What do you guys think so far?

jmccown

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I think I'd like to add a few corals soon to this tank. I think there's about 18 fish in there right now, they won't be still to count them all. Here's a couple pics...

BTW the strawberry pot is an effort to get the pair of maroon clowns out of the rockwork, so far they aren't budging. They own about half the rockwork on the right side, lol.

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Here's the stocklist -

1 - 7" Blonde Naso with streamers (my favorite by far)
1 - 6.5" Vlamingi
1 - 6" Blue Hippo
1 - 4" Purple Tang
1- 4" Yellow Tang
1 - 4.5" Copperband BF
1 - 5" Harlequin Tusk
1 - Male 1.5" Maroon Clown
1 - Female 3" Maroon Clown
2- Blue Chromis 1"
1 - Coral Beauty 3"
1 - Melas Angel 2"
1 - Singapore Angel 3"
1 - Queen Angel 3"
1 - Blue Throat Trigger 4"
1 - CC Starfish
1 - Big hermit crab
 
BTW, on the flow issue I brought up the other day, I've got another Seio 2600 coming. So that would bring my total flow rate up to 7500gph circulation with my return pump/tank vol of 380 = almost 20x turnover. Would I be ablel to keep some softies in there with the VHO lights (440watts) placed up near the top, given my tank is 36" tall.
 
Spectacular! The fish are incredible.

What kind of rock do you have? It does not appear to have very much coraline on it.
 
It is about 80% live aquacultured rock from Tampa Bay. I just started dosing calcium so hopefully the corraline will take off soon. There are some spots with corralline, just hard to see in the pics. The rest is reef bone. I have a lot down in my sump too.
 
I do see a little purple on the rock in the first picture. Just curious, how many pounds of rock is that?
 
A Queen Angel, Tuskfish, trigger, sea star, et al. Good luck keeping softies....
All great fish, though. Just not reef safe.
To tell the truth, if I had a 380, it would be a FOWLER.
 
Very nice!

Very nice!

I think it looks simply awesome Jason.

I agree with WV...forget about the softies.

I love all the tangs. If I had a large tank with so much swimming room, I'd personally stick with FOWLR.

I'd get a powder blue too! :-) <just don't forget the oversized UV sterilizer!!!>
 
BTW - piling up the rock in the middle is a great idea. This prevents the "swimming back and forth syndrome." As far as the fish are concerned, the tank is bigger when they can't see straight through from one side to another. I wouldn't change a thing, except for having a lot of water flow. You cannot have too much flow (unless it damages the tank).
I'm jealous, dammit!
 
Good lordy it looks like I'm visiting a full on Sea Aquarium looking at your tank. It looks fantastic.
 
Thanks guys, it is still a work in progress. Pictures just don't do it justice. My camera is crappy. The lighting is better than what it looks like in the pictures. I'm sure the fish will love the added flow whenever I get my other Seio. Should be some good turbulence.
 
Joy, :( , the big guy came down with a case of what I can best describe as "black ick". After the symptoms appeared he only lasted a couple of days. Up to that point he was healthy as a horse, ate everything in sight. I'm gonna get another one soon. Sailfins are beautiful fish.
 
You may want to think twice about the Sailfin.
I had one for about five years. Mine got big, fast, and the bigger he got, the more aggressive he became. He even threatened me when I got too close to the tank(!).
I could not keep any other tang in my 125 - the Sailfin tore into other tangs like a bulldog on a piece of meat. He especially hated a Purple tang I tried to introduce. It took about 10 seconds for the Sailfin to rip into the Purple.
Jim finally found the Sailfin a home in Fannin's 1,500 gallon tank. He's there now.
 
Jason: I believe I ran into that several years ago w/a naso tang. He survived, though. Found/still have the article from Aquarium Fish Magazine-March 1994, entitled "Black Pepper - It's not a dark form of ich". You may run into it again since you have so many tangs. If it was this parasite, the article says it "doesn't appear to be contagious to other fish." It's actually a "flatworm, or trematode from the genus Paravortex." You may have tried some of these, but the author of the article suggests a couple of different treatments which include a series of freshwater baths, formalin/malachite green bath(s), UV sterilizer treatment, and copper treatments. Another job for the hospital tank ... If you want a copy of the article, I can send you one. May not be it, but may ...
 
Thanks Joy, initially I thought he was just brushing up against rocks and getting dark spots from that, but the dark spots kept spreading and it hit the poor guy fast before I knew it was a disease.
 
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