grumpygils
Active Member
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
Yep, I agree. I would not put any money toward a new fish. All my free spending money would be going to first, buying more fish foods to provide a better diet to your animals, and second, to upgrading your tank to at least a 180 gallon.
Also, if your fish are not growing that quickly, there are either not getting a proper diet or your water quality is poorer than you think. Flake food and mysis shrimp will not sustain any of those fish. They should be getting prawn, krill, squid, plankton, clam, mussel, scallop, silversides, and other meaty seafoods. The tang should also be getting a variety of greens such as kelp, spinach, marine algae, zooplankton, spirulina, etc.
I feed them primarily mysis and flake but also seaweed (tang), clam, siversides and squid biweekly at a minimum. I trade fish and coral in and out about every week. When they become larger, I will move them or trade them. Right now, there is little you can say to make me think they are being mistreated in any way. A 3 inch grouper is just as happy in a 54 as a 12 inch one in a 200g, even happier. Water quality is very good. 1.025, Amm 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate <5, CA 420, phosphates undetectable, DK 8, PH 8.3. All testing confirmed at my work. Water testing lab. I have fuge, UV and protein skimmer.
Yep, I agree. I would not put any money toward a new fish. All my free spending money would be going to first, buying more fish foods to provide a better diet to your animals, and second, to upgrading your tank to at least a 180 gallon.
Also, if your fish are not growing that quickly, there are either not getting a proper diet or your water quality is poorer than you think. Flake food and mysis shrimp will not sustain any of those fish. They should be getting prawn, krill, squid, plankton, clam, mussel, scallop, silversides, and other meaty seafoods. The tang should also be getting a variety of greens such as kelp, spinach, marine algae, zooplankton, spirulina, etc.
I feed them primarily mysis and flake but also seaweed (tang), clam, siversides and squid biweekly at a minimum. I trade fish and coral in and out about every week. When they become larger, I will move them or trade them. Right now, there is little you can say to make me think they are being mistreated in any way. A 3 inch grouper is just as happy in a 54 as a 12 inch one in a 200g, even happier. Water quality is very good. 1.025, Amm 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate <5, CA 420, phosphates undetectable, DK 8, PH 8.3. All testing confirmed at my work. Water testing lab. I have fuge, UV and protein skimmer.
