first fish for the 90

[CMcNeil]

i got my first fish tonight for my 90.i have always wanted one but never had a tank big enough for one.now i do so here mis my first powder blue tang.he is about 2 1/2" long and healthy.he is already eating algae of the rocks 1 hour into the tank.good sign i hope.

 

[pmike25]

Cool man , congrats.. The tang looks awsome GL with him/her

 

[mflamb]

Nice color. Nice fin structure. And eating already!!!

 

[Ah64av8tor]

Good looking fish congrats.......where did you get him?

 

[Expensive Sushi]

Awsome fish!

 

[mrferrit]

wow pretty i had one for a very shot time . hope all goes well for him good luck and nice find .
where did ya pick him up at ?

 

[CMcNeil]

i got him/her from rockin reef,they had like 5 or 6 of them all smaller sized.they also had 2 copperbands,one was like silver dollar sized.

 

[CMcNeil]

i got him/her from rockin reef,they had like 5 or 6 of them all smaller sized.they also had 2 copperbands,one was like silver dollar sized.i got this one cause the fins and colors look best but all of them looked healthy.i had the bigger of the 2 copperbands in a bag but passed after i saw he looked a little beat up.also got a sweet derasa clam.

 

[mrferrit]

i was just there monday and bought a huge lionfish i love that store there planning anether party again like last one i cant wait /.

 

[Ah64av8tor]

I'm in St Pete all the time and have never been there.....I guess I should check it out.

 

[CMcNeil]

i like it too.grazing after an hour in the tank

i know its dark but you can see him lol

 

[mrferrit]

had to watch it 2x's but looks like hes enjoying the new home and space .
avi8or id say its a must see if your in the area im 5 min from there so if anyone goes look me up ill meet ya there and well chat fish .

 

[CMcNeil]

yeah it is dark the camera doesnt use flash on movie mode.heres a good pic of him at work.i am heading up to FAIOS tomorrow afternoon to see what i can find.i am seeing some kind of sps and not a frag

 

[mrferrit]

man too bad i have to work tomorrow id love to go up there with you only been there once and was a nice place
nice sand good and clean and your rocks are very nicely covered
how bout a pic of the clam you got too ?

 

[ladyfsu]

very very pretty fish!

 

[CMcNeil]

heres the clam he is in my 37 for now.photo is under actinics only with camera flash.

actually it is clean cause it is new.i got the rock from tamike and it is sweet rock.big chunks all(12 lbs or more)and lots of big holes in them.the one rock looks like it was made to hold sps frag plugs.

 

[o2zen]

Is the clam you got the little blue one? If so I was looking at that one the other night

 

[CMcNeil]

no its the big one in the back.

 

[fancyfish]

good luck with the powder blue. I love them. I have had mine 2 years. what other fish do you have? They are very territorial and if you attempt to add fish once he has been there for any length of time you may have a problem. feed a variety of foods from frozen to live to pellet and make sure you use nori or some sort of seaweed. Mine gets an occasional touch of ich but I just ignore it and seems to go away. I run UV with my tangs and think this makes a huge difference. I change the bulb every 8months. People will argue the use of UV but I swear by it for ich and parasite control. Good luck. send a full tank photo. Looks like a new tank so congrats

 

[CMcNeil]

he is the only fish in the tank at the moment,but i plan on stocking it up over the next week or two.i think i am going to add in fish like gobies and wrasses first then get any bigger fish i want last.id hate for the little fish to get picked on so i would rather add the small fish first.the tank is new but alot of the rock and corals will come from my 37g.i did get 50lbs of rock but it came out of an established system.it has has rock for a week now with no noticable spike.when it comes to ich i have found that peppermint shrimp work well for me.i have a yellow tang in my 37(yeah i know but he is small)and my pep cleaned him up a few times.