Thinkin about an aggresive tank

[mrreef]

Originally Posted by crypt keeper
http:///forum/post/2930182
I advise against two triggers in a 55.
ya ino i wasnt going to add both to the 55, i was going to add the humu humu and the yellow tang to the 55, and then when i upgraded, add the niger trigger, would that work?

 

[crypt keeper]

how big of a yellow tang? a 55 is too small for them. If you got lets say a 150 or bigger. You could house a few triggers.

 

[mrreef]

I would get as small of a yellow tang as i can find to hopefully buy more time to upgrade. My lfs has some that are around an 2". Would that be small enough to live in a 55 for a year or will it outgrow it to quick? and i think i diecided on either a 100gallon or 150gallon long for my upgrade. Will the extra 50 gallons make a big diffrence on what i can keep?

 

[ca161406]

i have a 2.5" humu that uses every inch of my 125 all day long. i couldn't imagine it in anything smaller for long periods of time.
zebras get big your best bet on an eel is a snowflake.
and DIY sumps are a piece of cake to do.
oh and id advise not getting a tang either.
a small puffer would be ok for a while, then a flame hawk would be cool

 

[mrreef]

Originally Posted by ca161406
http:///forum/post/2930213
i have a 2.5" humu that uses every inch of my 125 all day long. i couldn't imagine it in anything smaller for long periods of time.
zebras get big your best bet on an eel is a snowflake.
and DIY sumps are a piece of cake to do.
oh and id advise not getting a tang either.
a small puffer would be ok for a while, then a flame hawk would be cool
how would i go about making a diy sump? r there any good threads on it that i should know about?

 

[crypt keeper]

Originally Posted by ca161406
http:///forum/post/2930213
i have a 2.5" humu that uses every inch of my 125 all day long. i couldn't imagine it in anything smaller for long periods of time.
zebras get big your best bet on an eel is a snowflake.
The SFE and zebra get similiar in size.

 

[crypt keeper]

Originally Posted by MrReef
http:///forum/post/2930210
I would get as small of a yellow tang as i can find to hopefully buy more time to upgrade. My lfs has some that are around an 2". Would that be small enough to live in a 55 for a year or will it outgrow it to quick? and i think i diecided on either a 100gallon or 150gallon long for my upgrade. Will the extra 50 gallons make a big diffrence on what i can keep?
well a 55 gallon wont let you keep as much as a 100 gallon now would it? Id say go as big as you can. Not as big as you want with aggressive tanks. If you can do a 180 Id do the 180. If you can only do a 125 then you need to rethink your stock lost is all.
Obviously the bigger you go the bigger the fish can be and the more there can be of.

 

[mrreef]

I think im going to start off in the 55 with:
Humu Humu trigger
Zebra Eel
Dogfaced puffer
then when i get the 150long add:
Niger trigger
Yellow or purple tang
So the final stock list for the 150long would be:
Humu Humu trigger
Zebra Eel
Dogfaced Puffer
Niger trigger
Yellow or purple tang
would that work out?

 

[regina13]

Just to let you know, puffers are really fast growers. If you must get a puffer for the 55 get it as small as you can.

 

[mrreef]

ok thanks for all the help:]

 

[pumper]

Originally Posted by MrReef
http:///forum/post/2930171
Hmm... i never thought of keeping an eel... r they social or will i never see it? i really like the sound of that stock list. I already have all my live rock in my 55, and its already cycled. Right now, for filtration, i have a superskimmer 65 and one of those penguin bio-wheel filters(the actually bio-wheel things r out of itand its just temparary till i get a sump) and i wont be adding those fish till i get the sump. I was thinking about a DIY sump. Is this dificult to do? i was looking at somethings on them and they look pretty complicated...
My snowflake eel would eat out of my hand.

 

[dilan]

THe niger trigger will be happy in a 55gal I successfully kept 2 in a 55 gal