Female is 6" male about 8". The QT was 30 g. The DT is in the the store. They will be going into a 220 DT
!!!! My dude, no wonder they weren’t initially active or feeding... Those are large fish, but they are also open ocean large fish... An 8 inch cross hatch with a 6 incher together in a 30 gallon was a major, major, stressor for them and a big mistake. Plus copper treated, it’s clear why they weren’t eating. Moving them to a 60 with a puffer is still way too small and too crowded. Arguably, a 220 is too small for a pair of these, but without knowing how crowded it is, I’m still quite sure it’d be world’s better. Run, don’t walk, get them out of the 60 and into the 220.
Years ago, before LA, before there was a lot of info on this and related triggers, I ordered a crosshatch sight unseen, expecting a reasonably sized fish. I got an 8 inch monster. It frantically paced both a 46g qt and a 110g all alone until it starved to death. Many large tangs adapt to small spaces much better than these guys, both anecdotally and based on info readily available now.
If they appear emaciated, which I’m sure they do, you might want to attempt to tube feed them once prior to introducing them into the tank (other members, have an opinion here? These are pricy, stressed, but certainly starving fish, not sure if a one time force feeding before release would help or hurt #reefsquad ).
