Thumbnail sized maculosus or 2" Clown Trigger

[jmccown]

So my lionfish was finally nipped by one of my triggers. Not sure which one, so I pulled him and he is now in my sump. Tomorrow I am going to trade him in for something at a LFS. I'm debating on either a thumbnail sized maculosus angel or a 2" clown trigger. Either would be really cool. I already have a 7.5" clown trigger in my 380g so adding another might not be such a good idea. I like the idea of the small mac angel, but would probably have to put it in my 150g reef tank till it grew quite a bit, otherwise it would be lunch in a short period of time in my big tank. The mac would make a great addition to my MONSTER tank that I'm going to do within the next 2 years, since they get HUUUGGE. Which fish would you guys go for?

 

[humaguy]

seeing as how you have a clown go for the mac.

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

Id vote mac too. Very personable angel! Not the greatest colors IMO but very cool fish! Plus I love angels, haha. I'd love to see a pic of a thumbnail sized mac. I have been tempted by the white bars on DD.

 

[Umbriel]

I'd also choose the maculosus. They're still beautiful angels.

Then again, I may be biased because I love angels.

 

[barbianj]

Mac. I was thinking Clown until I got to the part where you said you are getting a bigger tank.

 

[kirkaz]

Mac's are sweet fish. Mine was very personable, even more so than the Asfur I currently have (supposedly very closely related).

 

[Recty]

I think I'd vote for the angel as well, if for no other reason than you already have a clown trigger, I'm a big fan of not replicating fish in a tank for the most part unless it's a schooling/shoaling type of fish.

 

[Zoom]

A large maculosus angel has very little color but good personality.
I go with something different than the two you mention.

 

[AdamTang]

go for the clarion! oh wait wrong thread, yeah, the mac would be awesome to watch grow. CT's are always fun, but u have one, so.

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

So any updates Jason? We want pics!!!!

 

[jmccown]

Just got back and got the fish acclimated. I got the maculosus angel. I've never seen one this small. The gal at the LFS gave me a 7" stars and stripes puffer and three squirrelfish too. Pretty good day. The squirrels will make nice dithers in my big tank.

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

Sweet, lets see some pics! Do you think the squirrels will get picked on though? I'd think they'd be better in your 150g, but the S&S puffer will make a nice addition! First puffer? I want to get one, but it just hasn't come up in the cards yet.

 

[jmccown]

hadn't planned on getting the S&S Puff nor the squirrels but they were free, plus I felt sorry for them in the 40g tank at the LFS. She said she has had them for more than 6 months. So far the puffer is really cool.