That’s actually extremely similar to what occurred with my flashing tile a day before he died
I would have loved to do a necropsy, but it was already half eaten by the anemone and cleaner crew (wife corrected me and said front half was hanging from one of the bubbletips, not the maxi mini while back half was being eaten by the armatus pistol shrimp, hermit crabs, and Nassarius snails). Plus I'm in St Kitts and the fish is in Michigan, so hard to do a necropsy.
They look great! How long have you had those 3?
The Fourmanoirii for 6 months, the Marcosi and Starcki are new additions, 2 weeks. it's so interesting, when you have more than one, especially of different species, it gets all the rest of them into a different groove. Now all three hang out with their tails up, suspended in "mid-air", working witch each other in catching food and being aware of their surroundings. Not my first time putting different variations together, but I've made some new observations this time around lol.
That 6 month mark makes me feel a little better. Perhaps I'll try again, but will wait for my LFS to get some in instead of buying online like last time.
I always swore by the Luteus in being the toughest nut and the easiest to keep, but Fourmanoiri is up there. No spots no flukes, nothing. All the rest of my tiles always had exterior issues, though most respond to fresh bath treatments. I would definitely recommend the Fourmanoiri. A very curious animal overall.
Oh man, I love the oreni but their prices are large haha
I thought you had a 120?
I do however my issue is the flashing tile will most likely top it off as the other fish I have are rather large growers (Slow growers but the top 3 get 7-8”). I’d love to own several again and am looking at upgrading that to one of the G series (Probably the 5’) but even then I don’t think I’d be able to get many more fish in there.
Interesting - My chlupatyi didn’t use all of the tank, actually he used very little of it, mainly hanging around his cave and only going to the other end of the tank at feedings.
If you've seen the videos of the 17,000 gallon home reef tank owned by Andrew Sandler, he has a bunch of tilefish in there. Look how active they are and how large they are compared to the rest of the fish. They use a huge portion of the tank. I personally am not going to try one again until I have a much larger tank, I'm thinking along the lines of 8' L x 4' W x 30" H or larger.
Oh right, They’re not small Hoplolatilus species, they’re definitely the larger species. They’re Hoplolatilus starckii but also show a different behaviour as they’re in groups IMHO. But also if you look at all the other fish around them, they’re much more hyperactive fish which will boost the confidence of tilefish, and they’re in a large group making them more active - In the wild they won’t be found like this and will be found in pairs or trios instead of a large group of 10-20.
Nice! Funny to see the other fish trying to set a pecking order. Problem is, tilefish just don't care.
They really don’t, all tilefish care about is getting that torpedo shaped body through a gap you’d think isn’t possible.
