Reefers, PLEASE don't buy these fish. 2 of the LFS in Tucson get them here all the time. They come out of Hawaii and retail for about 30 bucks, and I once got cocky and thought I could keep a little one in 75 gallons. It was eating in the store, and it ate when I got it home for like 3 weeks. But it wasn't getting it to eat or keep eating that was the problem. Anyone who's been diving with these fish in their natural habitat will tell you that they don't really observe territory- they cruise around the reef eating stuff all day long, and I once swam with one for about an hour and it must have travelled half a mile in that time. Hence, it didn't take long in 75 gallons until claustrophobia set in and mine died a slow, agonizing death. These are, in my opinion, the most beautiful fish in the world, and if we could keep them happy, I'd be the first in line to buy one. But I've known MANY people personally, all over the country, that have tried to keep them- people whose tanks I respect, and are much bigger than any I've ever had- and nobody seems able to keep them longer than a few months. Furthermore, ***** stopped carrying them in 2000, because their mortality rate was so high not even a corporate entity could turn a profit on the species. Even public aquariums and theme parks like SeaWorld, with display tanks at thousands of gallons, rarely attempt to keep this fish, and those that do have not had long-term success (as far as my research has found). Sorry for the rant, but this is one beautiful fish we just don't have the ability to keep yet, if ever. Res Ipsa Loquitur.
