Stocking 125gal

ca161406

ca161406

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Ok so I finally put the deposit down on my 125 tank yay! :) Theyre drilling it and everything so it'll be set up about fridayish to begin cycling with LR/sand woot. weeell stocking. i have an idea of what i want eventually but i thought id run it by yeal for some advise. the filtration will be more than double for a 125 just because i want to have that extra padding if you know what i mean. this is the stock list i have in mind
2 GSPs that are full SW that i have in my current 20gal
picasso trigger
SFE
fox-face of some sort
blood red hawkfish
stars n stripes puffer
thats what i have in mind, do yeal think thats over crowding for a 125 at all? or what other ideas of stocking do yeal have other then what i came up with?
 
el guapo

el guapo

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gotcha . I am more familiar with GSP meaning 1. george St Piere the ufc fighter 2. green stary polyps .
I have never kept a green spotted puffer before by I believe they don't get very big do they ? They max at like 4-5" right ?
If so that sounds like a good stock list , not too much but not too little then as time wears on you can sneak in the odd fish to top it off .
 
ca161406

ca161406

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ohh haha i see. yeah they stay fairly small but can be mad aggressive at times lol
thanks for clearing that up and i was thinking of that too once everything is nice and going well putting some little fish in there but wasnt sure what because the trigger lol
 
el guapo

el guapo

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I have a black damsel in the tank with my picaso (a.k.a) humu humu . Theres not a lot of aggression so far .
 
ca161406

ca161406

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yeah i was thinking of damsles but theyre kinda common lol but idk i seen some nice ones :)
i was also thinking of a blue throat instead of the humu but i dont know much about them...research time lol
 
ca161406

ca161406

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okay so i was thinkin a lil and thought i liked this better
2 GSPs that are full SW that i have in my current 20gal
picasso trigger
blue throat trigger
SFE
blood red hawkfish
stars n stripes puffer
+the few nice damsels
would that work with the two triggers or is that overstocking?
they couldnt come out fri so theyll be here tomorow and are throwing in a 55gal sump 4 free
woot
 
ca161406

ca161406

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Originally Posted by prime311
http:///forum/post/2686537
That should be fine, just don't add more then 1 fish every 3 weeks or so.
ok cool thank you :)
yeah ima turn my 20gal to a QT too so i can keep an eye on the fish for a few weeks before i put it in so yay.. theyre coming in 40 min so if i can find my moms camera ill post some pics up of the set up
 
ca161406

ca161406

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lol ty :)
well its set up...kinda
they didnt have any sumps of that size so theyre coming back to install it when they finnish it. so for now my tank is in the middle of the room

but this gives me time to order my skimmer and lighting soo hopfully ill have that when they come to drop the sump of
 
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usirchchris

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Just a warning on the stars and stripes...they get very large very fast. I bought one that was about 3" and in less than a year it is probably around the 8" mark. I have mine in a 120, and am going to have to upgrade sooner than expected. Also, it eats more than my three dogs
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ca161406

ca161406

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Originally Posted by usirchchris
http:///forum/post/2689849
Just a warning on the stars and stripes...they get very large very fast. I bought one that was about 3" and in less than a year it is probably around the 8" mark. I have mine in a 120, and am going to have to upgrade sooner than expected. Also, it eats more than my three dogs
.

oO haha. thank you. my parents want to upgrade the 90gal in the living room before december and i told them 200+ and they agreed lol so if it gits too big we'll have that up there shortly so yay
 
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