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Zante
05/08/2013, 04:08 PM
What is the biggest reef fish that has been accomodated in a domestic aquarium that you know of personally?

No particular reason for this question, just a bit of chit chat...

Drae
05/08/2013, 05:25 PM
I've seen a naso and sailfin tang in a 800 gallon 10' long tank get pretty big. Maybe a foot or so and thick as a stuffed wallet.

mikem101
05/08/2013, 05:47 PM
sohal tang is MASSIVE, batfish get pretty big, Dogfish Orientalis can get to 3 feet. Most Groupers lol there are so many!

Bigcefa
05/08/2013, 06:33 PM
Whale sharks at the Georgia aquarium

LOTUS50GOD
05/08/2013, 06:48 PM
Unicorn tangs are large. Seen a few up to 16" long and thick as a burrito

Zante
05/09/2013, 12:05 AM
Whale sharks at the Georgia aquarium

DOMESTIC aquarium! :D

NeilFox
05/09/2013, 12:40 AM
I had a Cuban Hogfish that weighed about two pounds in my 180 reef for a few days after a friends tank sprung a leak..

xxvietxjustinxx
05/09/2013, 12:49 AM
Unicorn or vlamingi tang can get pretty big.

PatW
05/09/2013, 01:50 AM
I understand that Goliath groupers have been sold as cute little I matures in the aquarium trade. I have seen them on dives off of Jupiter Fl. They get about the size of mini coopers. Well not quite, but they can go over 1000 lbs. In aquaria, I guess the owner would be forced to pull the plug long before that.