Pics of the inhabitants of my 300 gallon tank.

alfon76

alfon76

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I set out to populate a 300 gallon tank with a specific list of fish in mind. Over time, the list changed considerably and I ended up with many fishes that I didn't think would be here. However, the goal was to keep the number of inhabitants to 9-10 tops. As you can see I stopped at 9 and judging by how well they are doing so far, I might need to start thinking of turning my 450 from fresh to saltwater in the future.
Hope you enjoy the fishes despite my photo skill being pretty bad.
Ivan

Hawaiian Zebra Moray- very cool, peaceful and personable

Purple Tang- talk about a smaller fish with tons of attitude.

Powder Blue Tang- quite a good eater.

Polleni Grouper- my favorite grouper

Clown Trigger- so far a very mellow specimen but keeping my eye on it every time I can.

Harlequin Tusk and Black Tang- two of the showiest specimens in the tank

Annularis Angelfish- extremely showy fish and quite bold. Very underrated angel in my opinion.

Male Broomtail Wrasse- this is the tank's showpiece and main reason I went saltwater. Recently obtained (2 days ago) and shown here in the acclimation tub. I had never seen before a male Broomtail of this quality except pics taken in the wild.
 
alfon76

alfon76

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This is the best I could do for a full tank shot. I am not sure of the actual dimensions but I think it is 8' long x 30" tall x 2' deep.
And yes, that is an air stone you see there. I actually have 4 all over the tank and, even though it is unconventional in marine tanks, I have found it gives the fish a lot more activity and appetite. Not sure why, but seems to me that way.
Ivan
 
murf48

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Originally Posted by alfon76
This is the best I could do for a full tank shot. I am not sure of the actual dimensions but I think it is 8' long x 30" tall x 2' deep.
And yes, that is an air stone you see there. I actually have 4 all over the tank and, even though it is unconventional in marine tanks, I have found it gives the fish a lot more activity and appetite. Not sure why, but seems to me that way.
Ivan

I have to agree
I have one stone in my tank with very low stream.
 
mike22cha

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Originally Posted by brandon7491
ur black tang has lateral line disease and needs to be treated before it dies
I don't think that blueish line is HLLE but some miscoloration between the fin and the body. Black tangs aren't always solid black. Also HLLE is nothing life threating unless you fix it, but even if you fix it and change whatever was bothering it, it doesn't mean it'll go away just like that.
 
alfon76

alfon76

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Originally Posted by brandon7491
ur black tang has lateral line disease and needs to be treated before it dies
I take it you don't have much experience with fish health and also no experience with Black Tangs. Here's some info for you:
1- My black tang does not have HLLE or anything close to it.
2- Adult black tangs like mine from the X-mas Island develop a green/blue/turquoise line on their backs as seen in the picture.
3- I have never heard of a fish dying directly because of HLLE. It is reversible in some cases and looks quite different from the turquoise coloration that the black tang has.
In the future try to avoid making suggestions as statements like you did above because if you are wrong, then you can develop the dreaded Foot In Mouth disease which tends to affect some internet people.
Ivan
 
alfon76

alfon76

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As far as the airstone, I never used to see saltwater tanks with airstones mainly because they tend to make the salt creep even worse due to the bubbline and fizzling on top. However, the bio filter seems to be more efficient (I can only assume due to the better mobilization of ammonia) and therefore the fish appear happier.
Ivan
 
ccampbell57

ccampbell57

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Originally Posted by brandon7491
ur black tang has lateral line disease and needs to be treated before it dies
That is not HLLE. The Black tang looks STUNNING! In fact, for a tang...it looks very very healthy.
Alfon - great choice of fish! You should definitely add a couple more fish in there. IMO you are way understocked for you tank size.
To compliment your Black Tang, you should add a school of chromis or anthias.
Again, great tank.
 
alfon76

alfon76

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Thanks for the comments ccampbell57. I thought I was understocked too but the fishes will get bigger and thus I prefer to wait. I do have to add that even if I wanted to add a school of chromis or anthias they would inevitably die at the teeth of the Broomtail, Tusk or Polleni. The Broomtail is easily 12 inches and the Tusk and Polleni can tackly rather large silversides already.
Ivan
 
derekc

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beautiful tang...that broomtail is really weird i dont think i have EVER seen that kinda fish...but very very very neat looking.
 
alfon76

alfon76

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Here are a couple pics taken a few minutes ago of the Broomtail swimming about in the tank. The flash washed his colors a bit but you can see the difference between his stressed colors in the acclimation bin and the colors now in the tank.
Ivan

 
fishwanabe

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Originally Posted by alfon76
As far as the airstone, I never used to see saltwater tanks with airstones mainly because they tend to make the salt creep even worse due to the bubbline and fizzling on top. However, the bio filter seems to be more efficient (I can only assume due to the better mobilization of ammonia) and therefore the fish appear happier.
Ivan
Hello, what about that problem called "popeye" that the airstones can cause? I had an airstone as well but was told to not use due to "popeye" snydrom that can hurt your fish.
 
ccampbell57

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Alfon - that is an AWESOME wrasse!!! I have only seen ones like that at major aquariums! He looks like a mean mofo!!
I know what you mean about the school now. My crosshatch is currently eating 3-4" silversides in one gulp, so I can imagine what your wrasse would do.
I think that with your current stock a nice addition would be a nice pair of crosshatches or maybe a pair of bluethroat triggers.
I know that when I upgrade to my BIG Boy aquarium (96x30x30), I will be adding more angels and on the list is a nice Annularis like yours.
 
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