harlequin tusk in a reef tank????

rangerfan · 10-06-2005, 04:31 PM

has anyone seen this done succesfully i talked to a guy on RC that has one and he said he has never had problems, with those huge teeth i dont see how they dont eradicate everything, so does anyone else have any info on this it would be greatly appreciated i have always wanted one, but i am at the crossroads of making a fowlr into a reef and it would be great if i coudl do this becasue the only reason i woudl want to go FOWLR again is for a blue face or a tusk fish.

Loverotties · 10-06-2005, 04:36 PM

It depends what you have in the reef and size but I'd say no.I had one in a FO tank a austrian one.He was one of my fav and if I do enougher FO I would have one again!(just a reg. one)

Amand · 10-06-2005, 05:14 PM

My friend has one in his reef tank and it doesn't touch any of his corals. It did wipe out his snail population though. I would say it will be hit or miss and every fish can be different. If you don't mind not having any snails/crabs in the tank go for it.

rangerfan · 10-06-2005, 05:38 PM

what kind of corals does he have in his tank?????

Twitterbait · 10-06-2005, 05:55 PM

corals will be fine, inverts will be lunch.

Bob NY · 10-07-2005, 01:39 AM

The Halequin Tusk is one of my favorite fish.
I had one in my tank when it was fish only. I would love to get another, but as others have said it will definately rid your tank of snails and crabs.
I am planning to do another fish only system (hopefully this winter) and it will definately have a Tusk in it.

Here is a pic of my Tusk that is no longer with us

rangerfan · 10-07-2005, 09:43 AM

so it wont munch down on corals just the inverts, not even softies

Amand · 10-07-2005, 09:50 AM

yea they don't normally munch on corals. My friend has mainly softies but quite a few SPS and a few LPS too. Its just the snails/crabs that they go after.

rangerfan · 10-07-2005, 09:52 AM

well that is good if it ry it i still think i am going to be scared when i start floating that bag