DSPS tank from Thailand (1000 gallon+)

nineball said:
Chingchai, I can't take too much time because I am about too tee off in Orlando Florida but I do NOT have any aptasia in my display tank at all. I did have an invasion of them in the early days but the best and completely 100% effective thing I did was to put 200 peppermint shrimp in the tank. It took about a month to see them start to work but they ate every one and I cant find any aptasia in my display tank.

More later when I get back tonight

Peter
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Peter. It's good to hear from you.
My tank has also no problem with aiptasia.
But Majanos is the different issue. Peppermint Shrimp aren't interested to eat them at all.
 
For the life of me I cannot understand why you would want to change your tank as it is perfect in so many ways, why bother with something that does work. Your tank- the way it is- is an inspiration to 1000's of aquarists all over the world.
I can only imagine how this tank will look after 05 years, with the same aqua scape you have now.
As for the Majano, surely there are fish/critters that will sort the problem and going back to your pics, it does not look as if it has taken over the tank, nor gotten out of control.
Your system is amazing, as mentioned by myself and 1000's of others previously.
Good luck in whatever you do decide to do
 
chingchai said:
roni. Thanks a lot.
But I can't find this fish here yet.
Can you or anybody recommend where I can buy them?
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Hmm, they are very common here recently but were not easily available a couple months ago. I don't think people realized how good they were with Majanos. Are you able to get any fish from the U.S. shipped to you? If not, maybe circulate the pics to your suppliers?

Their distribution is (from practical fishkeeping):

the Indo-West Pacific and found between the coast of East Africa and far off the coast of western Australia. They've also been found recently in Tonga.

Looks like they are also available in England from that report.

Also found off the coast of singapore:

http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/monacanthidae/tomentosus.htm

And I found a dive pic from Thailand:

http://crystaldive.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html

Best of luck. I found them to be pretty effective and have not noticed any coral predation, though I've seen reports that they will attack LPS and zoos (in my tank, my regal angel and filefish leave everything alone but I feed a lot).
 
Sean_Koekemoer said:
For the life of me I cannot understand why you would want to change your tank as it is perfect in so many ways, why bother with something that does work. Your tank- the way it is- is an inspiration to 1000's of aquarists all over the world.
I can only imagine how this tank will look after 05 years, with the same aqua scape you have now.
As for the Majano, surely there are fish/critters that will sort the problem and going back to your pics, it does not look as if it has taken over the tank, nor gotten out of control.
Your system is amazing, as mentioned by myself and 1000's of others previously.
Good luck in whatever you do decide to do
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Sean. Thank you for your kind comments.
My tank does have serious problem with Majano. You can't see them from the pictures.
But I am quite confident that tank will look better after the renovation.
What I need is time and effort.
My motivation is gradually coming back now.
We'll see.
 
roni said:
Hmm, they are very common here recently but were not easily available a couple months ago. I don't think people realized how good they were with Majanos. Are you able to get any fish from the U.S. shipped to you? If not, maybe circulate the pics to your suppliers?

Their distribution is (from practical fishkeeping):

the Indo-West Pacific and found between the coast of East Africa and far off the coast of western Australia. They've also been found recently in Tonga.

Looks like they are also available in England from that report.

Also found off the coast of singapore:

http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/monacanthidae/tomentosus.htm

And I found a dive pic from Thailand:

http://crystaldive.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html

Best of luck. I found them to be pretty effective and have not noticed any coral predation, though I've seen reports that they will attack LPS and zoos (in my tank, my regal angel and filefish leave everything alone but I feed a lot).
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Roni. Thanks again for your help.
 
First step:
I let my fish-guy removed algae and Miracle Mud from refugium.
So I can have space to move my corals from display tank.

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As Peter said, peppermint shrimp do wonders at searching and destroying all aiptasia right down to the base so they do not return. The secret is to use a lot more than you would think. We used 200 for 5,000L, but that was conservative.

The Mystery wrasse ate the aiptasia one by one and perhaps there were other happy fish too :) We just got 25 peppermint shrimp for the quarantine and frag tanks were aiptasia have recently taken off.

Any form of electrolysis, or poison (kalkwasser & vinegar) will leave basal tissue that will regenerate into more aiptasia. Preditors are the best solution. A Chelmon marginatus or rostratus might look good in your tank.
 
mr.wilson said:
As Peter said, peppermint shrimp do wonders at searching and destroying all aiptasia right down to the base so they do not return. The secret is to use a lot more than you would think. We used 200 for 5,000L, but that was conservative.

The Mystery wrasse ate the aiptasia one by one and perhaps there were other happy fish too :) We just got 25 peppermint shrimp for the quarantine and frag tanks were aiptasia have recently taken off.

Any form of electrolysis, or poison (kalkwasser & vinegar) will leave basal tissue that will regenerate into more aiptasia. Preditors are the best solution. A Chelmon marginatus or rostratus might look good in your tank.
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Shawn. Thank you for your comment.
But I don't have issue with aiptasia at all.
 
chingchai said:
Shawn. Thank you for your comment.
But I don't have issue with aiptasia at all.
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Okay, maybe I should read all of the posts before commenting:)

I have heard of people using Atlantic blennies that eat magano, but I assume any shrimp or fish that eats aiptasia will eat majano as well.
 
You could add a raccoon butterfly fish, it will eat all the mojano anemones, just remove any type of polyp or lps you have in the tank. Anyways good luck with the battle. Looking forward to seeing your revamp tank. Still by far, one of the most amazing large reef tank builds i've seen.
 
mr.wilson said:
Okay, maybe I should read all of the posts before commenting:)

I have heard of people using Atlantic blennies that eat magano, but I assume any shrimp or fish that eats aiptasia will eat majano as well.
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Shawn, I made the same mistake of skimming LOL
How sure are you of the shrimp statement: I had never heard of peppermints eating the other pest anemones
 
spsreeflover said:
Hi Ching,

As i saw in this thread you want to make major rescaping, do you have plan to change your MH to Full LED ? Good Luck !
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This question has been asked. Ching previously stated he is not making the switch yet. His tank is 48" deep which makes finding a set up powerful enough to penetrate to that depth hard to find.
 
Ching, do you plan to return mud and sand to the refugium and if so are you concerned about how that may affect your display reef.

also will it be the same mud and sand or will you go with all fresh or a mix.

aside from trimming corals and moving locations what other changes have you considered
 
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