5 Questios !!!!

[yupi1982]

Hi guys, I have a 125 g fish ONLY tank!!!
THE FIRST QUESTION IS : can i add a wet dry/filter with bio balls and fortget about the fuge....... or the fuge woul help??:help:
SECOND QUESTION IS: ..does a fuge need mandatory light...or can i place just rock and sand and it'lll be ok??

THIRD QUESTION: if i do the fuge ...the water should be in the fuge in the first place, then pass to the bio balls chamber, and then to the sump ...right...???? :happyfish
FOURTH QUESTION: i am thinking about buying a juvenile emperor angel.......is it fine to have it withan adult as well, i mean to have them botj in my 125 !!!
i heard is ok as longest thew juvenile gets in first...anbd then the adult comes later!! :help:
AND THE LAST ONE IS: If i like a little shark or an eel what kind of shark or eel can i add to my 125 G, i have tangs, angel , clowns and triggers !!
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR THE HELPPPP !!!!!!

 

[birdy]

1. I personally like fuges better, even for FO tanks, but a wet/dry will work fine also. or you can do both, there is not going to be any cut and dry answer for this, only opinion, research and make the best choice.
2. A fuge MUST have a light, perferable 24/7. The Macro algae will not grow without direct light.
3. Doesn't really matter where it is at IMO. But first is fine.
4. If you want another angel then get a pygmy angel. I don't see why people want to get a fish they know won't work in their tanks long term. It is not easy to remove fish from an established tank and it ususally ends up stressing EVERYONE out (including the tank owner).
Good luck!

 

[yupi1982]

Originally Posted by Birdy
4. If you want another angel then get a pygmy angel. I don't see why people want to get a fish they know won't work in their tanks long term.
What are you saying........is it hard to keep an emperor angel juvenile or adult??? or what are you talking about???

 

[birdy]

I am saying two adult Emperor Angels will not work in your tank. Maybe I didn't understand you, I assume you have an adult Emporer angel and want to add a juvenile. I wouldn't do that, just add a pygmy if you want another angel in the tank.

 

[cartman101]

eel in a 125gal = yes
shark in a 125gal =no, unless upgrading, however if you have limited liverock and no fish you could do a coral cat shark, but that would be a boring tank

 

[yupi1982]

CARTMAN WHAT KIND OF EAL WOULD YOU RECOMEND ME TO GET KNOWING WHAT I HAVE IN MY DISPLAY .......THAT WONT EAT MY FISHES!!!

 

[sw65galma]

Originally Posted by yupi1982
CARTMAN WHAT KIND OF EAL WOULD YOU RECOMEND ME TO GET KNOWING WHAT I HAVE IN MY DISPLAY .......THAT WONT EAT MY FISHES!!!

Keep in mind that an eel will eat your shrimp, crabs, and other inverts...
No way on the shark...
And don't do 2 emporers, they will kill each other..

 

[cartman101]

Originally Posted by yupi1982
CARTMAN WHAT KIND OF EAL WOULD YOU RECOMEND ME TO GET KNOWING WHAT I HAVE IN MY DISPLAY .......THAT WONT EAT MY FISHES!!!

maybe a snowflake or goldentail moray(golentails look awesome0

 

[dougai]

i wouldnt put any eels in there with those inverts

 

[cartman101]

Originally Posted by dougai
i wouldnt put any eels in there with those inverts
he doesn't say what kind of inverts he has

 

[seavolcano]

to refuge or not to refuge? Refuge! I use a 40gal plenium with a mini mud tank refugium suspended in the 40 gal above the plenium 2"from top of sand bed with Green Calupera in the mud tank and on a live rock to help it attach, using full spectrum 2- 24" Flor lites on 48hr off 12 hr on 48, the green Calupera takes the excessive amounts of protein out of the water the mud helps the Calupera grow and adds trace ellements to the water to help the corals and fish the creatures in the live rock and a few small blue legged hermits help keep the mud clean, the plenium, removes the nitrates, i have three large agressive hermits in the plenium to keep it clean. Mirical-Mud is really the way to go i have seen much improvement in all tank conditions. water to bio ball chamber, then to mud chamber then to sand chamber then to another bio ball chanmber then to sump pump chamber. but many ways have been done to good results its your hobbie.