My New Hawiian Black Durgeon

[NORTHERN REEF]

just wanted to share my new hawiian black durgeon i picked up over the weekend he is a very active swimmer at 9", will post more pics tomm and of some of my other fish that are new editions as well:bigsmile:

 

[Saltysteele]

you know i've wanted one of those, right NR? blast my too-small tank!

he/she looks great! as i know there are several that can be referred to as black durgeons, is this a Melichthys niger (yes, i copied and pasted, cause i can never remember the correct speeling)

9". any idea how old it is? (just curious as to how quickly these grow)

 

[NORTHERN REEF]

well to my personal knowledge their are two types of durgeons the hawiian and the indian ocean, the indian durgeons are more common to see around i really have no clue how old this one is,i personally never heard of a niger trigger be called a durgeon but don't quote me on that one lol , it is a male, thanks for the kind words:bigsmile:

 

[Reef Goddess]

What size tank did you put it in?

 

[NORTHERN REEF]

currntly he is in a 240 8x2x2:bigsmile:

 

[paintballer768]

Very nice trigger NORTHERN REEF, and kudos to also putting it in a huge tank where it belongs

 

[NORTHERN REEF]

thanks for the kind words, he is very happy and one thing that is super cool he is a dosile fish thanks

 

[Saltysteele]

i'm so jealous :dribble::dribble:

 

[turbois300]

700 shark lagoon? PIX???????? Beautiful fish!

 

[NORTHERN REEF]

thanks again, yea the lagoon is actually 2 300 gal. systems with a 100 gal. sump/fuge, i will be taking some updated pics real soon for sure

 

[salt newbie01]

Very sweet!! Would love to see your other tanks...looking forward to pics!!

I have a 220 in the basement right now. It will be a FOWLR maybe by next summer. Debating on selling it for an 8' tank instead of 6'

 

[LorenK]

Not to be confused with Odonus niger.

you know i've wanted one of those, right NR? blast my too-small tank!

he/she looks great! as i know there are several that can be referred to as black durgeons, is this a Melichthys niger (yes, i copied and pasted, cause i can never remember the correct speeling)

9". any idea how old it is? (just curious as to how quickly these grow)

 

[CrustaceanNut]

you know i've wanted one of those, right NR? blast my too-small tank!

he/she looks great! as i know there are several that can be referred to as black durgeons, is this a Melichthys niger (yes, i copied and pasted, cause i can never remember the correct speeling)

9". any idea how old it is? (just curious as to how quickly these grow)

you win the prize that is exactly what it is.

 

[NORTHERN REEF]

sorry their was some confussion on that one, i thought for some reson you were talking about the niger trigger, never liked scentific names especially with cichlids lol

 

[Saltysteele]

i hear ya, NR
sometimes, as in this case where there are a couple that are referred to as black durgeons, ya have to know which one your looking for by scientific id. i'm not that knowledgeable, just know which one i wanted