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BangkokMatt
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Not a good idea in that size tank. Too small an environment will most likely cause aggression
Stuart60611
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Stuart60611
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I just got back from Las Vegas and stayed at the Mirage. They have the most amazing FOWLR tank that I have ever seen. It must be about 50 feet long and 30 feet high. They were way too many fish in the system to count. However, I was able to observe some amazing behaviors. There were a ton of tangs in the system, including probably 10 or more powder blue tangs, some of which were schooling together. It had at least a 4 foot puffer, 10 or more triggers, including a large clown trigger. Several unicorn tangs, probably 10 or more hippo tangs and yellow tangs, 5 or six orange shoulder tangs, several large angels as big as 3 feet or so, and many other fish in large groups that you would never see in any typical home aquarium. Truly an amazing tank. I watched the tank for quite a while, and what surprised me most was the total lack of observable aggression despite the tank being so heavily populated with so many aggressive species and numerous fish of the same species. The density of the fish population was the most extreme that I have ever seen. A fish could not swim an inch without another fish being nearby. There were even several large lionfish mixed with the large triggers.
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jmaneyapanda
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What angelfish did you see that were 3 feet long?
Stuart60611
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No idea, but the best I could tell is that they were angelfish. I have never seen them before.
Which brings up the issue, yet again, that tank size is critical when answering compatibility questions about reef fish. What works in a tank the size of the mirage will not work in my puny 350 gallon tank. What will work in my tanks will not work necessarily in a 29 gallon tank. By the way, I have never seen a 3 foot angelfish but I have seen a lot of 18 inch ones.
Vili_Shark
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Just for the record a guy in HK have 50 Powder Blues together with 25 Achilles all in his living room....
The tank is a shallow pool which which is quite long, he added an Eagle Ray there last year.
Alot of water motion and a Deltec 1006 +self clean to take care of business.
The tank is a shallow pool which which is quite long, he added an Eagle Ray there last year.
Alot of water motion and a Deltec 1006 +self clean to take care of business.
Stuart60611
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I definitely could be off on my measurement of the angels I saw at the Mirage. I did not use a tape measure. 
Whatever size they were, they were the biggest angels that I have ever seen.
Whatever size they were, they were the biggest angels that I have ever seen.
jmaneyapanda
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14918441#post14918441 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Stuart60611
I definitely could be off on my measurement of the angels I saw at the Mirage. I did not use a tape measure.
I cant think of any angels that get anywhere even close to 3 feet. MAYBE half that. Im not doubting they were big, but there is an enormous difference between 1.5 feet and 3 feet.
I agree with Snorvich- scale just change all the rules at times.
Vili_Shark
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20" Angels are quite common in HK, sometimes u can see larger.
jmaneyapanda
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What species? Any 36"ers?!
Vili_Shark
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P.sextriatus ; P.semicirculatus and sometimes P.macolosus.
anbosu
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That tank is amazing. Every time I play poker when I'm out there I check it out for a few minutes. They have to have 100 clownfish in there also. The scuba guy cleaning it out is pretty cool as well. I can't imagine the volume of water they have to have backing that display up (unless they just replace the fish constantly).
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