stocklist for a 100g

btldreef

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Originally Posted by skate020
http:///forum/post/3169838
yehh i may do that with the 10g, if i use dry sand, and base rock, there'll be no cycle, and if i use the water from my DT, i wont have to wait 6 months? it'll just be simplyglass and rock in there, no cycling :D
You will still have a cycle. Granted, it may not be as long, but it will still cycle. Since you're going to have to cycle new rock for the new tank, I'd take the rock that's already cycled and but that in the 10G. That will cut down on the cycle a lot (I've personally done this so I know from experience). Is the 10G still up and running? If so, adding cured rock will have a minimal nitrate spike (I've also done this).
I really don't know about the lion in the 10G. Ask Cranberry or post a question in the Aggressive fish or fish only section.
 
skate020

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yeh ok i will do, yeh i still have it up and running, it's got nothing in it atm tho and isnt going to get anything else put in, cos i dont need any QT's for my DT cos im not getting anymore fish thill my 6' is here, when its here then ima buy a fish, because when its cycling the fish can be QTing, is that a good idea or is that still a little too eager?
also, would it have any effect if i kept the QT in the cabinet of the 6' or shall i have it out in the open?
and yeh maybe 10g is too small, i PM'd cranberry to ask, i thought that one in his avatar would work, barbari or something? i dno, so may go for that clown/anemone idea:D
 
skate020

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and with the cleaner shrimp in the CUC, im not 100% sure on wat CUC to get, i have the shrimp already from when my tank was a reef,(well 2 corals :L) and its stayed alive lols, i had 2 but one got eaten by my sixline, this one was to big. the chromis are still alive in the DT too, no itching either:D
so yeh the cleanershirmp will probs last about 6 months in there, then i may get a cleaner wrasse? or is it a waste?
 
skate020

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update on the tank thing, im deff getting this 72"x24"x18":D
and my dads helping build an oak cabinet/canopy for it:D
and cranberry, obv ima buy a small lionfish, like 3" or so, will any large angels pick on it whilst its small? im planning on buying the angels at about 3" or so. juvi, or maybe just changed.
 
small triggers

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angelfish have a tendancy at any size to nibble on the spines of the lions,,,,,,just not a good combo fish in my opinion,, either you have to have the lion or the angel, i personally wouldnt chance it with how expensive they both are...
 
btldreef

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Originally Posted by skate020
http:///forum/post/3170332
update on the tank thing, im deff getting this 72"x24"x18":D
and my dads helping build an oak cabinet/canopy for it:D
and cranberry, obv ima buy a small lionfish, like 3" or so, will any large angels pick on it whilst its small? im planning on buying the angels at about 3" or so. juvi, or maybe just changed.
Sounds good about the size. Definitely use a lot of two by fours as the frame work. I keep forgetting I have to get pictures for you of the frame of my stand. I'll try to get my husband to take some pics later, but I know he's got a long day at work tomorrow. Definitely by the end of the weekend (keep bugging me until I post them, LOL)
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Originally Posted by skate020
http:///forum/post/3170332
and cranberry, obv ima buy a small lionfish, like 3" or so, will any large angels pick on it whilst its small? im planning on buying the angels at about 3" or so. juvi, or maybe just changed.
Hopefully she can give you a little more advice. However, from what I've seen, the dwarfs nip more than the adults. Introdue the Lion first if you're worried.
 
cranberry

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Originally Posted by skate020
http:///forum/post/3169696
then maybe a sea hare or something?
also cranberry,
Don't get a hare, it will starve in there. They often starve in a tank that has some algae, let alone a tank that has none yet.
What angels are you getting?
 
cranberry

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Originally Posted by skate020
http:///forum/post/3169696
up a lil aggresive, like a FuManChu and a angler. is that ok for it? i know the FuMunchu is probs the smallest lion at a max of 3.9" but still 10g is small. so is the tank too small?
You probably should consider the fishes requirements and not just the tank size. Fu Manchu's are notoriously hard to convert to frozen food. Most won't. If you haven't had practice in training fish to convert, don't start with one of the hardest. You would have to be prepared to feed live saltwater fish and ghostshrimp it's entire life.
Originally Posted by BTLDreef
http:///forum/post/3169915
Yes, but he Skate listed it in his CUC. I just wanted to double check this. I really don't know much about lions so I can only go by what I've read.
It's always good to clarify because sometimes what I say might may not read correctly online, if you know what I mean. I wouldn't use any of the critters in that list as a CUC (besides the snails and a COUPLE of hermits) because they aren't CUCs, IMO.
Originally Posted by skate020
http:///forum/post/3170086
and yeh maybe 10g is too small, i PM'd cranberry to ask, i thought that one in his avatar would work, barbari or something?
The one in my avatar is a super juvie. The smallest lion I've ever owned. They get bigger than that and he is double in size now, but is still a young juvie.
 
btldreef

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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3170529
Dood, can ya fix my typo in your quote.... however I don't recommend people eat them either.

