small alien
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Very stand up response there, roushmustang. Good for you. Good luck. :beer:
fish recommendations for 90
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Good answer. :thumbsup: I hope you really do slow down. "Undo's" in this hobby are always difficult, usually time consuming, and often expensive. Stop, think, act. Just like in diving! :thumbsup:
joejoe1055
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please keep us updated on your progress
roushmustang
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that i will do and i will add photos of my tank... sometime this weekend... i will keep adding as i keep adding more live rock. and fish. and inverts but that will not be rushed into... i curently have about 30 poounds of live rock and what do you all think of this idea
for the 30 other puonds of live rock i eventually need. i am going to get straight pieces of the branch rock and stack them as if it looked like a log cabin almost.
and i think fish would look really cool swiming in and out of that
for the 30 other puonds of live rock i eventually need. i am going to get straight pieces of the branch rock and stack them as if it looked like a log cabin almost.
and i think fish would look really cool swiming in and out of that
small alien
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If that's what you want to do, go for it. Could provide some interesting habitat.
I try to make my rock look as natural as possible. I don't want it to look like a person made it as I find that somewhat distracting.
Good luck.:clown:
I try to make my rock look as natural as possible. I don't want it to look like a person made it as I find that somewhat distracting.
Good luck.:clown:
roushmustang
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can you post some photos of your rockwork for me and ill post some of mine curently sometime between friday-sunday
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roushmustang
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nice display setup
when you put your liverock in did you try to make caves and all or did you just pile it all in
when you put your liverock in did you try to make caves and all or did you just pile it all in
small alien
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Thanks. I'd say I was pretty thoughtful about it. I tried to make little "feet" out of smaller rocks so that the maximum amount of sand bed is exposed.
Those are all the same species: Amphiprion ocellaris. The coloration makes no difference whatsoever.
I would consider removing the purple lobster. Garden eels really need a species tank set up for their special needs. You won't be able to view them up close anyway. You will only be able to view them from a distance because they will retreat back into the sand bed as soon as they see you.
I don't think I would do that in a 90-gallon aquarium if I were you.
Are you sure that your resident Hawaiian flame wrasse is still a female? How long have you had it? It might be safer to just add two more females and then let them figure out among themselves which one will be the male.
Don't forget to make your aquarium jumper-proof if you're keeping fairy wrasses. They jump often and high -- at least 18". And they will jump much more often after you add new ones because they will be going through the gender-determination phase. The more aggressive one will be chasing the others.
Good luck!
I think Todd has already addressed this but what exactly do you mean by "4 false percs 2 true and 2 black and white?" What has be confused is your use of the adjective "true" to describe "false percs." Usually "true" is used to describe percula clowns (A. percula) to distinguish them from false percula clowns (A. ocellaris). I believe all of the clownfish you are talking about here are A. ocellaris, right?
In any case, I wouldn't put that many clownfish in a 90-gallon aquarium. You would be just asking for trouble. I don't think you would end up with more than one female and one male. The rest would remain sexually immature, unless you started out with mature clownfish, in which case you would have a big fight on your hands.
One pair of clownfish is more than enough in a 4-ft long tank. It's possible to make two pairs of different species work but it's best if you have separate host anemones for them at opposite sides of the aquarium.
Good luck!
I think Todd has already addressed this but you can't really say that a given number of fish can be kept in a given size aquarium because that just doesn't apply to most species of fish. Size is only one element to consider. There are other more important factors to take into consideration, such as the territorial needs and swimming style of the species of fish.
I never kept more than six fish in my 120-gallon aquarium and I made a major mistake in trying to keep a foxface rabbitfish. He was only 3" when I got him but he grew to at least 7" in less than two years and the tank just didn't provide him with enough swimming space. I gave him to another hobbyist who had a 300-gallon aquarium.
An RBTA (Entacmaea quadricolor) is not a natural host to A. ocellaris (which is what I think you're talking about) but they will usually accept it as a surrogate host in captivity. You probably have at least an 80% chance that they will accept it. On the other hand, percula clownfish (A. percula) will usually reject E-quads. I would say that you have less than a 50-50 chance with them when it comes to accepting a BTA as a surrogate host.
It really doesn't make any difference if your anemone is a BTA or an RBTA because coloration doesn't matter when it comes to clownfish accepting it or rejecting it.
P.S. -- By the way, E. quadricolor is the only natural host for maroon clowns, in case you want to keep maroon clowns instead of ocellaris clowns or percula clowns. If you keep maroon clowns, just get one that is at least 1/2" smaller than the one you have now so that the gender determination process won't be too difficult. You don't want your resident clown to beat up on the newcomer too badly. If you decide to keep a pair of maroon clowns that would be your clownfish limit in your 90-gallon tank.
I think that you should probably wait at least six months after you finish setting up your tank with live rock before adding the bubble-tip anemone. It's always best to let the tank mature a little first before adding an anemone.
It's always better to build as many caves and hiding places as possible when your construct your rock structure. Each fish will need its own special place to call its own. Most fish sleep in the exact same place every night, even those that sleep in or on the sand bed. I have had fairy wrasses that slept on the sand bed under shallow rock caves and others that slept in crevices in the live rock. Almost all of my fish that I could see at night slept in the exact same spot every night. Rearranging the live rock always upset them because they had to choose a new home.
roushmustang
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idk if you read throught the whole thread but heres how its goin down
( some ideas on fish and stuff have changed)
1. once february 6-15 comes im going to be going to getting some live rock (branch) and make as many caves as possible
2. im keeping my clownfish and am goin to add a jackknife fish
3. wait a couple of months and may get a scribbled angel but idk how that would do... i have a lot of swiming room and am going to keep the rock sorta low to the bottom so there is room for my fish to swim
4. no buying a garden eel
5. follow ninongs advice and get two female flame wrasses and let them decide to be male
6. after about 8 months im going to get an anemone
what do you think for #3 is that a no or a you can try it...if it is a no im lookin at a lyretail hogfish
( some ideas on fish and stuff have changed)
1. once february 6-15 comes im going to be going to getting some live rock (branch) and make as many caves as possible
2. im keeping my clownfish and am goin to add a jackknife fish
3. wait a couple of months and may get a scribbled angel but idk how that would do... i have a lot of swiming room and am going to keep the rock sorta low to the bottom so there is room for my fish to swim
4. no buying a garden eel
5. follow ninongs advice and get two female flame wrasses and let them decide to be male
6. after about 8 months im going to get an anemone
what do you think for #3 is that a no or a you can try it...if it is a no im lookin at a lyretail hogfish
#3 (Chaetodontoplus duboulayi) is a large angelfish. None of the large angels would be a good choice for a 90-gallon aquarium, reef or fish-only. This particular fish needs a much larger tank.
#2 Keeping the maroon clownfish is probably a good idea as long as you keep in mind that it is a rather aggressive clownfish. You should keep that in mind in choosing it's roommates. This species is a natural for a BTA because that is its only host in nature.
However, I'm not so sure about the second part of #2, the part about adding a jackknife fish (Equetus lanceolatus). I don't know anything about that species but according to information available on the net, it is not reef-aquarium safe.
The lyretail hogfish is not reef-aquarium safe either.
#2 Keeping the maroon clownfish is probably a good idea as long as you keep in mind that it is a rather aggressive clownfish. You should keep that in mind in choosing it's roommates. This species is a natural for a BTA because that is its only host in nature.
However, I'm not so sure about the second part of #2, the part about adding a jackknife fish (Equetus lanceolatus). I don't know anything about that species but according to information available on the net, it is not reef-aquarium safe.
The lyretail hogfish is not reef-aquarium safe either.
