My fatties

jjk_reef00 said:
Sweet, I can't wait to see new pics! Do you have plans on adding more fish, or are you going to just grow out the ones you have?
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I havent 100% decided yet... I've got 4 nice tangs, all small, I wouldnt mind just growing out. With that said, I could easily fit some more in there quite happily and let them grow out as well.

If I keep down to just 4, I probably can get away with not replacing any for years and years to come. In fact, everyone should be happy in there long term except the clown tang if it grows to a huge wild size of around 2'... I dont think it will really get that big in captivity though.

So... I might get a couple more small tangs, as long as I can get them small, that is key for me. Or, I'll get a couple other fish like anthias or dwarf angels.

Long story short, I have no idea at this point. I'm buying a house right now and dont have tons of disposable income to just throw at fish and what not, so I might just stick with my 4 tangs, damsel and cleaner wrasse for a while and see how they like stretching their legs out :)
 
Recty said:
OOOoooooOOOOOoooooo, I just picked up the tank last night and thought it looked a little bigger than I remember a 180 being.

I measured it once I got it to my house and it is 7' long x2'x2', so that puts it right at 210 gallons. Perfect, I've never owned a 7' tank before and with tangs I definitely want the length more than the height.
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haha so you got a 210 gallon tank, 30 more gallons for you to add some more fish .. :lol2:

what kind are you going to get along with your tangs you already have?
 
Not sure, not sure...

A couple dwarf angels might be cool, even a larger angel. Or, I might just stick totally to tangs. A guy named Goodwin on here had like 46 tangs in his 600g tank at once or something crazy like that, I dont want to get quite that overboard but I wouldnt mind 2-3 more in the tank, especially while small and content to just eat food and swim around.

I was also thinking that if I have only 4 relatively small tangs, a fiji devil (and I do mean devil) damsel and a cleaner wrasse in a 210 gallon tank with a 40g sump and a good skimmer, I could probably go months between water changes as the amount of waste being produced is pretty minimal, so it might be nice to just have a "set and forget" type of fish tank for a while?
 
You should try some hardy butterfly fish. I'm hooked on them. IMO my auriga, teardrop, raccoon, and tahitian could all handle the speed and aggression of larger tangs. They all aggressively eat pellets and flake,
 
jjk_reef00 said:
You should try some hardy butterfly fish. I'm hooked on them. IMO my auriga, teardrop, raccoon, and tahitian could all handle the speed and aggression of larger tangs. They all aggressively eat pellets and flake,
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I've thought about adding butterfly fish... I like the auriga, raccoon, saddleback, pakistan and vagabond.

I was a little concerned with how well they would do with tangs, I've had two semilarvatus b/f before and they did decent with my tangs, but they were slightly larger than the tangs were.

Anyway, it's definitely a thought. I like the dwarf angels a lot too.

Or, I might just leave my large tank with just my 6 fish in it and see how they do. My main concern with that is as the fish get larger, it will be harder and harder territory wise to add new fish, so if I'm going to add some I'd like to do it now.
 
I thought about getting another emperor, it's just that they get so big and I've already done the large angel thing... but it might be in the works, time will tell.

I still cant nail down what I want to do with a large tank again. I planned on slowly upgrading over a year or two and ending up with something large, not just going from a 40g to a 210g, so I havent really been thinking about it until just a couple days ago.
 
I know youve done a tessalated eel before but what about a zebra eel, just got a snowflake and i really like him.
 
My main problem with eels is the hide a lot, eat a lot and poop a lot. So you dont get a lot of bang for your buck, in my opinion. You need to get rid of a lot of waste because of them, you cant just feed pellets/flakes anymore and they dont come out much, so to me it just isnt worth it unless you really just know you want an eel.
 
Recty said:
Not sure, not sure...

A couple dwarf angels might be cool, even a larger angel. Or, I might just stick totally to tangs. A guy named Goodwin on here had like 46 tangs in his 600g tank at once or something crazy like that, I dont want to get quite that overboard but I wouldnt mind 2-3 more in the tank, especially while small and content to just eat food and swim around.

I was also thinking that if I have only 4 relatively small tangs, a fiji devil (and I do mean devil) damsel and a cleaner wrasse in a 210 gallon tank with a 40g sump and a good skimmer, I could probably go months between water changes as the amount of waste being produced is pretty minimal, so it might be nice to just have a "set and forget" type of fish tank for a while?
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Wow 46 tangs together in a 600??? Crazy must have looked beautiful!!!
I love drawf angels, you can get a potter and flame.. Whatever you do I know it'll be a good selection of fish..


But your idea sounds good if your too busy for the rdgular water changes, but it'll be hard to see all that open space for more fish and not want to add more lol ::lol:
 
Yeah, he was a REALLY little tang. I bought him at 1.5" supposedly but I think it was more like 1.25" or even like 1.1" ;)

That damsel, which dwarfed him in mass in that video, is now a little tiny fish compared to him. Crazy how fast some fish can grow.
 
There was another guy on here who had something like 100 big fish in a 240. Then his wife unplugged his return pump for a few hours to vacuum and killed most of the fish in his tank.
 
Recty said:
Thanks :)

Yep. I've been to Hawaii 6 times now, 4 of which I scuba dove and all of which I snorkeled extensively. Fish in their native environment are normally at least twice as fat as any I see in the aquarium. It has to have something to do with nonstop "grazing" type eating as compared to in our tanks where they get a meal or two a day.

I auto feed four times a day and I manually feed flakes/pellets 2-3 times a day, plus nori once or twice a week and I still dont have fish that are as fat as in the wild. But in my tank I'm sure they arent getting as much exercise as they would in the wild, so they dont need as much food no doubt.

And for what it's worth, I bought a 180g tank last night :) My fish are going to be in a much bigger home soon.
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Your fish are very healthy and fat. My tang and foxface is a little fatter than yours. I feed twice a day but provide the fish with nori 24/7. Do you find a problem with providing nori 24/7 beside water quality problem(which have not been a problem)? I feel that having nori in all the time provides them with the ability to graze all day long.
 
collegeman said:
Your fish are very healthy and fat. My tang and foxface is a little fatter than yours. I feed twice a day but provide the fish with nori 24/7. Do you find a problem with providing nori 24/7 beside water quality problem(which have not been a problem)? I feel that having nori in all the time provides them with the ability to graze all day long.
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What tang are you referring to that is fat? I'd love to see pictures.

I dont provide nori 24/7, I add it to the tank 2-3 times a week. I find that if I add it all day long, it just rots into the tank, I only have 4 tangs and they are all under 6" long, so they dont have a huge need for nori. If I had 10 tangs that size I'd definitely be wanting to add more nori, but for not just 2-3 times a week seems to be the best balance between hunger and keeping water quality nice and high.
 
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