The was a lil over two feet around 26" he has grown alot,, as far as the morish idol goes he eats every night brine, mysis, krill, silversides...what ever goes in the tank he snaps it up...the tank is also very forunate enough to have a rock that jus grows sponge like crazy and he eats that all the time...he is a great fish and it is quite amazing he is the way he is, his streamers are always full lenthg and growing...as far as tank specs nothing major it has a sump with a euroreef 180 skimmerm, turbo twister uv for up to 500g, and that about it nothing crazy goin on hear frequent water changes with ro di and salinty at a constant 1.021 and tank temp of 82