New resident in my reef

[coral_lagoon]

A good buddy of mine had this 3.5 inch horseshoe tang aka Ancantherus Fowleri. He had this guy for 2 years in his 45 gallon sps dominated tank. It was just this fish and a percula clown. As much as he liked the hobby and his reef tank, he had to give it all up because him and his wife werent getting along. With that said, I ended up aquiring this beautiful fish. Now in my 60gallon cube reef..
After I acclimated him, and releasing him in my system he started to graze on my liverock. This will be the only fish in my reef tank. My plan before was to not put any fish at all. Here is a pic and a video..

video

 

[Henryreef]

wow that is one beautiful fish, congrats :thumbsup:

 

[Dave Harms]

Cool fish! Hope he does well for you.

 

[coral_lagoon]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15384648#post15384648 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dave Harms
Cool fish! Hope he does well for you.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15384062#post15384062 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Henryreef
wow that is one beautiful fish, congrats :thumbsup:

Thanks fellows.

Free is good to:thumbsup:

 

[Ohiomom]

Beautiful! Not a whole lot of those floating around..don't they get huge though?

 

[scapes]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15384871#post15384871 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ohiomom
Beautiful! Not a whole lot of those floating around..don't they get huge though?

was curious, so i decided to look it up.. i found 20". pretty big

 

[aquaboy620]

yeah they do get huge and its great. I love mine he's about 5 to 6 inches. but I have mine in my 240 gallon. if you decide to get rid of him I will be more than happy to give him a good home
here is a pic of mine. they are like a fine wine. they get better with age. let me know I live near to S.F.

 

[coral_lagoon]

The 2 years my friend had him in his 45gal reef. He didnt grow that much. That said, I plan on setting up an in wall reef system after I remodel my kitchen and living room..

Thanks fellows..:thumbsup:

 

[Henryreef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15385090#post15385090 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aquaboy620
they are like a fine wine. they get better with age

:lmao: nice analogy

 

[aquaboy620]

well it was just a thought. It was worth a try. good luck with him. they are pretty fish.
thanks Henry. I've been waiting to use that one on RC.