130 X 36 x 36 inbound...any suggestions?

That's one of the joys of a large tank, the challenge of finding the small fish and the relaxation of watching the larger ones swim at ease.
 
Mrscribbled said:
That's one of the joys of a large tank, the challenge of finding the small fish and the relaxation of watching the larger ones swim at ease.
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I find it stressful when you cant find the smaller fish hiding in the rock. Are they alive or are they dead? Although it is relaxing when you finally find them. Huma, do you have issues with detitous building up under your rocks?
 
The Maze angels Wen-Ping is breeding are still doing well at around the 26th day...another milestone for the hobby...Well done!!
 
first i must say that your tank and fish are just incredible. i love reading your thread and actually seeing so many "holy grail" fish being kept by somebody other than a public aquarium or research facility. i know you are not the only person in the world with the fish you have, but i appreciate the fact that you take the time to document everything and share it with us.

one quick question for you regarding blue throat triggers. in your opinion, are they reef safe? i know they are not invert safe but would i be able to keep a male in a reef if i got him as a juvenile and kept him well fed? thanks for your help.

again thank you for all the awesome documentation and the pics
 
bhsgk said:
first i must say that your tank and fish are just incredible. i love reading your thread and actually seeing so many "holy grail" fish being kept by somebody other than a public aquarium or research facility. i know you are not the only person in the world with the fish you have, but i appreciate the fact that you take the time to document everything and share it with us.

one quick question for you regarding blue throat triggers. in your opinion, are they reef safe? i know they are not invert safe but would i be able to keep a male in a reef if i got him as a juvenile and kept him well fed? thanks for your help.

again thank you for all the awesome documentation and the pics
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Thank you..I really appreciate the kind words...
Trigs are funny fish...Yes, ime, they are reef-safe and may or may not eat inverts...I have always kept hermits and shrimp in my trig tanks...some get picked-off right away while others learn to venture out only after lights out and live in the tank for years...when they do get eaten it allows the trigs to act like the predators they are and they get a nice little snack...
lol, having said that, triggers can never really be fully trusted:D...
they may decide to flip corals or munch on them...but if looking for a reef-safe trig...bt, pink tail, niger, red tail/sargassum, kiri, outrigger, crosshatch are the way to go...Tony Vargas wrote an excellent article on reef-safe trigs a few Augusts ago...and mainly discussed nigers and pinktails...I think it was Aquarium Mag Aug 2007...
Good luck and thanks again,

Ted
 
hossa81 said:
I find it stressful when you cant find the smaller fish hiding in the rock. Are they alive or are they dead? Although it is relaxing when you finally find them. Huma, do you have issues with detitous building up under your rocks?
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I can relate...

There is very little build-up under the rocks...I use a rigid piece of plastic tubing with a little neck that allows me to get it out...

I am going to add some lockline arms to my returns to get a bit more flow pointing down...
 
Ted, maybe I missed it earlier in this thread, but what do you use for flow in the tank?
 
I guess all? What do you use to generate flow within the tank? Your return pump, of course. Anything else?
 
There are 3 systems- the skimmer, the overflow, and the tank...
skimmer has a blueline, overflow hss a reeflo snapper and the tank has a reeflo hybrid...
the overflow has 8/10 (forget, lol) loc-line nozzles, the tank has two 3/4inch returns...there is some lr over the return to force some flow down...
going to add 4 nozzles to the far return...
 
humaguy said:
The Maze angels Wen-Ping is breeding are still doing well at around the 26th day...another milestone for the hobby...Well done!!
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Does this prove that maze are their own species and not a hybrid or what was once thought to be male bluelines? Can't wait to see some juvenile maze angles.
 
here are the maze ar 24 days...he is very optimistic and says the blue lines are coming in...seems a bit of blue in the fry in front
 
humaguy said:
Thank you..I really appreciate the kind words...
Trigs are funny fish...Yes, ime, they are reef-safe and may or may not eat inverts...I have always kept hermits and shrimp in my trig tanks...some get picked-off right away while others learn to venture out only after lights out and live in the tank for years...when they do get eaten it allows the trigs to act like the predators they are and they get a nice little snack...
lol, having said that, triggers can never really be fully trusted:D...
they may decide to flip corals or munch on them...but if looking for a reef-safe trig...bt, pink tail, niger, red tail/sargassum, kiri, outrigger, crosshatch are the way to go...Tony Vargas wrote an excellent article on reef-safe trigs a few Augusts ago...and mainly discussed nigers and pinktails...I think it was Aquarium Mag Aug 2007...
Good luck and thanks again,

Ted
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thanks for the quick reply. i am going to have a hard decision when it comes down to it. if i find a nice small juvenile bt i may have to take a chance on it. ill try and find those articles as well. thanks again.
 
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