New kids in town

[Delphinus]

[Jason McK]

WOW Congrate Tony Not too often I see you getting another fish all be it 2

J

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Jason McK

WOW Congrate Tony Not too often I see you getting another fish all be it 2

J

Very true, hummmm I wonder if I've been a bad influence....

Just bugging you Tony Congrats on they new fish, they look great.

[Myka]

Very nice Tony!!!

[jimbo222]

what kind of tang is the first one.
i like...

[Delphinus]

Thanks - they're both fish I've always loved and found them both by surprise, I had sort of written off as "I'll never find these" (well, maybe not quite "never" but I rarely ever saw lavenders for sale, and I almost never saw crosshatches for sale at price that wasn't astronomical). As it is they are both tiny (2.5" for the lavender, same size as my "tiny" butterflies, and 3" for the crosshatch.) The LFS had another crosshatch about 1" larger but that was sold I think the day they came in but they keep fish in the store until they are confirmed eating. It was love at first sight for this little guy. For some reason the smaller one didn't sell at all so the second time I laid eyes on him I asked about him, they said they'd hold him until he was ready, in the end it was nearly a month that he was "psuedo QT'd" at the store.

I keep saying "him" but I have no idea if it's a he or a she. They don't get their adult coloration until they are larger, so it will be a surprise. I'm happy either way, I think both male crosshatches and female crosshatches are exquisitely pretty fish.

The lavender had a really bad hazing experience at first from my potter's angel. I was more worried about the sailfin but he couldn't care less that there's a new tang in the tank, so was sort of surprised that it was the potter's who gave him such trouble. But now he's healing up, his fins still have some healing up to go (nip marks). He's eating like crazy now, has discovered nori (right into the frenzy when I put it in), and is so fast he's near impossible to photograph (those two photos were the only 2 salvageable from the about 40ish I took last night!)

[parkinsn]

I saw your name on the tank with the trigger in it at the LFS. I was wondering if that was you or not. Nice find Tony.

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by jimbo222

what kind of tang is the first one.
i like...

Sorry, I should have posted that info. The tang is a lavender tang, Acanthurus nigrofuscus (max size around 8", and to me a really beautiful colour although some think they are drab - you kind of have to give them a chance but when they do colour up it's just "wow").

The trigger is a crosshatch trigger, Xanthicthys mento, and is a total juvenile at 3", the smallest I have ever seen of one of these.

[wickedfrags]

Great pick-up Tony. You will enjoy watching the disposition of this fish change as it become familiar with the tank, and then of course associating you with food.

Watch those fingers around the tank!

Originally Posted by Delphinus

The trigger is a crosshatch trigger, Xanthicthys mento, and is a total juvenile at 3", the smallest I have ever seen of one of these.

[kien]

Glad to see the lavender is doing okay! And ya, that crosshatch is nice! Probably the only trigger that I would ever get if I ever got a trigger :-)