600 gallon plywood Down Grade!
- Thread starter Cougarman
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DPS,
If you look at the first page of the post, there are some pictures of the Sailfin tang. These are of the original tank. You can see the entire fish and see the colours in the tail.
The newer photo is much clearer ... Maybe we can ask for a newer shot of the Sailfin ... Please
Thanks,
Bruce
As requested here are a few pics of the sailfin over the span of starting the new tank up. In some of the pics you can see the stresses of the transition in the form of scuff marks and frayed fins. In later pics he has healed up well. This is the biggest sailfin I've ever seen in captivity.
Reeftanks6
Active member
Great photos! I love my sailfin one of the coolest fish i have ever owned! How big is your sailfin?
Reeftanks6
Active member
WOW!! What an amazing fish! My saiflin is about 5 if that! But he is one fat thing for his size he is about an inch thick! Were at the point where he is growing really slow i got him when he was about an inch 1/2 since i put him in my 90 he has grown about 4 inches in 1 year my tank just got past its 1 year mark a little bit ago!
DamnPepShrimp
Moved On
Geez, you have some monster tangs! I know you just got this tank, but I feel you need an upgrade already! That pic looked weird of the salfin, the blue in the fin is what threw me off, you don't see it in the other photos. Thanks for the pics, gorgeous fish.
Reeftanks6
Active member
Amazing shots! Love the fish and corals once again! Love the close ups to
Cougarman,
Wow ... great shots!
The eye of the sailfin ... that is actually quite amazing how it is independent of the body .. but matches up perfectly even the smaller sub yellow stripe. The partial head shots that are really in focus show so much detail that you normally miss.
Keep up with the practice. We will help you out by drooling over them. How about one of the Naso Brevirostris.
Thanks,
Bruce
Wow ... great shots!
The eye of the sailfin ... that is actually quite amazing how it is independent of the body .. but matches up perfectly even the smaller sub yellow stripe. The partial head shots that are really in focus show so much detail that you normally miss.
Keep up with the practice. We will help you out by drooling over them. How about one of the Naso Brevirostris.
Thanks,
Bruce
The sailfin was big when I got it. I saw it in a lfs and it was terrified, in the corner of a small tank. Not many people could house a fish that big. I was pretty sure he wouln't survive. I had my 600 gallon, so I purchased him. He didn't eat for 2 weeks. It's hard to get the big ones to accept prepared food, but eventually he did and he's been fine ever since.
Thanks. The parrot is one of my oldest fish. An uninformed purchase I must admit. He's about 6 inches and hasn't changed in over 3 yrs. I don't anticipate any more growth in him. He has passed his growth phase.
Keep in mind that growth can be controlled in captivity to a certain degree. Fish will not necessarily get as big as they do in the wild.
In this case the parrotfish may have the genetic potential to grow 3 feet, but environment has influenced gene expression and kept him smaller. Just as with humans there is an optimal growth phase after which time the fish will not grow any bigger. He may get fatter, but not bigger in structure.
I've had an Acanthurus nigricaudus in my office 35 gallon for over 3 yrs. He's barely 2 inches long. The same fish in my home 300 gallon is 5 inches. The smaller 35 gallon reduces the amount I feed and thus the fish is smaller. If I now put that fish in my 300 he will not necessarily grow any bigger, his growth phase is over. He's reached sexual maturity. He's a miniature fish.
All this said, every fish will reach a minimum size as dictated by their genes. Obviously a unicorn in a 35 gallon will out grow his home, but a small acanthurus may not. As is the case with my A. nigricaudus.
