Weigh in on your harlequin tusks please

[fishoholic]

I have heard they are prone to marine velvet. A friend had a store hold one for her for 3 months and it seemed healthy and was eating but a week after she added it she got an outbreak of velvet in her tank, it was the only new addition in months so she figured it had to be from him. I also think the one Lance has had velvet when he got it but I could be wrong.

I tried a very small 2" one once he did great for 3 months then I added a mystery wrasse and the mystery picked on the tusk and stressed him out and he died a couple weeks later

[lastlight]

Thanks guys that's helpful.

I have read that the smaller ones do considerably worse. Also seems like a no-brainer to buy an aussie one for both looks and success rates.

The velvet thing doesn't sound good. I'm still not setup to qt and somehow I am still waffling back-and-forth about whether I want to do it at all.

[reefermadness]

Im pretty sure my tusk went unphased when marine velvet took out my clowns.

My tusk eats everything......I've seen him go after and sometimes get asterna snails if they flip over but if they are right side up he ignores them. So I have large asterna's and mexican turbos snails that have been with me for a long time. Shrimp are goners for sure. Mine has never bothered any other fish in the tank. Keep um well feed and they are good reef safe fish.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by lastlight

I'm still not setup to qt and somehow I am still waffling back-and-forth about whether I want to do it at all.

you've read my thread, right??

[krisalexander]

Beautiful fish, I was watching them at J & L last week they got about 4 in, man they are beautiful fish.
I have no experience with them, but I wish I did!

[George]

The harlequin tusks in J&L now are from Australia. Australian harlequin tusks are more colorful than those from indo-pacific. Well worth the extra money.

[subman]

I had one for years, he was awesome one of my all time favorites. That being said all my snails, crabs and shrimp dissapeared. Never touched any corals.

(Mine went skydiving with out a chute)