How big of a tank?

The seahorses are about the bravest fish in the bunch. The sunburst and the red saddles are afraid of them. The seahorses follow them around to get a closer look.

There's going to be a lot of trialling with this tank. What doesn't work will come back out. But I don't predict it will be the seahorses. The anthias are not keen on the SHs trying to hitch on them during feeding.... so the seahorse win everytime.

I'm thinking there may be issues with the ventralis and the red saddles.
 
imo i think you have an alright list but yeah i wouldnt put the sting fish in there. Flasing tilefish have bad survival rates but You dont have any overly aggressive fish in there. Also i think the seahorses would be fine but the competition for food might be a big factor to keeping them with these fish. I think a 125 gallon would be sufficient .
 
I still think youd be better off with a 4ft tall tank instead of the "L" shaped tank. You wont have any stand issues like you would with the "L" and less risk of a leak or total failure. It would give you more possibilities in terms of flow areas and light areas. You could have truly mixed reef top to bottom with all the inhabitants hanging out in their respective zones, and you should be able to minimize some of the incompatability issues. And it would probably be a cheaper tank to build.
 
I hear ya. We may find after we move that this shaped tank isn't even plausible. But there's this point in the hobby when ya gotta try something new or it all gets old.

I'm frightened to death this whole tank will be a mess when I put them all together. Some of these fish aren't easily replaceable and some are kindda pricey.... I get nauseous when I think of moving them. But sometimes ya just gotta try.... and I'm tired of 13 tanks!
 
seahorsedreams said:
Thinking of trying this tank shape by Philippe Grosjean. It's suppose to be about 175g.

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Philippe's tank is awesome! Think this one would work well in acrylic and could even use the cut out material for building sump. As long as stand is well built, it should provide proper support to this design. Use foam under all my tanks bigger that 5 gal. and would definitely not miss on this one.
 
Did you decide against adding a skunk tilefish? Afraid of how it would interact with the flashing? I almost want to catch my purple tilefish and throw it in with my dad's pale tilefish (H. cuniculus) just to see what happens.

That L shaped tank is awesome, BTW! If I had the money, I'd go for it.
 
I'm really looking forward to seeing how this all works out for you - I had a good chuckle imagining my anthias running away from a seahorse that's trying to get a closer look at them.. you should get a video of that =p
 
I'm dying to get this tank up. It won't be until we get into our new house. This will be the house I rot in, so all my dream tanks are going in without thoughts of selling it later. I'm going to be a real estate nightmare when I die. It'll happen sometime this year.
 
IMO I think you'll be fine. I used to be on the 'seahorses are delicate' band-wagon but I think they are stronger than we give them credit for. Obviously, you know about the behavior/feeding habits of your own animals, and who knows your individual animals better than you do, right?
 
Place additional fish in slowly, take your time, keep observing. You'll know when something is wrong. The anthias are the only ones that worry me
 
out of curiosity, is there a theme for this tank? seagrass/macroalgea? soft coral?
(I would assume not an SPS tank just because of the high flow)
 
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