Office Tank take 2: 20L FOWLR
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I just read on a retailers website that you can keep a single disbar anthia in a tank as small as 25gal, anyone think I could put a small one in a 20L?
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+2145+2177&aid=1707
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+2145+2177&aid=1707
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and I just found this on WWM (sorry for blowing up the boards)
I am in agreement with Michael (1991) in not suggesting the necessity of group purchase and husbandry. The various Anthiines live in large aggregations with a definite pecking order that is not replicable or desirable in captive care. If you want to buy a colorful male, only buy one. Similarly, unless you have a very large tank, more than one (or two) females is unnecessary and may well lead to endless fighting and loss. If you lose your only or alpha (dominant) male, the next most dominant specimen will in time change sex to take it's place.
House only one species to a system. If at all possible, acquire all individuals at the same time from the same batch. I have seen all species offered in the trade maintained solitarily for extended periods of time. Solitude is not deadly to them.
I am in agreement with Michael (1991) in not suggesting the necessity of group purchase and husbandry. The various Anthiines live in large aggregations with a definite pecking order that is not replicable or desirable in captive care. If you want to buy a colorful male, only buy one. Similarly, unless you have a very large tank, more than one (or two) females is unnecessary and may well lead to endless fighting and loss. If you lose your only or alpha (dominant) male, the next most dominant specimen will in time change sex to take it's place.
House only one species to a system. If at all possible, acquire all individuals at the same time from the same batch. I have seen all species offered in the trade maintained solitarily for extended periods of time. Solitude is not deadly to them.
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scratching my head...the second dwarf angelfish I have tried to put in this tank has now perished. both of these fish hd been doing very well in their previous homes. The second angel I put in here had been in for just under 2 weeks and was looking very healthy feeding on nori and pellets several times a day. Water parms are solid too. I have hermits and snails in here that seem unaffected and a xenia sprig that is pulsing and happy. after the first fish died I suspected a possible ammonia issue yet it checked out fine. I used rock that I seeded in my tank for months, I am skimming, growing cheato in the sump, running a filter sock and carbon. I added the recommended the correct doseages of sechem stability with the new fish just in case and a stress coat aditive and a few doses of prime when he first went in just in case. I am now starting to think that their may be "something else" in the water that is causing these deaths. ANY ideas? would'nt you think that the snails and crabs and the coral would show signs of distress if there was something ("fishy" hahahaha) in the water? Thinking of a 80% water change if I cant figure this out!!
Please any thoughts! something out of the ordinary that I should test for?
Please any thoughts! something out of the ordinary that I should test for?
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well, not sure if anyone is still following this but I replumbed the back and took out the check valves (spring type) and replaced the space with true unions. also discovered I had water on the floor still thought it was from top off water but seems as that I have had a leak this whole time, I thought that evap was out of control! with the back replumbed and the leak fixed I did a large water change. I also retroed my 30inch fixture into the hood of the eclipse 3 so now I have 2x65w on the 20 long. Still dont have any real protection from pump failure at this point, discovered that if my pump failed I think Id loose about 6 gallons to the floor. Might consider a new larger sump to catch the extra but that would require a complete rebuild on the stand!
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Here are the pics of my updates, forgot to mention wired up my own ghetto top off system and switched to a CFL 100w (27w actual draw) light for the fuge. It is very bright at 1400lumens and burns at 5500k got it at HD, if good growth follows I will be switching over to this light for my big tank too. The switch brought the tank temps from the high 82's in the day to the high 79's. The yellow watchman goby is doing great but very shy and the 2 corals (leather and xenia) are looking good, parms seem stable for now and finally starting to pull darker skim with a skimmer height adjustment. I have seen pics of this skimmer pulling almost black poo with little bioload so i know it can do better just gonna take some more dialing in.
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