How sad that I just read right past that. This is what happens when I'm with children all day.
 
skate020

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haha yehh, ok i wont get one, i didnt know much about them lols,
ok the mini aggresive idea is a no lols. but i still have a couple idea's for that tank up my sleeve:D 10g H zosterae pony tank:L thats if there not rediculously expensive in the UK, chances are, they gna be lols.
might even make it like a cardinal or clown breeding tank, just have them in there and nothing else. or maybe the musk turtle idea, but i think its too small for them,
yeh ok i think a Fu Manchu may be a git to keep, i found a website in the UK that'll deliver fish i may get my sailfin tang from, there about £35 so wooo:D
and ok thanks BTL:D
im going to start designing it on some paper today then when im done i'll post pictures. my dad said he'll buy oak for it tho, which im worried about, i think it'll look beautiful wth oak but just the getting down some staires and into a room, oak is gna be HEAVY. so i suggested a venirr, but he insisted on oak:L
i will make the frame work with 2x4's, with alot of them at that, there dirt cheap.
i will post pics as soooon as i've finished designing it:D
 
skate020

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lols really? i know they eat baby brine shrimp, and you need a hatchery, but thats not a problem at all, i never kept any just ppl suggested them for me on the tank size, might just go with a clownfish tank, easy enough lols, oh oh, i went to the LFS today(to ask about the seahorses) and they have a paired set of maroons, now they go quick around here so i might give them a deposit on them, could i buy them fish first? there'll get QT'd and then put into my DT atm untillmy 6' is done, but i was wondering cos the clowns can be in my DT quite happily atm:D
 
skate020

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oh also, at my LFS today i saw this freshwater puffer, called it a MBU puffer, it was beautiful, looked like a mappa puffer, i was wondering if it was like the GSP in the way it could be converted to marine?
any info on it would be goood
 
btldreef

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Originally Posted by skate020
http:///forum/post/3170898
lols really? i know they eat baby brine shrimp, and you need a hatchery, but thats not a problem at all, i never kept any just ppl suggested them for me on the tank size, might just go with a clownfish tank, easy enough lols, oh oh, i went to the LFS today(to ask about the seahorses) and they have a paired set of maroons, now they go quick around here so i might give them a deposit on them, could i buy them fish first? there'll get QT'd and then put into my DT atm untillmy 6' is done, but i was wondering cos the clowns can be in my DT quite happily atm:D
How big are these maroons? Are you set on getting regular maroons or are you after the gold bar maroons?
Maroons are very, very aggressive. I don't know if that would be the first first I'd put in my tank. You need to make your list, you set list, no more changes, and then go through and order the fish from least aggressive to most aggressive. That's the order they should go in the tank.
 
skate020

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there gold stripe maroons, and there big, ones alot bigger (the female), yehh i've heard that they are very aggresive.
i could put them in the 10g untill there ready to go in, but that wouldnt be nice for them in a 10g for nearly a year.
yehh i will just leave them. im sure they'll be another set in at some point down the road:D
bit of bad news (well not really but it is kinda) my mum today thought it would be nice to buy me a new fish, considering she killed all my others, and because i told her i wanted angelfish and so on, she went out and bought me a $150 blueface angel, the one i was talking about couple days back, its in good condition atm, and i put it in the 10g, gna keep it there for couple of days under hypo, then bring salinity up, and put it into the DT, my DT is a long 25g. 31.5" to be exact. is that ok to last 2 months in? i get hte tank on christmas, then obv a month after i could maybe put the first fish in if the cycle has finished.
also, when my parents split up, there was trouble, and long story short, they dont go within about 100 yards of each other. they hate eachother. so my mum refused to let my dad build me a cabinet. (petit i know) so instead, she's going to buy me one, so in the hole im not really complaining, just means that the build diary wont be as exciting lols.
and yeh have you got any info on that MBU puffer? it looked beautiful lols
 
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