finnally found an achilles

deejeff442

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i found a local fish group leader that sells whole sale.
he emailed me today that his guys in hawaii has 4 eight inch achilles
so i jumped all over it.
he was caught today and will be here tomarrow i am so excited.
he also has a 5 inch hawaiian blue throat trigger which i will also pick up
i just added 2 koralia 4 pumps to my tank so he will be all set after the qt.
 

coralreefer

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for achilles tangs you need a tank that is 150 gallons or more. i wish i could have one they're so beautiful, but i only have a 75
 

deejeff442

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i have a 150 but i was hoping when the fish gets here the catcher was exaturating the size hope he is more like 6-7 inches ,if he looks cramped in the 150 i will start looking for a 220.
i only have 6 fish in the tank now and lots of rock so we will see.
 

deejeff442

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i just got him home a little while ago i am acclimating him right now.
he came right off the plane to me from hawaii
he is hurting from the trip lack of air .
he does look alot better after the first half hour.
man he is at least 8 inches long
i will get a pic up soon as the fish calms down
also got a 5 inch blue throat he is doing gret .
gotta babysit the tang hopefully he will do great.
 

devil dog

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Originally Posted by deejeff442
http:///forum/post/2923502
i just got him home a little while ago i am acclimating him right now.
he came right off the plane to me from hawaii
he is hurting from the trip lack of air .
he does look alot better after the first half hour.
man he is at least 8 inches long
i will get a pic up soon as the fish calms down
also got a 5 inch blue throat he is doing gret .
gotta babysit the tang hopefully he will do great.
Can i ask how much you paid? I would love you get one and one that size would be awesome... pm me if you can...
DD
 

deejeff442

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i need to measure him when he settles down but he is at least 8 inch.
hes a monster.
i found a local guy through c-list and he has a licence to get wholesale fish right from hawaii.
i picked him up at the airport right off the plane from hawaii
i paid $216 with shipping
i will get a pic up by the end of the day i am going to try feeding him in a few minutes.
this guy also said he will sell me a goldflake angel for $250 about 5 inches .
i also got a 6 inch blue throat trigger yesterday for $75
awesome guy i am sure the lfs dont like him.
oh yea he has 8 tangs and 3 angels in a 220 gallon and they look like they all get along great.
 

deejeff442

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the clip and seaweed is a little over 3 1/2 inches long and the fish is 6-7 inches behind it so you can see his size.
he seems to be doing pretty good so far
 

deejeff442

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i cant seem to get big pics except the one.
i have to get a 220 soon my neighbor wants my 150 so it shouldnt be too long
just trying to find an eight footer.
i will try to post the trigger on another post maybe i can get a bigger pic
not much of a cumputer guy
 

deejeff442

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well i put the achilles and blue throat in my dt.the tang was really stressed in the little qt.
i bought a 225 gallon tank yesterday so if the dt gets ich i will take out the rock and put it into the new tank then the 150 will be the qt .
untill the 225 is cycled
so much to do.
i will try to get a better pic of the fish in the bigger tank today
 

deejeff442

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yea ,he is doing awesome.
i am actually taking a break from building a base for the 120 gallon sump .
i hope to test run the tank tomarrow.
he definitly needs a little more room ,he swims laps in the 150.
i need to post some pics of the set up soon.
 

deejeff442

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it will be a reef once i recover from the build.
just got done plumbing,what a project.
i plan on getting the light system in a couple weeks.
 
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