**updated** 600 Gallon Pics (first fish)

frank2005

frank2005

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so i know its been a while since ive updated you guys on the progress of my tank. I got the glass in the back fixed after a problem with it cracking, took the protein skimmer apart and fixed that after it stopped working, fixed the lighting wire after it short circuited, added glass tops to the tank to prevent as much evaporation, new lights in the refugium. And after all that i finally got my first two fish in the tank. (Not sure what the fish names are i forgot so if anyone could help me id appreciate it) the levels when i checked were fine and the tank has pretty much been cycling for about a year without any additions so im pretty sure that everything is fine. Im planning on moving my 170 gallon tank over into the new tank (fish, corals, live rock, ect.) does anyone know if i move live rock from one tank to the other if its going to make my levels go out of whack? comments and criticism is always welcomed. Thanks


 
russy pelican

russy pelican

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If your new tank is stable and the water parameters are the same (or close), moving live rock from one tank to another should be as easy as lifting the rocks out and replacing them in the new tank.
 
wangotango

wangotango

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what are the dimensions of the tank? im planning out a 600 gallon (96x48x30)for down the road (way down the road, im only 16). you're gonna have a nice system.
-Justin
 
teen

teen

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if youre planning on keeping sps in the tank, those may have not been the best first fish. clown gobies are known to nest on sps corals and its irritating to the coral and it causes the coral to loose tissue and eventually it could die.
 
stanlalee

stanlalee

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Originally Posted by teen
if youre planning on keeping sps in the tank, those may have not been the best first fish. clown gobies are known to nest on sps corals and its irritating to the coral and it causes the coral to loose tissue and eventually it could die.
Its mainly acropora they pick at and breed on (although they'll perch on any coral if acropora is there that will likely be 1rst choice).
They can be kind of hard to get eating, often only eating live food at first. Yellows you have are the most outgoing. Huge tank for such small fish. If you get anything that picks on them or intimidates them you'll never see em as they will just stay hidden within coral polyps/branches or rock. and they hide very well.
 
frank2005

frank2005

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about the fish. The tank has been up and running and cycling for a year without any additions. So i went to the fish store to find a relatively unexpensive fish that is reef safe that i could add to make sure that when i move my 160 into this tank taht everything is all right. I didnt expect any problems as the water has been stable for some time now. Just didnt wanna move things and have everything crash. Im sure with a big tank like that if i have a couple sps here and there that they wont really bother them all that much.
 
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scoobs

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yea full tank pic please.. would love to see a 600 gallon tank.. I couldnt afford that much live rock much less the tank and lighting :p
 
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