Clown Trigger in a reef!

[Wolverine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7249233#post7249233 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stykthyn
I hate this!!
It is one thing if the fish is too mean or is suffering due to other complications, but to sell it back once it gets too large is ridiculous! Many times you get less than 50% of what the fish is worth, not to mention the time and effort you have spent raising a prized fish, or one you at least thought was interesting enough to put in your aquarium. this is one practice I will never understand! sorry, had to vent

If you get 50% you're extremely lucky. Many stores will not take the fish back at all (even ones that say they will when they sell it to you) or will agree to take it off your hands but will give you nothing in return. It's not in the store's best interest to take it. Now they have a huge fish that can only go to someone who has a large tank (often huge tank), and they have to feed and care for it until that person comes along.

That's why many people end up trying to donate large fish to public aquaria. They usually don't want the fish either, for a variety of reasons that have been laid out countless times here.

Dave

 

[bureau13]

Sorry if you already know this, but I didn't see anyone address the question: Leng Sy is the founder of Ecosystems Aquariums, they use the "Miracle Mud" based refugium with no skimmer. I'm running it...sort of...on my 55. I have a fairly heavy bioload in there, and I'm running a Remora skimmer, and I still have nitrates and phosphate problems.

This is not to say that I don't think the method works (I guess I'm sort of not REALLY using it since I have the skimmer) I like the setup very much...but IMO its no substitute for intelligent bioload planning and regular water changes.

jds

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7217702#post7217702 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by El Langostino
Wow, 1 out of 25. Terrible odds for the clown trigger, lol.

Definitely take a look at your LFS next time you're there or bookstore and go to page 104 to check it out.

This aquarium uses the Leng Sy mud system method. Anyone else out there use it with these same stellar results? 25 fishes, including 5 tangs and a trigger seems to be a VERY heavy bioload for a 120 gallon tank with so many sps corals. I was really impressed with that.

one quote the owner had pertaining to this system from the book:

"...the number of fishes seems to be infinite with no apparent stress on the bio load."

 

[roader247]

Hey fellow Athens resident

I had a clown trigger for about 5 years it was a great fish when I got it and for the first couple of years then he killed every thing in the tank I finally traded him. Let me know how your tank is doing