When I set up my 40 gallon a year ago, I tried reef fish for the first time and put in a two small tangs and a flameback angel. The lack of maintenance was nice, but I missed the friendly carnivores so eager to be fed. So I bought the smallest dogface puffer on the planet, he measured less than 2 inches long when I got him. He was a pain to get to eat, much like a scorpion fish I had owned previously, but once I got him eating he quickly became my favorite fish of all.
"Dingle" was his name as he resembled a small turd nugget floating aimlessly through the water. One day I brought home a bluejaw trigger and put him in with Dingle in my meat tank. Within a few days marine velvet had broken out all over the bluejaw and Dingle. They both died despite my best efforts to rid them of the disease.
Fast forward 6 months. I miss my predators, they just have so much personality! So after much research, contemplation, and then ignoring all logic, I ordered myself a Polleni Grouper to go in my 90 gallon reef tank. Luckily, he is quite small, has a slow growth rate, and due to my tangs being well... assholes... there are no shrimp in my tank for me to worry about him eating. Im a bit worried, the grouper was quite pricey even with my discount and store credit, but we shall see, hopefully it will be worth it.
Photos to come upon his arrival, but he should look something like this.
