Long story short, I ordered a standard spotted grouper for my 120 about a week ago, he was eating minnows before I took him home from work but not much else. I got him home and he wouldn't eat any of the mysis shrimp, but would eat shrimp pellets and chopped scallops (obviously he likes bigger chunks of food). I decided to get him some live minnows to make him happy and vary his diet. I brought 5 minnow home and let them loose. The grouper ate 3 over a minute.
This is what shocked me. As soon as I dropped the minnows in, my 2.5 year old 6" hippo tang chased down a minnow and munched it down in near identical fashion that the humu trigger that I take care of at work does. It took him another couple chases, but he munched down a SECOND minnow. I know hippos aren't the friendliest tang, but this was unreal to me. My bigger vlamingii looked at the minnows, took interest and followed them, but didn't engage.
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This is what shocked me. As soon as I dropped the minnows in, my 2.5 year old 6" hippo tang chased down a minnow and munched it down in near identical fashion that the humu trigger that I take care of at work does. It took him another couple chases, but he munched down a SECOND minnow. I know hippos aren't the friendliest tang, but this was unreal to me. My bigger vlamingii looked at the minnows, took interest and followed them, but didn't engage.
Sharing my random story from tonight.
