Tangs, tank length, and cubes question

[seamonster124]

I was at rainforest cafe noticing their tangs circled the rockpile in a cylinder shaped tank.

Came home and moved my rocks all in the center of my 100G cube

My YT is now circling it pretty much nonstop! He started doing it right away and swims agains the current; has been much happier-looking since.

 

[MelloW33]

What was the question? [emoji4] Glad your YT is happy!

 

[CStrickland]

My local aquarium has an awesome big ocean fowlr cylinder tank that is 3 stories high and the rocks are in the center like a column. There's a spiral staircase around it and windows all the way up. The fish swim around the circle at diff levels, some on the sand and some in the water. I guess it feels like a bigger tank to them than a square one would. There's a big moray, and a really old turtle. You can watch the feedings at the top level and they throw in like whole heads of lettuce that the turtle chomps. It's a lot of fun if you're ever in Boston.
Here's a little video tour http://youtu.be/udxAB4NYiU8

 

[figuerres]

a lot of marine fish like to swim into the current, in the wild they would be able to swim for quite a long distance in open seas or along a reef.
having dead ends (Read closed tank) is not at all natural so anything we can do to change that tends to be go for the strong swimming fish types.
there are some others that look for more shelter and some even like to sit on a rock on on the sand and they also tend to do better in tanks most of the time.

find films that show tangs and you will see a fish that is in the very active swim group for the most part, not all tangs but in general.

there are some that are a bit slower and more prone to stay on a reef but they also tend to swim a lot and may also swim up and down and back and forth.

there are some good books that list the areas where a given fish is most often found that can help work out the natural habitat.

 

[joshky]

My local aquarium has an awesome big ocean fowlr cylinder tank that is 3 stories high and the rocks are in the center like a column. There's a spiral staircase around it and windows all the way up. The fish swim around the circle at diff levels, some on the sand and some in the water. I guess it feels like a bigger tank to them than a square one would. There's a big moray, and a really old turtle. You can watch the feedings at the top level and they throw in like whole heads of lettuce that the turtle chomps. It's a lot of fun if you're ever in Boston.
Here's a little video tour http://youtu.be/udxAB4NYiU8

Looks like a really amazing aquarium, thanks for sharing!

 

[zachfishman]

My local aquarium has an awesome big ocean fowlr cylinder tank that is 3 stories high and the rocks are in the center like a column. There's a spiral staircase around it and windows all the way up. The fish swim around the circle at diff levels, some on the sand and some in the water. I guess it feels like a bigger tank to them than a square one would. There's a big moray, and a really old turtle. You can watch the feedings at the top level and they throw in like whole heads of lettuce that the turtle chomps. It's a lot of fun if you're ever in Boston.
Here's a little video tour http://youtu.be/udxAB4NYiU8

That's a very nice system! Very healthy Scrawled filefish!

 

[seamonster124]

That is a beast!

 

[CStrickland]

yeah, there's not much for reef displays but the penguins and seals are really cool too. It's on the harbor so they can use purified ocean water for some of the tanks. They just renovated the big ocean column, it was a big project. This timelapse of the work is neat, and you get a feel for how big the tank is.
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It's like an episode of Tanked on steroids (if Tanked didn't suck lol).

 

[seamonster124]

Thats awesome Hank, Thank you for sharing. You know your tank is huge when you need scaffolding and 40 permits from the city.