blond naso tang
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Let's see your tank. What skimmer you have on yours. How you like it. I am also going with self cleaner on my skimmer
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I did buy the Swabee skimmer head cleaner from Avast
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Gotta wait to try it out :-/ tanks still
Empty. Just a nice collection of equipment at this point.
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That was today lol. Woodwork should be done next week. Electrical
Finishes up this weekend. Buddy comes to help me pipe everything up October. Hopefully find some 200 gallon reservoirs locally to set up my RODI and mixing stations for ATO. Then water. Already have the same and most of the rock as we'll. I'm ready to go lol
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Thanks locito. The build thread is here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2577596
I think anthony uses tapatalk, like me, and it does not always show links very well
I use tap a talk as well. Your one step ahead of me lol I literally have to search for my own post for updates.
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Yes I am on my phone. Nice tank. Lots of wires. I would get confused. Ok night all. Nice chatting with you
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I have never personally had a group of yellow tangs, but have seen it done. It seems to me that tangs behave differently depending on the size of the tank. Yellow tangs can be mean sobs in a smaller tank, but it seems when they have more room they are more mellow. In my 240, I seem to have no aggression issues with any of my tangs, the exception being a Sohal that I had that was just plain evil. He would slash the heck out of another fish for no good reason and swim away as if nothing had happened. Sneaky, evil fish. So all that being said, I will go back to an earlier post I made, and say that tangs need space. The more tangs you have, the less personal space they have and the higher likelihood you will have a problem. And, you have to account for their future size. When I got my emps and my nasos they were much smaller. they have turned into very large fish now. I watch them daily to see if any issues are beginning to arise. So far so good, but I remain wary. You need to have an exit strategy if what you think will work out, doesn't.
So as an answer to what you specifically asked, I think 5 yellow tangs, a hippo, a kole and a blonde naso are a lot of tangs. Maybe it will work with an open landscape, but are you going to put other fish in there too? I think you are better off with max 3-4 tangs.
I think I wrote poorly when I said that most people with a lot of experience with Nasos sold them. What I meant was that people that have had a lot of experience with Nasos are generally importers and fish stores. They see tons of Nasos. But they don't keep them long because they are in business to sell them. So, they have lots of experience with Nasos, but not much keeping them long term. I have kept them long term, but not very many times. So my point is, is there an "expert" out there that has kept them long term, in lots of different circumstances, such as different tank sizes, different tank mates, different layouts, so that they can definitively say that this practice is bad and this practice is good. I suspect there is no one out there with that kind of experience. So with that being said, all I can do is offer my limited experiences and people can decide what to do on their own. I watch my fish closely and react based on what I see. Sometimes I have to remove a fish. I have removed an Asfur Angel and a French Angel from my tank because they were affecting my Moorish Idol either with aggression or simply out competing it for food. I removed my Sohal because it was a killer. It is difficult to get all fish to get along, just like it is difficult to get people to get along. So I 'd say take into account a fish's tendencies, and decide whether you want to try, then keep an eye out and make sure it is working or not.
Oh, and go Flyers!
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Thank you for your response. It really helped
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I have never personally had a group of yellow tangs, but have seen it done. It seems to me that tangs behave differently depending on the size of the tank. Yellow tangs can be mean sobs in a smaller tank, but it seems when they have more room they are more mellow. In my 240, I seem to have no aggression issues with any of my tangs, the exception being a Sohal that I had that was just plain evil. He would slash the heck out of another fish for no good reason and swim away as if nothing had happened. Sneaky, evil fish. So all that being said, I will go back to an earlier post I made, and say that tangs need space. The more tangs you have, the less personal space they have and the higher likelihood you will have a problem. And, you have to account for their future size. When I got my emps and my nasos they were much smaller. they have turned into very large fish now. I watch them daily to see if any issues are beginning to arise. So far so good, but I remain wary. You need to have an exit strategy if what you think will work out, doesn't.
So as an answer to what you specifically asked, I think 5 yellow tangs, a hippo, a kole and a blonde naso are a lot of tangs. Maybe it will work with an open landscape, but are you going to put other fish in there too? I think you are better off with max 3-4 tangs.
I think I wrote poorly when I said that most people with a lot of experience with Nasos sold them. What I meant was that people that have had a lot of experience with Nasos are generally importers and fish stores. They see tons of Nasos. But they don't keep them long because they are in business to sell them. So, they have lots of experience with Nasos, but not much keeping them long term. I have kept them long term, but not very many times. So my point is, is there an "expert" out there that has kept them long term, in lots of different circumstances, such as different tank sizes, different tank mates, different layouts, so that they can definitively say that this practice is bad and this practice is good. I suspect there is no one out there with that kind of experience. So with that being said, all I can do is offer my limited experiences and people can decide what to do on their own. I watch my fish closely and react based on what I see. Sometimes I have to remove a fish. I have removed an Asfur Angel and a French Angel from my tank because they were affecting my Moorish Idol either with aggression or simply out competing it for food. I removed my Sohal because it was a killer. It is difficult to get all fish to get along, just like it is difficult to get people to get along. So I 'd say take into account a fish's tendencies, and decide whether you want to try, then keep an eye out and make sure it is working or not.
Oh, and go Flyers!
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You say the idol severely limits the types of fish you can have? Seems they are quite fragile. He ate your zoas?
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Also in my 57 I have a lot of rock. I also currently have 12 fish. Got a few for free for a guy giving them away so I ended up with more than I wanted or should. But my tangs go and sleep in the rock every night. You say give them plenty of open space. But don't they need plenty of rock to sleep in also. Or hide in when scared. My hippo darts in and out of the rock all day. Might be that the tank is too small for it so not acting normal
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I pretty much started the tank around the Idol. He is my highest priority. They don't eat a lot at one time, and they are not the most aggressive fish in the tank. A large angel like a French will gobble up the food before the Idol can get his share, and so the Idol will slowly begin to lose weight and possibly starve. I feed a lot of pellets with the intention that many lay around on the bottom so the Idol can graze and eat throughout the day. I think that works well for the Idol. But if your other fish are pigs, they eat all the food and leave none for the Idol.
That being said, the Idol now pretty much holds its own with my other fish, but not so much in the beginning, over 7 years ago.
Yes after ignoring corals for three months, one day it decided it liked zoas and ate them all within a couple of weeks. Then I had a semi-crash that took out the rest of my corals, and I have been fish only since. The Idol survived the crash, and has survived ich and other breakouts that have taken out many of my other fish. So are they fragile? Mine has been pretty hardy.
That being said, the Idol now pretty much holds its own with my other fish, but not so much in the beginning, over 7 years ago.
Yes after ignoring corals for three months, one day it decided it liked zoas and ate them all within a couple of weeks. Then I had a semi-crash that took out the rest of my corals, and I have been fish only since. The Idol survived the crash, and has survived ich and other breakouts that have taken out many of my other fish. So are they fragile? Mine has been pretty hardy.
