just some new pics
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ric maniac
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wow! i love the tang! is he an acheles (sp?) and the corals are stunning!
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sudc
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I LOVE the achilles!
Awesome fish, i really want one but am afraid to add it to my established display and mess up the nice balance of tangs i already have. Didn't even see the Naso! VERY, VERY nice. You must have(or better get!) a HUGE skimmer. Those guys are bioload machines!
What's your total fish list
Just a suggestion, i'd consider moving that acro a little higher up. It looks like its on the sandbed. If it is, it probably will want a little more light unless you have 400w halides.
What's your total fish list
Just a suggestion, i'd consider moving that acro a little higher up. It looks like its on the sandbed. If it is, it probably will want a little more light unless you have 400w halides.
scarface
Member
Originally Posted by SUDC
I LOVE the achilles!
Awesome fish, i really want one but am afraid to add it to my established display and mess up the nice balance of tangs i already have. Didn't even see the Naso! VERY, VERY nice. You must have(or better get!) a HUGE skimmer. Those guys are bioload machines!
What's your total fish list
Just a suggestion, i'd consider moving that acro a little higher up. It looks like its on the sandbed. If it is, it probably will want a little more light unless you have 400w halides.
I have an etss skimmer rated for a 500 gallon tank. Its doing its job hopefully lol. The Achillies for me at least wasnt so hard to get him to eat, I placed him in the qt when I bought him, first feed him live brine, then I started to mix it with frozen mysis with the brine shrimp, then had him learn to eat off the veggie clip, then after that feed him flakes. Once he learned all that then I placed him in my dt and hes been an eating machine ever since. The fish I currently have is
Hippo Tang
2 per clowns
4 chromis
mandarin
yellow watchman
Blonde Naso
Achillies
Copperband.
I will be moving the pieces thanks for the suggestion. I figured I just got the pieces and didnt want to shock them with the light, so I was light acclimating them first.
Thank you for all the kind words!
I LOVE the achilles!
What's your total fish list
Just a suggestion, i'd consider moving that acro a little higher up. It looks like its on the sandbed. If it is, it probably will want a little more light unless you have 400w halides.
I have an etss skimmer rated for a 500 gallon tank. Its doing its job hopefully lol. The Achillies for me at least wasnt so hard to get him to eat, I placed him in the qt when I bought him, first feed him live brine, then I started to mix it with frozen mysis with the brine shrimp, then had him learn to eat off the veggie clip, then after that feed him flakes. Once he learned all that then I placed him in my dt and hes been an eating machine ever since. The fish I currently have is
Hippo Tang
2 per clowns
4 chromis
mandarin
yellow watchman
Blonde Naso
Achillies
Copperband.
I will be moving the pieces thanks for the suggestion. I figured I just got the pieces and didnt want to shock them with the light, so I was light acclimating them first.
Thank you for all the kind words!
S
sudc
Guest
Good to hear about the skimmer
Those Naso's will literally cloud a tank when they poop especially when they get bigger. An 8-10" Naso definitely makes a poop cloud!
Down the line, he may need a tank upgrade since they can get a foot or bigger. I assume your tank is at least 4 feet and maybe 6 feet long so he should be fine for awhile but think about maybe an upgrade for him eventually. I wanted one of those also but i have ALOT of lr and corals so even though i have a 180g, it doesn't have a ton of swimming room for a LARGE tang like a Naso.
What do you have for flow and what kind of lights do you have?
Down the line, he may need a tank upgrade since they can get a foot or bigger. I assume your tank is at least 4 feet and maybe 6 feet long so he should be fine for awhile but think about maybe an upgrade for him eventually. I wanted one of those also but i have ALOT of lr and corals so even though i have a 180g, it doesn't have a ton of swimming room for a LARGE tang like a Naso.
What do you have for flow and what kind of lights do you have?
scarface
Member
Originally Posted by SUDC
Good to hear about the skimmer
Those Naso's will literally cloud a tank when they poop especially when they get bigger. An 8-10" Naso definitely makes a poop cloud!
Down the line, he may need a tank upgrade since they can get a foot or bigger. I assume your tank is at least 4 feet and maybe 6 feet long so he should be fine for awhile but think about maybe an upgrade for him eventually. I wanted one of those also but i have ALOT of lr and corals so even though i have a 180g, it doesn't have a ton of swimming room for a LARGE tang like a Naso.
What do you have for flow and what kind of lights do you have?
I have sekio pumps both rated at 1100 and a couple of rio power heads with the hydor flow 360 rotating adapter and i have 3x 250 hqi 14k mh with 2x 160 watt atinic lighting
Good to hear about the skimmer
Down the line, he may need a tank upgrade since they can get a foot or bigger. I assume your tank is at least 4 feet and maybe 6 feet long so he should be fine for awhile but think about maybe an upgrade for him eventually. I wanted one of those also but i have ALOT of lr and corals so even though i have a 180g, it doesn't have a ton of swimming room for a LARGE tang like a Naso.
What do you have for flow and what kind of lights do you have?
I have sekio pumps both rated at 1100 and a couple of rio power heads with the hydor flow 360 rotating adapter and i have 3x 250 hqi 14k mh with 2x 160 watt atinic lighting
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sudc
Guest
Sounds good but i would ditch the rio powerheads. They have a bad habit of burning out and ive seena bunch of threads where they crashed a tank by burning out. With that nice of a tank i'd either get some mj-1200's and mod them, some hydor koralia's or if you have no budget some Tunze's.
The fish and coral would LOVE the upgrade and you'd sleep better(albeit poorer,lol) at night.
The fish and coral would LOVE the upgrade and you'd sleep better(albeit poorer,lol) at night.
mach03infront
Member
lookin real nice !!! i love that bta !! is that a rose one?
jennythebugg
Active Member
wow ...purdy love the shrooms really' flowy'
perfectdark
Active Member
Sweet looking tank. That is an awesome BTA... I love it.