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arlene1995

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Hi!!!!
I have a 125 Predator with a good sized Fimbriated Moray and a good sized SFE... Along with a Porcupine Puffer, Pinfish, and a Javanese Damsel. I am planning on getting a Cuban Hogfish, and I have a Sailfin Tang that I am waiting for it to grow (it is only like 2.5"
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arlene1995

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I also had one more thought... Instead of a Cuban Hogfish maybe a Blue-Throat Trigger?? I really don't know... I am probably going to my LFS tomorrow, so I'll talk to the owner. At any rate, the Tang is a definite so...
 
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arlene1995

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I have seen the Banana Wrasse before and they are REALLY cool looking. However, I have heard that they get VERY aggressive after given time to acclimate to their environment... My concern with that is that it may bully the Tang to death because by the time the Tang is large enough, anything introduced to the tank will have an established territory... Is this true??? Thanks!
 
cedarreef

cedarreef

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Yeah, that's true... I think that if you buy the banana wrasse small and have the tang and the wrasse grow up together and introduce them together then they might have better compatibility or you can just try re-arranging the decorations/LR so that all established territory will have to be reclaimed. Just my 2 cents
 
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arlene1995

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I was thinking about that... I have heard that gives a new Tang a good chance if there is an already established Tang in the tank... I put my Fimby in about 2 months before my SFE and I either got lucky, or my Fimby is passive, because I really didn't have a problem... Just look at my avatar...
I would definitely grow them together, but the Tang is in a reef right now and I am not exactly fond of disappearing livestock... LOL
 
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arlene1995

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I've just been browsing and came up with the idea that an Angel might be cool. I can probably get a good deal on an Annularis, French, or Blue... Any opinions on this? Thanks!!!
 
cedarreef

cedarreef

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Yeah. That wouldn't be too nice to go to bed with a reef and wake up with a FOWLR lol. I've also heard that if another tang is in there that they'll protect each other, but I would be cautious on that one because some tangs fight to the death. I would avoid purple and powder blues. Some that I have heard of that would help out the sailfin are blue hippo and blonde naso tangs. Plus, they can hold their own in a pred tank.
 
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-tara33-

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Originally Posted by Arlene1995
http:///forum/post/2888124
I've just been browsing and came up with the idea that an Angel might be cool. I can probably get a good deal on an Annularis, French, or Blue... Any opinions on this? Thanks!!!
annularis! i have one hes awsome, hes half adult and half juvi, and under blue lights as well the blue is intense
 
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arlene1995

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If I went with a second Tang, it would definitely be either a Hippo or Naso, drifting towards the Naso... My concern with the Naso is that it would eventually outgrow the tank... I am not so sure on this as I don't have much experience in the Tang world... What would you recommend the minimum size be? Thanks!
 
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arlene1995

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Tara,
How big is your Annularis and what all is in your tank?? Thanks!!!
 
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-tara33-

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Originally Posted by Arlene1995
http:///forum/post/2888135
Tara,
How big is your Annularis and what all is in your tank?? Thanks!!!
i got my annularis about nine months ago he was 3 inches and a full juvi, now hes about 4 inches and half changing, i also have a blue tang, yellow tang both about 5 inches , a 12-13 inch male lippy tang with 3-4 inch streamers, flame hawk, sixline wrasse 2 purple queen anthias and 9 chromis, soon to add some kind of butterfly but cant decide on banner or copperband!
 
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arlene1995

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Neato!!! That is one BIG Naso/Lipstick Tang!!! Did you get him that size or raise him to that size?
Also, what do you feed your Annularis? Thanks!
 
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arlene1995

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Kewl!!! Were your other tangs in there when he was introduced?
 
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-tara33-

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yeah the blue and the yellow were in there for 6 months before he went in, my annularis eats anything and everything, loves angel flakes with the sponge in it
 
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arlene1995

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Dang... When I go to my LFS tomorrow, I guess I will have to see what it would cost me if I were to get an Annularis or a Naso... Thanks for all the info!!
 
ophiura

ophiura

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Honestly I wouldn't recommend a Naso. The truth is, and I am not trying to be mean, it is a smallish tank for some of the fish you are considering. When I worked at an LFS we would have naso's in 135s and they would pace the tank, back and forth, constantly. It was not particularly relaxing to watch.
I tend to think the same thing of larger species of angels.
All in all it is basically the smallest size tank I would do for some of these larger fish, so it is important not to get too overstocked. DO stock to the adult size of fish. Do you have firm plans to upgrade, or is the 125 "it"
 
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arlene1995

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That is the reason why I was a little iffy on some of these fish. Next summer, I plan to make the upgrade to - at the very least - a 180 but more likely 240+ tank. I am just unsure of most of these fish's growth rates...
 
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