danlu_gt Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Stopped by CnC, there are lots of cool corals and fish. So hard to leave empty handed... Got a gorgeous parrotfish... Jeff didn't have to twist my arms too much. Haha Did my usual fish dip then into the social box. First 20mins or so my crosshatch triggers we're super curious. Now they're all calm but I suspect there'll be a short initial chase when I let it out in a few days. Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuttleFishandCoral Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Going to be sweet. Say goodbye to algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Those are so cool!!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyreefer Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Really cool almost had to get one from cnc one day but decided against it with the space available in my 90 gallon tank. If you haven’t checked out on Instagram @atlreef he has the coolest parrotfish with a lot of character check him out! Also has a super awesome eel named Milton.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Good luck! Hope it does better than mine did. @spectra 🙉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 3 hours ago, youcallmenny said: Good luck! Hope it does better than mine did. @spectra 🙉 Hmmm. That doesn't sound good. I have been tempted by these ever since Jeff started getting them in but a little big for my system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 9 hours ago, youcallmenny said: Good luck! Hope it does better than mine did. @spectra 🙉 Just tell them say goodby to your corals................those teeth are like bone cutters...............yes they eat algae but................... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ'S-Reef Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Good choice it is such a good looking fish! We were eyeballing it too but went with china wrasse instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Guess I'll have to be extra careful when hand feeding my tank with flakes. My female trigger draws blood every once in awhile when she caught my finger. Hopefully, I can keep it's color with variety of prepared food and DIY seafood spirulina mix. Now, I' a little worry it might chop away all my rocks. I don't have that much to start off with. Might need to just let my montiporas grow instead of trimming them back in the future. Can't wait till I let it out of the social box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Last night the triggers were resting in their cave and all the tangs seem peaceful, I couldn't resist and released the parrot fish. As sunrise starts, triggers came out of their cave and parrot fish swam off the sandbed. Initial, only my Regal angel gave it the cold shoulder, but as the light intensity increased male trigger gave it a series of quick nudges. The tangs took turns to check it out. By mid morning, only the male trigger still showed some interest with short darts toward it. By noon, all seems well so I decided to clean the glass and get some pictures with my big DSLR. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroberts Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 A great looking fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce00 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 You have some nice looking fish. Jealous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyreefer Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Looks amazing 🤜🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Apparently I celebrated too soon. :( As the tank gets darker, make crosshatch got moody and started to chase the parrot fish around. Luckily, I was able to remove the parrot fish before it lose too many scales. I'm going to let it recover a bit in the frag tank before doing to social box again.Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, danlu_gt said: Apparently I celebrated too soon. 😞 As the tank gets darker, make crosshatch got moody and started to chase the parrot fish around. Luckily, I was able to remove the parrot fish before it lose too many scales. I'm going to let it recover a bit in the frag tank before doing to social box again. Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk Bummer - sounded like you had cleared that hurdle. Hope it eventually makes it into the DT safely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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