Barred spinefoot?

viet-tin

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The one im looking at is about 3-4". HOw fast do these grow bang? Are these a good and hardy fish? I really like the colors.
 

ophiura

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I dealt with a similar species that took a liking (way too much of a liking) to nibbling on giant clam mantles.
 

viet-tin

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The one im getting chows down on xenia which i dont plan on getting but hopefully like the previous owner says thats the only thing he likes to eat.
 

viet-tin

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:eek: well according to the seller he say xenia is the only thing he messes with. Im hoping that when i have him in my tank he wont miss the xenia and start eating other corals.
 

ophiura

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Originally posted by Bang Guy
Jeepers. I guess I've been really lucky.

I was pretty shocked when I realized he was the problem. But after watching him awhile, he would just wander by looking pretty innocent and nip nip nip. Have some nice pics of big big clams with little nips in the mantle. Then they would get kind stressed out and after awhile longer, well :( Of course he was in a 3500g reef and didn't come out until the tank was drained. I had one "Hail Mary" shot at him with a net but a dim witted vlamingi got in the way. Lost many huge clams...we also had terrible problems keeping any sort of polyps in there but couldn't say it was him for sure. He was in there quite some time before anything started though.
 
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