeding? Have you tried feeding him in an isolated environment?

Hi,
He is in DT. When I first got him, I put him in the sump to isolate him, but it really didn't work. He is just one of those that takes his sweet time to come around....

 

[OrionN]

Here is my Tusk today. Still missing his R upper tusk.

 

[lutz123]

Thanks for sharing - beautiful fish.

 

[usingthejohn]

I want to get a Harlequin tusk, but have some questions:

My tank is predominantly wrasse dominated (to the tune of 14 or so). I also have a small tang (about 1.5"). Will the tusk go and eat the smaller fish? Or are they just fond of inverts (snails, crabs)?

 

[AntiSatan]

I plan on getting one once my fish I have coming in this week go through 6-8 weeks of QT. He will be my last fish to add.

Tusks are not fish eaters just inverts eaters

 

[goreef170]

I want to get a Harlequin tusk, but have some questions:

My tank is predominantly wrasse dominated (to the tune of 14 or so). I also have a small tang (about 1.5"). Will the tusk go and eat the smaller fish? Or are they just fond of inverts (snails, crabs)?

As far as a Harlequin Tusk eating small fish, it is possible, if he's large enough. What I would suggest is getting a smaller one. Also if you don't mind spending more get the Australia one. Better survival rate and more colorful.

As far as your other wrasses, I would do more research, in hopes they would all get along... Good Luck !

 

[sc50964]

I want to get a Harlequin tusk, but have some questions:

My tank is predominantly wrasse dominated (to the tune of 14 or so). I also have a small tang (about 1.5"). Will the tusk go and eat the smaller fish? Or are they just fond of inverts (snails, crabs)?

My HT is about 8" long, and he has not shown aggression towards any of the small fish, which includes 7 clowns, 3 fairy wrasses, 2 chromis, 1 cleaner wrasse, and 1 coral beauty angel. The only fish that it has shown aggression is a 6" parrot fish.

 

[usingthejohn]

As far as a Harlequin Tusk eating small fish, it is possible, if he's large enough. What I would suggest is getting a smaller one. Also if you don't mind spending more get the Australia one. Better survival rate and more colorful.

As far as your other wrasses, I would do more research, in hopes they would all get along... Good Luck !

My HT is about 8" long, and he has not shown aggression towards any of the small fish, which includes 7 clowns, 3 fairy wrasses, 2 chromis, 1 cleaner wrasse, and 1 coral beauty angel. The only fish that it has shown aggression is a 6" parrot fish.

so from what you know they don't eat any small fish? I googled "Harlequin tusk" and "fairy wrasse" all night while at work, and only saw one post in which someone thinks it may have eaten all his chromis. Otherwise a majority of posts indicated it was a shy fish that would snack on inverts.

 

[sc50964]

He was only guilty for eating all three cleaner shrimps and all the bristle worms in the tank. Other wise a modern citizen.

 

[goreef170]

so from what you know they don't eat any small fish? I googled "Harlequin tusk" and "fairy wrasse" all night while at work, and only saw one post in which someone thinks it may have eaten all his chromis. Otherwise a majority of posts indicated it was a shy fish that would snack on inverts.

I would say go for it.......If you buy him small, I wouldn't worry about him eating small fish at all...

I had a blue jaw trigger fish, and all of a sudden my chromis were on his menu,
so every fish will be different, we just have to take some chances in this hobby

 

[usingthejohn]

I would say go for it.......If you buy him small, I wouldn't worry about him eating small fish at all...

I had a blue jaw trigger fish, and all of a sudden my chromis were on his menu,
so every fish will be different, we just have to take some chances in this hobby

Sorry. I'm looking at one literally as I type this. It's about 4-5" long. The lfs fed it a small goldfish, which is much smaller than anything in my tank and it swallowed it whole.

Think, it's still safe to add?