Troylee
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Agreed! Tenth of an inch is a grain of rice thickness lol.. that poor hippo looked to be about 3/4” long.
Hippo tang fry care
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lynn.reef.nerd
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This is why it's hard to trust men when they tell you sizes ....
I also don't buy from saltwaterfish anymore. They sent me a bag of water once. Was suppose to be a mandarin. I still have a pic of an empty bag somewhere.
I also don't buy from saltwaterfish anymore. They sent me a bag of water once. Was suppose to be a mandarin. I still have a pic of an empty bag somewhere.
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BTW, this is my 1 inch fish that I ordered. The color part of the fish is a little less than 1 inch but with the clear tail it come out to just over 1 inch. I have to put him in a fish box and feed him multiple time with shave mysis shrimp because he is too small to eat 1/2 a small mysis shrimp. He did fine and is about 2.5 inch now. I got him just before New Year. I think it was 1/30/2023. I have to pick him up at the airport. Airport to Airport freight shipment. BTW, I was told accurately that the fish will be about 1.25 inches. We had a group shipped for 3 of them. Tiny Australian Tusks don't come cheap. I would not order tiny fish like that without knowing that they are well care for during the whole process.
If you are going to order 1 inch fish, then you should know and prepare to take care of them. They have no margin of error and will starve quickly. That was what happened to your tang. The shape of young fish is not always the same as adult. Their proportion is all wrong. Certain organ, like the eyes will looks way too big. Fins most of the time seem too long. It is unlikely that it is a deformed Tang, just very thin tang.
I love tiny fish and always want to get the smallest animal I can for my aquarium. Small fish required special care throughout the supply chain or else they will not make it.
If you are going to order 1 inch fish, then you should know and prepare to take care of them. They have no margin of error and will starve quickly. That was what happened to your tang. The shape of young fish is not always the same as adult. Their proportion is all wrong. Certain organ, like the eyes will looks way too big. Fins most of the time seem too long. It is unlikely that it is a deformed Tang, just very thin tang.
I love tiny fish and always want to get the smallest animal I can for my aquarium. Small fish required special care throughout the supply chain or else they will not make it.
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