My new deepwater hawaiian fish tank is now in the making!!!!

[scubarob]

I just caught 5 of these little Hawaiian Yellow Anthias (odonanthias fuscinnipis) today and am planning to put together a nice 40gal. reef tank with actinics and low temp water. I also plan to add a 5cm borbonius sanguines that I caught a month ago and and a 3cm desmoholacanthus arcuatus (need to catch) for the tank. My plan is to put together the ultimate Hawaiian deepwater tank. Pics to follow at a later date!
Below are pics of the borbonius and one of the odonanthias'

 

[DBarsotti]

odonanthias, awesome fish.

 

[roktsintst]

WOW Rob! Unreal! Those fuscipinnis are SICK!

 

[bobthehobo9]

cant wait to see the finished product. keep us posted

 

[Iwishihadgills]

Thats gonna be a badass tank.
You need to catch me a Liopropoma aurora! lol

 

[scubarob]

This is the size bandit angelfish that I plan to add as soon as I can find another one.... This year they have been scarce.

 

[Iwishihadgills]

Holy cow that is amazing! You are my role model

 

[Yurivd]

rod i am saving up for one of that nice yellow anthias (my tank needs yellow)
Do thy school

 

[John Dawe]

Rob,
What temp are you going to keep the tank? My Hawaiian tank was down to 61 F last winter in the basement. That's a tiny Bandit. Good Luck. I got a 7/8 inch one 2 yrs ago and feed it chopped up mysis every 30-60 minutes when I was home, I really think that's the only reason it survived.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Rob,
What temp are you going to keep the tank? My Hawaiian tank was down to 61 F last winter in the basement. That's a tiny Bandit. Good Luck. I got a 7/8 inch one 2 yrs ago and feed it chopped up mysis every 30-60 minutes when I was home, I really think that's the only reason it survived.

Exactly. With that tiny bandit and the tiny anthias, that tank is gonna have to be fed almost constantly. With that into a 40 gallon, make sure you have soem serious nutrient removal.

 

[skibum9884]

Rob! That Bandit is INSANE! Never seen even a picture of one so small. I'd do something a bit larger than that, however. Like others have said, I bet you'd have to feed constantly for it to survive.

 

[skibum9884]

Orrrr, hook your 40 gallon up to like a 300 gallon sump and do a constant drip of food!

 

[Luiz Rocha]

Oh great idea, I always wanted a tank with deep Hawaiian fauna too, must be very nice when finished, please keep us posted! Planning on adding any of these?

 

[skiprr]

That's gonna be an awesome looking tank Rob!

 

[scubarob]

rod i am saving up for one of that nice yellow anthias (my tank needs yellow)
Do thy school

They do not school, but they do hang out in small groups of 3-4.

 

[scubarob]

Orrrr, hook your 40 gallon up to like a 300 gallon sump and do a constant drip of food!

this is a good idea!

 

[Recty]

Mr. Rob get's free water changes, so he shouldnt have a hard time keeping his water clean

 

[Cantonesefish]

All you need now is a P. nahackyi!

 

[Jordani]

I just caught 5 of these little Hawaiian Yellow Anthias (odonanthias fuscinnipis) today and am planning to put together a nice 40gal. reef tank with actinics and low temp water. I also plan to add a 5cm borbonius sanguines that I caught a month ago and and a 3cm desmoholacanthus arcuatus (need to catch) for the tank. My plan is to put together the ultimate Hawaiian deepwater tank. Pics to follow at a later date!
Below are pics of the borbonius and one of the odonanthias'

Gonna look great!:spin1: borbonius is another awesome deepwater anthias, I think you mixed it up with bodianus.

 

[cwoods8]

should have kept the masked angel......and any other fish is just a fish....well unless you can come up with a coelacanth.